Mini Update
Hello everyone!
There has been a gap between the last post and this (The migration post doesn’t count as I wrote it before but forgot to publish it). Life happened, so I had to take care of some IRL work.
However, I have been home-labbing quite hard. In fact, one reason for not able to write was I was upgrading and configuring my homelab.
These are some updates regarding to my homelab
Hardware Acquired
Purchased quite a few hardware for my revamped hardware stack
- Lenovo ThinkCenter M720p - This will be my main all-in-one server
- TP-Link Switch ES210GP - My gateway to VLANs
- TP-Link Access Point EAP225 - My gateway to enterprise networking
I also bought a crimping tool-set, RJ45 connectors, RJ45 boot caps, just makeup for my wires.
Integrating Hardware to My Current Infrastructure
- I have setup a Proxmox server on the M720p. This will be a nice place to experiment with Debian and NixOS.
- I have created a virtualized OPNsense firewall on top of Proxmox. Now I can treat the OPNsense VM like a appliance (take backups, roll back). Basically, I can do all the virtualization goodies.
- I am using the Omada software stack for all wireless and LAN traffic, which is managing both ES210GP and EAP225.
- Decomissioned my closed-source TP-Link Archer BE3600 router, but using it as an access point (AP). I may shift to another AP in the future (WiFi 6 maybe 👀).
- Put all the hardware on a simple plastic rack to save a bit of horizontal space.
New Services Or Functionality
- OPNsense uses my Pihole as a DNS server
- Running Wireguard directly on OPNsense
- Using Portainer to monitor my containers
- Containerized my dynamic DNS client
So I have lots to talk about. All I need is the time to write it. I still need to streamline the process and document it. Note Discovery has been specially helpful for this process.