PROJECT / HOMELAB

My personal
playground.

A self-hosted environment where I experiment with infrastructure, networking, virtualization, security and different technologies.

Proxmox Linux Docker Tailscale Caddy

01 — OVERVIEW

Built to learn by doing.

My homelab is where I test ideas that I don't necessarily want to experiment with in production. It gives me a place to build, break and rebuild infrastructure while learning how different systems interact.

It has grown from a few simple services into a collection of virtual machines, containers, networking infrastructure and self-hosted applications.

VIRTUALIZATION Proxmox
CONTAINERS Docker
NETWORK Tailscale
REVERSE PROXY Caddy

02 — ARCHITECTURE

How my homelab fits together.

My infrastructure is spread across multiple locations and connected through Tailscale, with Caddy handling external access to selected services.

Homelab network architecture
Homelab network architecture

03 — SERVICES

What's running where.

01

Over-seas Server

VPS

Public-facing server hosting several self-hosted services, with Docker used for containerized applications and Caddy handling reverse proxying.

Docker CONTAINERS
ConvertX File Conversion
Duplicati Backups
Filebrowser File Management
Immich Photo Management
KaraKeep Self-hosted Service
Standard Notes Notes
Vaultwarden Password Manager
OWASP Juice Shop Security trainings
Damn Vulnerable Web Application Security trainings
Other Services SERVER
Minecraft Server Game Server
Code Server Development
Caddy Reverse Proxy
02

Warehouse

HOMELAB

The main physical part of my homelab, running multiple Proxmox hosts for services, media, security monitoring and experimentation.

HomeLab1 Proxmox
qBittorrent Download Management
Sonarr Media Management
Radarr Media Management
Prowlarr Indexer Management
Flaresolverr Proxy
Seerr Media Requests
Jellyfin Media Server
HomeLab2 Proxmox
Elastic Stack Security / Logging
Kasm Remote Workspaces
HomeLab3 Proxmox

Infrastructure / available for future projects

NAS STORAGE
OpenMediaVault Network Storage
03

Home

HOMELAB

A smaller home-based environment connected to the rest of the infrastructure through Tailscale, running additional services and experiments.

HomeLab4 PROXMOX
Pi-hole DNS / Ad Blocking
Homepage Service Dashboard
Pegaprox Infrastructure
Homelable Infrastructure

04 — WHY

More than just servers.

The main purpose of the homelab is learning. It gives me an environment where I can experiment with new technologies and understand how systems behave when things don't go according to plan.

Breaking something is often the fastest way to understand how it works.

BUILD Experiment
BREAK Troubleshoot
LEARN Understand
IMPROVE Rebuild