Labs¶
This section contains focused learning environments built on the homelab platform. Each lab has a landing page for its goal and scope; multi-phase builds keep their detailed runbooks underneath that lab instead of mixing every phase into the top-level catalog.
Featured lab¶
| Lab | Demonstrated skills |
|---|---|
| Active Directory | AD DS, DNS, OUs, identities, delegation, domain join, Group Policy, AppLocker, validation, and troubleshooting |
Lab catalog¶
Identity and access¶
- Active Directory — on-premises identity foundation; hybrid Microsoft Entra work is deferred.
Systems administration¶
- Linux administration — storage, systemd, users, permissions, packages, networking, logs, and recovery.
- Automation — Ansible, PowerShell, repeatable configuration, and recovery workflows.
Application delivery¶
- CI/CD — automated builds, testing, deployment, and rollback.
- Kubernetes and Argo CD — orchestration and GitOps-based reconciliation.
- Nginx reverse proxy — internal TLS, proxying, health checks, and load balancing.
Observability and security¶
- Monitoring — metrics, dashboards, logs, and alerting.
- SIEM — centralized security events, detection, and investigation.
Documentation standard¶
Each lab should record:
- the intended outcome and why it matters
- dependencies and important concepts
- the implemented steps and validation evidence
- failures, troubleshooting, and recovery paths
- planned and deliberately deferred extensions where they affect lab scope
Detailed procedures belong on the lab's own pages so this catalog remains a clean entry point.