homelab 5 sub-projects

Homelab Infrastructure

Full home lab network designed to replicate a real enterprise infrastructure: VEVOR 12U rack, dual Proxmox hypervisors, pfSense firewall, Cisco L3 switch with VLANs, Active Directory and a full monitoring stack.

VEVOR 12U rack — Dell PowerEdge R720, HP ProDesk 600 G2 and network equipment
Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX and D-Link DGS-1210-08P — labelled VLAN cables
Dell PowerEdge R720 — rear view: redundant PSU, network cabling and HBA

Live Status

Service availability monitored continuously via Uptime Kuma — real data, auto-refresh.

Homelab — Status en direct

Network Topology

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Internet / WAN pfSense Sophos SG210 · Firewall · VPN Cisco 3560-CX L3 Switch · 5 VLANs · ACLs Proxmox VE 8.4 Dell R720 · HP ProDesk 600 G2 Windows Server Active Directory · GPO Monitoring Stack Zabbix · Prometheus · Grafana Services VLAN 20 n8n · Ollama · Jellyfin · ... Accès sécurisé Vaultwarden · NPM · Tailscale WAN FW L3 VIRT SVC
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Homelab Evolution

  1. 1 12U Network Rack Build and Homelab Infrastructure

    Full homelab build: VEVOR 12U rack, dual Proxmox hypervisors (Dell R720 + HP ProDesk), pfSense on Sophos SG210, Cisco 3560-CX L3 switching and UniFi Wi-Fi.

    Proxmox VE 8.4 pfSense 2.8.1 Cisco IOS 15.2 D-Link
  2. 2 Network Segmentation: VLANs, L3 Inter-VLAN Routing and Cisco ACLs

    5-VLAN segmentation with L3 inter-VLAN routing on Cisco 3560-CX, named ACLs for traffic filtering, and pfSense reduced to WAN/NAT gateway role.

    Cisco IOS 15.2 VLANs 802.1Q Routage L3 ACLs nommées
  3. 3 Full Monitoring Stack: Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana and Loki

    Self-hosted monitoring stack in LXC containers: Zabbix 7.0 (SNMP), Prometheus, Grafana and Loki with Grafana Alloy for centralised log collection.

    Zabbix 7.0.26 Prometheus 3.5.3 Grafana 13.0.1 Loki 3.6.7
  4. 4 Active Directory Deployment on Windows Server 2022 Core

    Active Directory DC (corp.homelab.lan) on Windows Server 2022 Core in Proxmox VM, with integrated DNS, OU structure and security GPOs.

    Windows Server 2022 Core Active Directory DS DNS autoritaire GPO
  5. 5 Self-hosted services on Proxmox: VLAN 20 application infrastructure

    9 self-hosted services on Proxmox LXC (VLAN 20): wiki, task management, n8n automation, local Ollama LLM, Jellyfin media server and finance apps.

    Proxmox LXC Debian 12 Docker n8n
  6. 6 pfSense Security Hardening: 12-Block Firewall Configuration

    Structured pfSense CE 2.8.1 hardening in 12 blocks: admin lockdown, DNS over TLS, NTP, logging, XML backups and physical/VM instance synchronisation.

    pfSense CE 2.8.1 Firewall DNS over HTTPS NTP sécurisé
  7. 7 DNS infrastructure, secure remote access and secret management

    Secure access infrastructure: Vaultwarden password vault, NPM wildcard SSL, AdGuard DoT DNS filtering, Tailscale VPN and split-horizon DNS.

    Vaultwarden Nginx Proxy Manager AdGuard Home Tailscale

Detailed project pages

12U Network Rack Build and Homelab Infrastructure

12U Network Rack Build and Homelab Infrastructure

Sept 2025

Full homelab build: VEVOR 12U rack, dual Proxmox hypervisors (Dell R720 + HP ProDesk), pfSense on Sophos SG210, Cisco 3560-CX L3 switching and UniFi Wi-Fi.

homelab Proxmox VE 8.4 pfSense 2.8.1 Cisco IOS 15.2 +2
Network Segmentation: VLANs, L3 Inter-VLAN Routing and Cisco ACLs

Network Segmentation: VLANs, L3 Inter-VLAN Routing and Cisco ACLs

Oct 2025

5-VLAN segmentation with L3 inter-VLAN routing on Cisco 3560-CX, named ACLs for traffic filtering, and pfSense reduced to WAN/NAT gateway role.

homelab Cisco IOS 15.2 VLANs 802.1Q Routage L3 +3
Full Monitoring Stack: Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana and Loki

Full Monitoring Stack: Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana and Loki

Nov 2025

Self-hosted monitoring stack in LXC containers: Zabbix 7.0 (SNMP), Prometheus, Grafana and Loki with Grafana Alloy for centralised log collection.

homelab Zabbix 7.0.26 Prometheus 3.5.3 Grafana 13.0.1 +6
Active Directory Deployment on Windows Server 2022 Core

Active Directory Deployment on Windows Server 2022 Core

Dec 2025

Active Directory DC (corp.homelab.lan) on Windows Server 2022 Core in Proxmox VM, with integrated DNS, OU structure and security GPOs.

homelab Windows Server 2022 Core Active Directory DS DNS autoritaire +4
Self-hosted services on Proxmox: VLAN 20 application infrastructure

Self-hosted services on Proxmox: VLAN 20 application infrastructure

Jan 2026

9 self-hosted services on Proxmox LXC (VLAN 20): wiki, task management, n8n automation, local Ollama LLM, Jellyfin media server and finance apps.

homelab Proxmox LXC Debian 12 Docker +9
pfSense Security Hardening: 12-Block Firewall Configuration

pfSense Security Hardening: 12-Block Firewall Configuration

Feb 2026

Structured pfSense CE 2.8.1 hardening in 12 blocks: admin lockdown, DNS over TLS, NTP, logging, XML backups and physical/VM instance synchronisation.

homelab pfSense CE 2.8.1 Firewall DNS over HTTPS +5
DNS infrastructure, secure remote access and secret management

DNS infrastructure, secure remote access and secret management

Apr 2026

Secure access infrastructure: Vaultwarden password vault, NPM wildcard SSL, AdGuard DoT DNS filtering, Tailscale VPN and split-horizon DNS.

homelab Vaultwarden Nginx Proxy Manager AdGuard Home +5