Proxmox
ActiveVirtualization foundation for lab compute and isolated workloads.
Lab Stack
This page presents the technical ecosystem in broad strokes — tool classes, workflows, and the reasoning behind platform choices — without exposing internal identifiers, addresses, or sensitive topology.
Infrastructure
Compute, containers, and local service composition. The foundation layer that runs everything else.
Virtualization foundation for lab compute and isolated workloads.
Container runtime for packaging and running services across the lab.
Declarative service composition for local and lab container stacks.
Operations
Access, operational surfaces, service visibility, and admin workflows. Keeping the lab manageable without exposing it.
Identity-aware access layer for services without exposing them to the public internet.
Container management surface for visibility and quick operational actions.
Home automation hub used as a reference for on-prem service integration.
Lightweight status monitoring for lab services and external endpoints.
Browser-based remote access to lab hosts and virtual desktops.
Source & CI/CD
Source hosting, CI/CD workflows, public/private repository separation, and automation pipelines.
Public source hosting, Actions-based CI, and community engagement.
Private repository hosting and CI/CD pipelines for internal projects.
Enterprise CI/CD workflows and artifact management for professional work.
AI Engineering
Agent-assisted workflows, local and remote tool orchestration, project context, and AI-augmented engineering. An emerging area under active exploration.
Agent-assisted engineering workflow for project context and tool orchestration.
Local and remote tool orchestration for AI-augmented development tasks.
Model Context Protocol for structured tool integration across AI workflows.
Observability
Metrics, dashboards, logs, platform health, and service status. This layer is operational in parts and expanding as needs mature.
Dashboard and visualization layer for platform metrics and service health.
Metrics collection and alerting for infrastructure and application monitoring.
Log aggregation and querying, planned as the logging companion to Prometheus.
Lightweight public status page and endpoint health checks.
Automation / IaC
Reproducible setup, configuration automation, and reviewable infrastructure changes as code.
Configuration management and task automation across lab hosts.
Open-source infrastructure-as-code tool for declarative resource provisioning.
Declarative service definitions that double as lightweight infrastructure-as-code.