Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Compute, containers, and local service composition. The foundation layer that runs everything else.

Proxmox

Active

Virtualization foundation for lab compute and isolated workloads.

Docker

Active

Container runtime for packaging and running services across the lab.

Declarative service composition for local and lab container stacks.

Operations

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.

Portainer

Active

Container management surface for visibility and quick operational actions.

Home automation hub used as a reference for on-prem service integration.

Uptime Kuma

Active

Lightweight status monitoring for lab services and external endpoints.

Guacamole

Active

Browser-based remote access to lab hosts and virtual desktops.

Source & CI/CD

Source & CI/CD

Source hosting, CI/CD workflows, public/private repository separation, and automation pipelines.

GitHub

Active

Public source hosting, Actions-based CI, and community engagement.

GitLab

Active

Private repository hosting and CI/CD pipelines for internal projects.

Azure DevOps

Reference

Enterprise CI/CD workflows and artifact management for professional work.

AI Engineering

AI Engineering

Agent-assisted workflows, local and remote tool orchestration, project context, and AI-augmented engineering. An emerging area under active exploration.

Hermes

Experimental

Agent-assisted engineering workflow for project context and tool orchestration.

OpenClaw

Experimental

Local and remote tool orchestration for AI-augmented development tasks.

MCP

Experimental

Model Context Protocol for structured tool integration across AI workflows.

Observability

Observability

Metrics, dashboards, logs, platform health, and service status. This layer is operational in parts and expanding as needs mature.

Grafana

Active

Dashboard and visualization layer for platform metrics and service health.

Prometheus

Active

Metrics collection and alerting for infrastructure and application monitoring.

Loki

Planned

Log aggregation and querying, planned as the logging companion to Prometheus.

Uptime Kuma

Active

Lightweight public status page and endpoint health checks.

Automation / IaC

Automation / IaC

Reproducible setup, configuration automation, and reviewable infrastructure changes as code.

Ansible

Active

Configuration management and task automation across lab hosts.

OpenTofu

Reference

Open-source infrastructure-as-code tool for declarative resource provisioning.

Declarative service definitions that double as lightweight infrastructure-as-code.