{"id":187,"date":"2025-06-19T17:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2025-06-19T19:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:02:48","slug":"homelab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/?page_id=187","title":{"rendered":"HomeLab"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"187\" class=\"elementor elementor-187\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d217f39 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d217f39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512655c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"512655c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to my Homelab! As an I.T. Security Engineer and tech enthusiast, I believe in continuous learning through hands-on experience. My homelab is a powerful testing ground where I explore enterprise-grade tools, network configurations, and cybersecurity techniques\u2014all from the comfort of my home.<\/p><h2>Why I Built My Homelab<\/h2><ul><li><strong>Skill Enhancement:<\/strong>\u00a0Practice enterprise tools in a controlled environment<\/li><li><strong>Experimentation:<\/strong>\u00a0Learn by deploying, breaking, and rebuilding<\/li><li><strong>Security Focus:<\/strong>\u00a0Real-world experience with VLANs, firewalls, and SIEM<\/li><li><strong>Career Growth:<\/strong>\u00a0Stay current in cybersecurity and system administration<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d0a209 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8d0a209\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec1695e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec1695e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Infrastructure Overview<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-222fca8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"222fca8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ef4198 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ef4198\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My homelab is built on the foundation of\u00a0<strong>Proxmox virtualization<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>pfSense firewall<\/strong>, and a range of Linux-based services running across virtual machines and Docker containers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d0274 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a3d0274\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30f0f62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30f0f62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Firewall & Network Segmentation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cb3315 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3cb3315\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e01d5fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e01d5fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the first step I took in my Homelab Jounery was replacing my Home Router which was a alo store bought I bought back in 2018. After doing some research I can across the PfSense firewall\/router and after watching a few Youtube video I decide to make the switch.\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Replaced Netgear router with a fanless mini-PC running pfSense<\/li><li>Configured multiple VLANs to isolate IoT from LAN traffic<\/li><li>Integrated Netgear managed switches with VLAN tagging<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de5770 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6de5770\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e1f660 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e1f660\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-862fa8b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"862fa8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105725-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-190\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105725-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105725-scaled-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105725-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105725-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105725-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105725-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105725-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Protectli Vault FW4B - 4 Port, Firewall Micro Appliance\/Mini PC<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d9896b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d9896b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c6a5f1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c6a5f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"976\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NetworkDiagram-1024x976.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-189\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NetworkDiagram-1024x976.png 1024w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NetworkDiagram-600x572.png 600w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NetworkDiagram-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NetworkDiagram-768x732.png 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NetworkDiagram-13x12.png 13w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NetworkDiagram.png 1145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a11501 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a11501\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f003ac elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f003ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105713-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-191\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105713-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105713-scaled-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105713-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105713-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105713-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105713-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250619_105713-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">NETGEAR 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Easy Smart Managed Switch (GS108E)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-958fba0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"958fba0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9abc92d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9abc92d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\ud83c\udf10 Remote Access via OpenVPN<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a30b715 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a30b715\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-838d797 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"838d797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-start=\"2875\" data-end=\"2923\"><h3 data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"142\">\ud83d\udd10 Remote Access with OpenVPN &amp; pfSense<\/h3><p data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"313\"><strong data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"155\">OpenVPN<\/strong> is an open-source virtual private network (VPN) solution that creates a secure, encrypted tunnel between your device and a private network\u2014like your homelab.<\/p><p data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"559\">In my setup, I configured <strong data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"363\">OpenVPN on pfSense<\/strong>, my firewall and router, to allow <strong data-start=\"398\" data-end=\"434\">remote access to my home network<\/strong>. This means I can securely connect to all my internal services from anywhere in the world using my <strong data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"558\">laptop or smartphone<\/strong>.<\/p><p data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"578\"><strong data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"578\">How it works:<\/strong><\/p><ul data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"878\"><li data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"655\"><p data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"655\">pfSense acts as the <strong data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"620\">OpenVPN server<\/strong>, listening for secure connections.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"731\"><p data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"731\">My devices (client-side) use an OpenVPN profile to connect to the server.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"878\"><p data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"878\">Once connected, the device becomes part of my home network, gaining access to internal IPs and services (e.g., dashboards, VMs, or Docker apps).<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"1000\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This setup enhances both <strong data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"933\">security and convenience<\/strong>, ensuring I can manage and monitor my homelab even while I\u2019m away.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3839c7c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3839c7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de586d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de586d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OpenVPN_PfSense-1024x325.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OpenVPN_PfSense-1024x325.png 1024w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OpenVPN_PfSense-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OpenVPN_PfSense-768x243.png 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OpenVPN_PfSense-18x6.png 18w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OpenVPN_PfSense-600x190.png 600w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OpenVPN_PfSense.png 1486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">OpenVPN in PfSense<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e697f75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e697f75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33d8337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33d8337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Virtualization with Proxmox\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f4621f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f4621f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cce268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cce268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The best thing about homelab is you don&#8217;t need to buy expense hardware and software to start your homelab journey. I re-purpose my old gaming desktop as a server that I install Proxmox on.\u00a0<\/p><p>Here is a list of my current VM that I run in Proxmox and the Virtual Machines I have running:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><strong>Wazuh SIEM (Ubuntu 22.04):<\/strong>\u00a0Logs forwarded from pfSense, visualized with Grafana<\/li><li><strong>Pi-hole DNS (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS):<\/strong>\u00a0Network-wide ad\/tracker blocking<\/li><li><strong>Docker Host (Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop):<\/strong>\u00a0Hosts containerized apps<\/li><li><strong>Kali Linux:<\/strong> use to run pentesting tool\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7fdb6d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7fdb6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245ec0c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"245ec0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca0db0b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca0db0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250502_152312-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-182\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250502_152312-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250502_152312-scaled-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250502_152312-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250502_152312-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250502_152312-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250502_152312-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250502_152312-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Old Gaming PC (Now Proxmox Server)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2b092e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e2b092e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a4b95 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"47a4b95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/proxmox-1-1024x402.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-185\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/proxmox-1-1024x402.png 1024w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/proxmox-1-scaled-600x235.png 600w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/proxmox-1-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/proxmox-1-768x301.png 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/proxmox-1-1536x603.png 1536w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/proxmox-1-2048x804.png 2048w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/proxmox-1-18x7.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Proxmox Dashboard<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7305296 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7305296\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81b5a8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81b5a8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"58\" data-end=\"93\">\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f Proxmox Virtual Environment<\/h3><p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"323\"><strong data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"106\">Proxmox<\/strong> is an open-source virtualization platform that lets you run and manage virtual machines (VMs) and containers from a web-based interface. In my homelab, I use Proxmox to repurpose an old PC into a powerful hypervisor.<\/p><p data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"391\">With Proxmox, I\u2019ve created multiple VMs to host key services like:<\/p><ul data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"509\"><li data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"421\"><p data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"421\">My <strong data-start=\"398\" data-end=\"419\">Wazuh SIEM server<\/strong><\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"450\"><p data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"450\">A <strong data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"448\">Pi-hole DNS server<\/strong><\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"509\"><p data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"509\">A <strong data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"470\">Docker host<\/strong> for running self-hosted applications<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"651\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This setup gives me flexibility to isolate services, manage resources efficiently, and simulate enterprise-grade environments right at home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81f76cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"81f76cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccedc3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccedc3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dockerized Applications<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-758e7a7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"758e7a7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e5d474 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e5d474\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc616a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc616a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the best aspect fo getting into homelab is playing around with docker\/containers:\u00a0<br \/><br \/>Here is a liset of my current dockers that I run in my homelab:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Portainer<\/li>\n<li>Nginx Proxy Manager<\/li>\n<li>IT-Tools<\/li>\n<li>Paperless-ngx<\/li>\n<li>Mealie<\/li>\n<li>Immich<\/li>\n<li>Speedtest<\/li>\n<li>Homarr (Homelab hub dashboard)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Homarr is one of my favorites dockers as it allow me to create a dashboard to mange and access my homelab.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af7e058 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af7e058\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d75f690 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d75f690\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HomarrDashboard-1024x500.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-196\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HomarrDashboard-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HomarrDashboard-scaled-600x293.png 600w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HomarrDashboard-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HomarrDashboard-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HomarrDashboard-1536x750.png 1536w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HomarrDashboard-2048x1000.png 2048w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HomarrDashboard-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5870563 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5870563\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3766f75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3766f75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wazuh Project:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4f2e31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e4f2e31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f60d0c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f60d0c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be07de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0be07de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wazuh is an open-source Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform that provides threat detection, log analysis, and real-time security monitoring.<br \/><br \/>Wazuh SIEM Server (Ubuntu 22.04):<\/p><ul><li data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1464\"><p data-start=\"1421\" data-end=\"1464\">Deployed Wazuh to collect and analyze logs.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1510\"><p data-start=\"1470\" data-end=\"1510\">Forwarded syslogs from pfSense to Wazuh.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1514\" data-end=\"1579\"><p data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1579\">Integrated <strong data-start=\"1527\" data-end=\"1538\">Grafana<\/strong> to visualize alerts and security trends.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f376c4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f376c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grafana_dashboard-1024x500.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-210\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grafana_dashboard-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grafana_dashboard-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grafana_dashboard-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grafana_dashboard-1536x750.png 1536w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grafana_dashboard-2048x1000.png 2048w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grafana_dashboard-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grafana_dashboard-600x293.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Grafana Dashboard<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b7b443 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b7b443\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7009fc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7009fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuhDasboard2-1024x500.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-209\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuhDasboard2-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuhDasboard2-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuhDasboard2-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuhDasboard2-1536x750.png 1536w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuhDasboard2-2048x1000.png 2048w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuhDasboard2-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuhDasboard2-600x293.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Wazuh Dashboard<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f64c92 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f64c92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuh-1024x500.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-208\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuh-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuh-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuh-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuh-1536x750.png 1536w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuh-2048x1000.png 2048w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuh-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wazuh-600x293.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Wazuh SIEM<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35ca0a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"35ca0a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6e2e18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6e2e18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DNS (Pi-Hole) Server Project:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eb039b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4eb039b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cc14de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1cc14de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1457067 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1457067\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"413\"><strong data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"188\">Pi-hole<\/strong> is a lightweight, open-source DNS sinkhole that blocks ads, trackers, and malicious domains across your entire network. It acts as your network\u2019s primary DNS server, filtering unwanted content before it reaches your devices.<\/p><p data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"577\">I paired Pi-hole with <strong data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"460\">Nginx Proxy Manager<\/strong>, a web-based reverse proxy tool, to manage and route traffic to my self-hosted services. Together, they allow me to:<\/p><ul data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"892\"><li data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"683\"><p data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"683\"><strong data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"607\">Set custom DNS records<\/strong> for internal services (e.g., <code data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"651\">mealie.blacktechcave.home<\/code>, <code data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"667\">immich.blacktechcave.home<\/code>) using Pi-hole.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"788\"><p data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"788\"><strong data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"704\">Securely route<\/strong> traffic to my Dockerized apps using domain names instead of IP addresses and ports.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"892\"><p data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"892\"><strong data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"810\">Simplify access<\/strong> to services behind my firewall, with Nginx handling SSL and reverse proxy duties.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"1014\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">This setup gives my homelab a clean, internal DNS infrastructure and a more user-friendly way to access my applications.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3b915c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3b915c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2312ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2312ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f335fd7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f335fd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PiHole_dashboard-600x293.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pi-Hole Dashboard<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd7bbb2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd7bbb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PiHole_Local_DNS-1024x500.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-212\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PiHole_Local_DNS-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PiHole_Local_DNS-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PiHole_Local_DNS-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PiHole_Local_DNS-1536x750.png 1536w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PiHole_Local_DNS-2048x1000.png 2048w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PiHole_Local_DNS-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/PiHole_Local_DNS-600x293.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pi-Hole Local DNS<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c21741 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c21741\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d735aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d735aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NPM_Records-1024x500.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-213\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NPM_Records-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NPM_Records-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NPM_Records-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NPM_Records-1536x750.png 1536w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NPM_Records-2048x1000.png 2048w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NPM_Records-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/dariuscareer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NPM_Records-600x293.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Nginx Proxy Manager<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c67aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"41c67aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcb00b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bcb00b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23d09cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23d09cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\ud83d\udc27 Linux Transition Project<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f172f6d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f172f6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61c4b96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61c4b96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My latest personal challenge:<\/p><ul data-start=\"3122\" data-end=\"3321\"><li data-start=\"3122\" data-end=\"3228\"><p data-start=\"3124\" data-end=\"3228\">Transitioned from <strong data-start=\"3142\" data-end=\"3171\">Windows and Google Chrome<\/strong> to <strong data-start=\"3175\" data-end=\"3199\">Linux Ubuntu Desktop<\/strong> as my main operating system.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3229\" data-end=\"3321\"><p data-start=\"3231\" data-end=\"3321\">Currently using <strong data-start=\"3247\" data-end=\"3263\">Ubuntu 24.04<\/strong> and Firefox\/Brave for daily productivity and 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