Designing and building a scalable home lab focused on Linux, networking, and infrastructure engineering.
🔗 Website: https://eugeneivanov.dev
🔗 Journal: https://eugeneivanov.dev/journal/
- Linux systems administration
- Networking fundamentals (DNS, VLANs, VPN, firewall)
- Infrastructure architecture and design
- Hands-on home infrastructure lab experiments
- Troubleshooting and technical documentation
Repository documenting the build and evolution of a personal infrastructure lab.
Topics include:
- rack layout and infrastructure design
- networking hardware and topology
- infrastructure documentation
- hardware setup and deployment
https://github.com/eugeneivanov-dev/homelab
Hands-on networking experiments focused on real infrastructure scenarios.
Topics include:
- DNS configuration
- VLAN networking
- VPN setup
- firewall configuration
- network troubleshooting
https://github.com/eugeneivanov-dev/networking-labs
Current infrastructure equipment used in the lab:
- Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Pro Max
- UniFi 24 PoE Switch
- Synology RS1221+ NAS
- APC SMT1500RM2UC Rackmount UPS
- 12U wall-mounted rack
- structured Ethernet cabling and patch panel
Lab documentation:
https://eugeneivanov.dev/infra/
- Single-node compute (Dell Pro Micro Plus)
- Centralized storage (Synology NAS)
- UniFi-based network stack (UDM Pro Max)
- Rack-mounted power protection (APC UPS)
Planned:
- Multi-node cluster expansion
- VLAN segmentation
- Containerized services
Current learning areas:
- Linux system administration
- networking troubleshooting
- infrastructure design
- infrastructure documentation
- real-world lab experimentation
Planned infrastructure experiments:
- DNS server configuration and troubleshooting
- VLAN segmentation and network isolation
- firewall rules and network security policies
- VPN setup and remote access
- network monitoring and logging
- Linux server deployment
Recent infrastructure work:
- 2026-03 — Designed and implemented initial rack-based infrastructure layout
- 2026-03 — Built and documented network topology and physical rack diagram
- 2026-03 — Deployed UniFi network stack (UDM Pro Max, PoE switching)
- 2026-03 — Established networking lab environment for DNS, VLAN, VPN experiments
The best way to understand infrastructure is by building, testing, and documenting real systems.
This GitHub profile documents my practical learning journey in infrastructure engineering.
- Prioritized scalability over maximum initial specs
- Selected modular compute approach for future cluster expansion
- Focused on real-world infrastructure patterns over theoretical setups