- IT & Automation Specialist | Linux-Focused | Privacy-Driven
- Building scalable infrastructure for Raspberry Pi fleet management
- Passionate about home lab automation, monitoring, and minimizing digital footprint
- Raspberry Pi Fleet Management → Automated deployment, updates, logging, and monitoring for Raspberry Pi devices using Ansible, Prometheus, and Grafana
- HomeLab → Ever evolving HomeLab with projects focused on networking, self-hosting, automation, monitoring, and data management/backups.
- Automation & Provisioning: Ansible, Bash, systemd
- Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, Netdata, Loki, Promtail
- Security: UFW, Fail2Ban, WireGuard, Pi-hole, Unbound
- Networking: Ubuntu Server, DHCP, Chrony NTP, Cisco Catalyst (VLAN config in progress)
- Self-Hosting: Docker, Plex, Nextcloud, Syncthing (peer-to-peer file sync), Navidrome (self-hosted music streaming), Portainer (Docker container management), Watchtower (automated container updates)
- NetWarden: Central server running DNS, DHCP, NTP, Ansible, and monitoring tools
- NetSentry: Raspberry Pi backup DNS & Unbound resolver, integrated with Pi-hole
- CoreTransit: LVM-based Docker host for services including Plex, backups, and staging
- CoreNAS: Network-attached storage running Plex natively, used for media and long-term storage
- CoreSwitch: Cisco Catalyst switch handling VLAN segmentation and backbone routing
- HomeDJ: Raspberry Pi running Moode Audio for high-quality local playback
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Build a lightweight, modular touchscreen command center for daily use by self-hosting Grocy
- The content displayed will be:
- Weather
- Grocery list
- Message board
- Calendar
- The device will wake upon user interaction and the user will be able to swipe left and right through these content screens
- The content displayed will be:
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Configure a local firewall to be deployed on the home network
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Expand the homelab to a ceiling mounted satelite lab in a loft area