I am starting with spinning up an NGINX server on my Proxmox server box in an LXC container using Docker. The NGINX server will interface from the gateway vlan to the web vlan. This will require me to spin up a web vlan and provide it with a dns/dhcp service and connect the web vlan to the Proxmox server. Fortunately I already have a vlan setup on the Edgerouter-12 that I can use for this. I just have to provide the path for the web vlan to pass directly to the Proxmox server.
This is a blog mostly about techie things, what I am doing to my apartment network on the cheap, IOT, 3D Printing, Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, ESP32, ESP8266, Home Automation, Personal Weather Stations, Things That Go Bump in the Night, and some side issues that need discussing. Remember, sometimes the journey to an end is as much fun as the goal achieved!
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Net Interface #02 - Spin up an NGINX Server with accompanying web server
Net Interface #01 - Defining an Initial Set of Interfaces that Can be Accessed by My Devices
In the future, as part of my ability to keep up doing my HomeLab stuff, I will need to be able to get to some software/VM/container things from the GSV-Network side of things using my laptop/iPhone/iPad. These items will consist of experiments that are ongoing, documentation software, calendar/project items, etc. So as part of this development, these are the initial components that I will put up to interface to:
- An NGINX server to provide reverse proxy control to web based items in my network such as NextCloud, Redmine, Blog, Journal, NodeRed, HomeAssistant, etc.
- A web services port for interfacing to my experiments
- An IPSec w/GRE port for interfacing directly to individual vlans within the HomeLab through a special interface built from a RPi Zero W
Project #26 - Making a Gateway interface for the Retirement Community WiFi Network
In addition to interfacing the rack equipment to the Retirement Community WiFi Network (GSV-Network), I need to have a couple of interfaces that can be connected to by my personal laptop and iPhone/iPad. I have those devices connected to the GSV-Network directly and need to determine if I can port redirect from the rack equipment to provide some services to myself. In addition, I need to have the ability to access any of the vlans that I have defined by using my laptop anywhere in the community for updates and HomeLab things. This of course will require a number of tests.
UPDATE (2022-06-08): Project is currently paused in order to fixate on one and only one project at a time.
Friday, February 11, 2022
HomeLabUpdate #01 - Initial Rack Setup
As I came into the Apartment, I had setup the rack to have (from top to bottom):
- 24 port patch panel
- Ubiquiti Edgerouter-12 Router
- Short shelf for KVM and regular switch/ER-X
- Netgear M4100-26g Switch
- Panel with 4 Raspberry Pi 4s (RPiInject, RPiCICD, RPiLDAP, RPiPlex)
- Panel with 4 Raspberry Pi 3Bs (RPiSecure, RPiPower3, RPiPower2, RPiPower1)
- Shelf for containing WDMyCloud drives
- Open area (2U) TBD on contents
- Proxmox Server (2U case)
- APC UPS (1U)
I had left 6 Ethernet cables connected, numbered #8-1 through #8-6. When I got to the apartment, I added the GL-iNet SLATE router (in Repeater mode, without second SSID) as the input to the apartment's wifi system. My printer is connected to the wifi system and I have connected the HA-IOT server to the back of my Acer Monitor with connections through the 4-way KVM switch.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
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