Hathcock Homelab Wiki
Overview
Welcome to the Hathcock Infrastructure homelab documentation. This wiki covers a self-hosted enterprise-grade homelab built for learning, experimentation, and professional development.
Tech Stack: Docker containers, GitOps workflows, monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana, security with Wazuh SIEM, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Quick Navigation
🏗️ Infrastructure
- Network-Topology - IP assignments and network layout (192.168.1.XXX/24)
- GitOps-Workflow - Repository structure and deployment practices
- Workstation-Setup - Laptop configuration and tooling
- Mac-Studio - Mac Studio M1 Max workstation and AI/ML platform
- Stronghold - OpenClaw LLM server with 5 local models
🔧 Services
- Homepage-Dashboard - Unified dashboard for all services
- Dockhand - Docker container management interface
- _Monitoring-Stack - Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alertmanager
- Wazuh-SIEM - Security monitoring and event management
- Pi-hole - DNS-based ad blocking
- NAS-Synology - Network storage (DS220j)
- Obsidian-LiveSync - Note synchronization (CouchDB)
- Minecraft-Server - Game server deployment
- Homebox - Home inventory management
🔒 Security
- Wazuh-SIEM - SIEM deployment with agent management
- Security-Hardening - Best practices and configurations
- Best-Practices - Security guidelines and standards
- Monitoring-Stack-Security-Audit - Security review of monitoring infrastructure
📦 Projects
- Podcast-Studio - Video podcast recording platform (LiveKit)
- Portfolio-Site - Personal portfolio website (Hugo)
- Homelab-Wiki - This wiki (Quartz)
- Claude-Memory-System - AI assistant memory architecture
- Claude-Code-Agents - Custom agent documentation
📚 Reference
- Docker-Commands - Common Docker operations
- Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions
- Environment-Files - Environment variable management
- GitHub-Repositories - Repository inventory
🗺️ Planning
- Future-Plans - Upcoming projects and goals
- _Changelog-Index - Recent changes and deployments
Infrastructure At-a-Glance
Primary Hosts:
- ProxMoxBox (Dell R430) - Main Docker host with 14 containers
- Pi5 (Raspberry Pi 5) - Secondary services with 7 containers
- Stronghold (i5-14400, 32GB) - OpenClaw LLM server with 5 local models (Ollama, LiteLLM)
- Mac Studio (M1 Max, 32GB) - Development workstation and AI/ML platform (Ollama)
- Synology NAS (DS220j) - Network storage
- Wazuh VM (Debian 12) - Security monitoring with 4 monitored agents
Key Technologies:
- Containers: Docker Compose, Portainer
- Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alertmanager (Discord notifications)
- Security: Wazuh SIEM, Pi-hole, Nginx Proxy Manager
- Networking: Static IPs, Tailscale VPN mesh, UFW firewalls
- GitOps: Version-controlled infrastructure, drift detection
Recent Updates
See _Changelog-Index for detailed changelog entries.
Latest Highlights:
- 2026-02-16: Added Stronghold LLM server (i5-14400, 5 local models via OpenClaw/Ollama)
- 2026-02-16: Added Mac Studio M1 Max to infrastructure (AI/ML platform with Ollama)
- 2026-02-05: Fixed Wazuh static IP configuration issue
- 2026-02-04: Integrated Synology NAS with monitoring
- 2026-02-04: Implemented GitOps drift detection script
- 2026-02-03: Deployed podcast studio platform
- 2026-02-02: Wazuh SIEM deployment with agent coverage
About This Homelab
This homelab serves multiple purposes:
- Learning: Hands-on experience with enterprise technologies
- Certification Prep: Security+ and Azure AZ-104 study environment
- Portfolio: Demonstrating infrastructure and automation skills
- Experimentation: Testing new technologies and architectures
Documentation Philosophy: Comprehensive, searchable, and regularly updated documentation using Obsidian for private notes and this Quartz-powered wiki for public reference.
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