Future Plans
Priority Projects
Podcast Studio Deployment - NEW
- Deploy video recording platform to 192.168.1.XXX
- Configure environment and secrets
- Set up UFW firewall rules
- Deploy Docker Compose stack
- Test 4K recording and multi-track functionality
- Configure external access via NPM
OPNsense + Managed Switch
Enterprise networking foundation
- OPNsense firewall (VM or dedicated box)
- Managed switch with port mirroring capability
- VLAN segmentation (IoT, servers, management, guest)
- Suricata IDS/IPS for intrusion detection
- ntopng for traffic analysis and visualization
Wazuh SIEM - ✅ COMPLETED
- Deployed on 192.168.1.XXX (Debian 12, v4.14.2)
- Dashboard: https://192.168.1.XXX (fully working)
- Agents on ProxMoxBox, Pi5, Pi-hole, NPM
- Integrate Suricata alerts from OPNsense (after deployment)
NAS Build & Media Stack
Storage and entertainment
- NAS Integration - Completed 2026-02-04 (Synology DS220j, 7.2TB)
- Media Stack deployment
- Jellyfin/Plex - Media server
- Overseerr - Media request management
- Sonarr/Radarr - TV/Movie automation
- Storage: NAS SMB shares at
/mnt/nas/homelab/media/
Career-Building Services
Identity & Access Management
- Authentik/Keycloak - Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Centralized authentication for all services
- LDAP/OAuth integration
- Career skill: Enterprise IAM
Infrastructure Automation
- Ansible/Semaphore - Configuration management
- Automated deployment of services
- Playbooks for server provisioning
- Career skill: IaC automation
Documentation & IPAM
- Netbox - Network documentation (IPAM/DCIM)
- IP address management (beyond simple spreadsheet)
- Device inventory
- Career skill: Enterprise network management
Secrets Management
- Vault - Secrets management
- Centralized credential storage
- Replace scattered .env files
- Career skill: Security infrastructure
Later Projects
Home Automation
- Home Assistant - Smart home control
- Node-RED - Automation flows
Container Orchestration
- Kubernetes migration
- Convert Docker Compose to K8s manifests
- Multi-node cluster on Proxmox
- Career skill: K8s administration