GOALS
- To secure and control the privacy of my (and Krista's) personal data by self-hosting my data in my own personal cloud:
- eMail - client at first but ultimately my own personal mail server
- eBooks
- Audiobooks
- To secure and control the availability of my/our data:
- Implement high-availability server clusters and disk arrays
- Implement uninterruptible and/or redundant power
- Implement fall-back (i.e. 5G) internet connectivity
- To self-host a variety of cloud services for convenience, privacy, and cost saving:
- Office apps
- Streaming media (movies and music)
- Home automation/security/surveillance
- Bookmark management
- Time management
- Websites/blogs:
- DonFerris.me - Professional site (online resume)
- LabBlog.DonFerris.me - Build log for the lab
- DonnyBahama.com - personal site/blog
- TikiShack.com - blog about our house (including our house search), home theater, home automation (Control.TikiShack.com)
- KristaLeigh.art - for Krista's art endeavors
- Donnie.live - website for my 1-man music shows
- LiveTimeNetworks.com
- GruveTube.com
- DigitalLifestyleCreations.com
- CuttinWoodRealGood.com
- ShopmadeShop.com
- To have a good environment/platform for honing/sharpening my app/web development and project management skills
- To have a platform/environment for quickly spinning up new servers/services and working with/learning:
- Virtualization:
- Docker
- Proxmox
- Kubernetes
- VirtualBox
- Simulated corporate/enterprise environment:
- hands-on cybersecurity training and experimentation
- Windows Server + Active Directory
- Advanced networking skills:
- pfSense
- VLANs
- Advanced firewall rules
- traffic shaping and packet filtering
- DMZ
- software defined network (Netmaker)