goals

GOALS

To secure and control the privacy of my (and Krista's) personal data by self-hosting my data in my own personal cloud:
- Files
- Notes
- Photos
- 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
- Implement a 3-2-1 or 3-2-1-1-0 backup system to insure ongoing protection against loss/corruption
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
- Budget (Actual Budget)
- 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:
1. Virtualization:
  - Docker
  - Proxmox
  - Kubernetes
  - VirtualBox
2. Simulated corporate/enterprise environment:
  - hands-on cybersecurity training and experimentation
  - Windows Server + Active Directory
3. Advanced networking skills:
  - pfSense
  - VLANs
  - Advanced firewall rules
  - traffic shaping and packet filtering
  - DMZ
  - Network monitoring and analysis (Zabbix/Graylog/Wazuh)
  - Intrusion detection/prevention systems (Snort/Suricata/Wazuh)
  - software defined network (Netmaker)