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Lab Notes

Informal notes from hands-on lab work.

Caddy Reverse Proxy Deployment — Pi-hole TLS Termination on fablehaven​

Deploying Caddy as a reverse proxy on fablehaven to terminate TLS for Pi-hole admin UIs across the three-node cluster, using Step-CA certs and internal DNS.

  • Type: journal | Lifecycle: active | Created: 2026-06-24 | Last reviewed: 2026-06-24
  • Tags: automation, debugging, dns, encryption, infrastructure-as-code

Capstone Network Configuration Lab​

Lab notes for configuring a multi-network environment with routing, DHCP, and OSPF across IT & Security, Sales, and Admin networks.

  • Type: journal | Lifecycle: active | Created: 2026-04-10 | Last reviewed: 2026-04-10
  • Tags: notes, routing, tcp-ip

Configuring PPP with CHAP authentication between ProvoRouter and ISP2, implementing OSPF for redundancy, and verifying failover behavior.

  • Type: journal | Lifecycle: active | Created: 2026-04-10 | Last reviewed: 2026-04-10
  • Tags: authentication, notes, routing, tcp-ip

IoT VLAN 94 — Segmentation, Kea DHCP, Firewall Rules, and Device Migration​

Building IoT network isolation on TheBurrow — VLAN 94 design, Kea DHCP subnet activation, OPNsense firewall rules, DNS enforcement NAT redirects, and migrating 31 devices via CSV import.

  • Type: journal | Lifecycle: active | Created: 2026-06-24 | Last reviewed: 2026-06-24
  • Tags: automation, debugging, dns, infrastructure-as-code, routing