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This project dives into the complexities of setting up and managing a personal network infrastructure, featuring key services like Nginx Reverse Proxy, Cloudflare tunnel, NextCloud, Jellyfin, Dnsmasq. With a focus on scalability, security, and efficiency, this documentation offers invaluable insights for anyone looking to enhance their home networking capabilities.<h3 class="rich-heading">Key Highlights: </h3><ol><li>Engineered a resilient multi-service home server using Docker Swarm, enhancing service availability and automating deployment with CI/CD pipelines. </li><li> Configured Nginx for reverse proxy, integrating Cloudflare Tunnel to securely expose services to the internet while maintaining robust local DNS resolution with dnsmasq in Docker.</li><li> Leveraged Ansible for server configurations, promoting Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for efficient management, and reduced configuration errors.</li></ol><h3 class="rich-heading">Key Components:</h3>(may be a few components you still not find in the docs or may be they will be replaced as we will implement them or find some better alternative solution)<ul><li>Docker Swarm: Manages and orchestrates Docker containers.</li><li>Nextcloud: A self-hosted productivity platform for file sharing and collaboration.</li><li>Nginx: Employed as a reverse proxy to manage incoming traffic and enhance security.</li><li>Prometheus and Grafana: For infrastructure monitoring, providing insights into server performance and health.</li><li>Elasticsearch, Fluentd, and Kibana (EFK Stack): For efficient logging, data analysis, and visualization.</li><li>Cloudflare Tunnel: Utilized to securely expose services to the internet while maintaining privacy.</li><li>Security and Monitoring:</li></ul> - Implementation of SSL/TLS encryption for secure data transmission. - Setup of Prometheus and Grafana for real-time monitoring and alerting. - Integration of EFK stack for comprehensive logging and data analysis.<ul><li>CI/CD Integration:</li></ul> - GitHub Actions for continuous integration and deployment, automating the software delivery process. - Ansible for automated configuration management, ensuring consistent and repeatable server setups.<ul><li>Deployment and Maintenance:</li></ul> - Deployment of Docker stacks for each service component, ensuring isolation and ease of management. - Regular updates and maintenance through CI/CD pipelines, ensuring the system stays up-to-date and secure.<ul><li> Scalability:</li></ul> - Scalability ensured through Docker Swarm, allowing for easy addition of new services or scaling existing ones.<h3 class="rich-heading">Documentation:</h3><ul><li>We have deployed a comprehensive documentation for each aspect of the server setup and management.</li></ul>This project showcases a blend of technical expertise and practical implementation of home server management, emphasising on scalability, security, and efficient operations.You can check out the server configurations IAC <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="text-green-text rich-link break-all link-break" href="https://github.com/sarthakjdev/home-server-configs">here</a>NOTE: This project is a evolving creation, or may I wont call it a project but it is more of my personal home automation where I can test out applications, deploy some crons, or have local caching server, build out of tinkering and experimentation, so a lot of decision may or may not sounds fine, but they are meant to be experimented.