Home Server Setup

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.

Key Highlights:

1. Engineered a resilient multi-service home server using Docker Swarm, enhancing service availability and automating deployment with CI/CD pipelines.

2. 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.

3. Leveraged Ansible for server configurations, promoting Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for efficient management, and reduced configuration errors.

Key Components:

(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)

• Docker Swarm: Manages and orchestrates Docker containers.

• Nextcloud: A self-hosted productivity platform for file sharing and collaboration.

• Nginx: Employed as a reverse proxy to manage incoming traffic and enhance security.

• Prometheus and Grafana: For infrastructure monitoring, providing insights into server performance and health.

• Elasticsearch, Fluentd, and Kibana (EFK Stack): For efficient logging, data analysis, and visualization.

• Cloudflare Tunnel: Utilized to securely expose services to the internet while maintaining privacy.

• Security and Monitoring:

- 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.

• CI/CD Integration:

- GitHub Actions for continuous integration and deployment, automating the software delivery process.

- Ansible for automated configuration management, ensuring consistent and repeatable server setups.

• Deployment and Maintenance:

- 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.

• Scalability:

- Scalability ensured through Docker Swarm, allowing for easy addition of new services or scaling existing ones.

Documentation:

• We have deployed a comprehensive documentation for each aspect of the server setup and management.

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 here

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.