SELF-HOSTED INFRASTRUCTURE

Designing a Complete Self-Hosted Business Infrastructure

Building a secure, production-ready infrastructure that combines virtualization, containerization, monitoring, automation, backups, and cloud services into one cohesive ecosystem.

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Project Type

Personal Project

Duration

Ongoing

Environment

On-Premise & Cloud

Role

Solutions Architect

Status

Active & Evolving

Infrastructure Overview

✓High availability with automated failover
✓Secure remote access via VPN & Zero Trust
✓Automated backups and disaster recovery
✓Centralized monitoring and alerting
✓All services containerized using Docker
✓Documentation & infrastructure as code

Core Services

Nextcloud

Vaultwarden

Pi-hole

Grafana

Prometheus

Loki

Portainer

Home Assistant

Immich

Paperless-ngx

Gitea

Jellyfin

+ Bitwarden RS, Uptime Kuma, AdGuard Home, and more

Key Metrics

✓99.98% uptime
✓40+ Docker containers
✓20+ core services
✓25TB+ usable storage
✓1Gbps internal network
✓Zero public data loss

ARCHITECTURE

Architecture Overview

Internet → Cloudflare → Firewall (OPNsense)

Reverse Proxy (Nginx Proxy Manager) + VPN Server (WireGuard)

Proxmox VE Cluster · Docker Host · LXC Containers

Primary Storage (ZFS Pool) → Backup Server (Proxmox Backup) → Offsite Backup (Cloud)

TECHNOLOGY STACK

Tools & Platforms Used

Proxmox

Docker

LXC

ZFS

Ceph

Nginx Proxy Manager

Cloudflare

WireGuard

Ansible

Git

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

Portainer

KEY METRICS

Project Metrics

99.98%

Uptime

Docker Containers

Virtual Machines

5.6TB

Total Storage Used

Services Running

100%

Self-Managed

HARDWARE

Hardware Overview

2 × Dell PowerEdge R4302× Xeon E5-2630 v4 · 128GB RAM
1 × Synology RS1221+8-Bay NAS · 32GB RAM
Network GearMikroTik CRS309 · 10G Switch · UniFi APs
UPS & PowerAPC Smart-UPS 3000VA
Rack & Cooling42U Rack · 2× Exhaust Fans · PDU

LESSONS LEARNED

What Worked Well

Automation, monitoring and documentation made management effortless and reliable.

Challenges Faced

Hardware limitations, power consumption and a constant learning curve.

Future Improvements

Expanding storage, adding 10G networking, and implementing Kubernetes for selected services.

Key Takeaways

Plan ahead, automate everything, and always have a backup strategy.

PROJECT GALLERY

Screenshots & Diagrams

Lab Overview

Proxmox Dashboard

Docker Containers

Network Topology

Grafana Dashboard

Server Rack

Storage (ZFS)

Backup Server

Nextcloud Dashboard

Home Assistant

* Real screenshots go here once available — these are placeholders.

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