OnyxNet Documentation
Welcome to the technical knowledge base for OnyxNet, a hands-on homelab focused on network engineering, infrastructure automation, and systems administration.
Areas of Focus
Section titled “Areas of Focus”- Networking and Security
- Virtualization with Proxmox
- Infrastructure Automation with Ansible
- Monitoring and Observability
- Storage, Backups, and Disaster Recovery
This documentation is a work in progress. New projects, architecture diagrams, and technical guides will be added as the environment evolves.
Explore the Documentation
Section titled “Explore the Documentation”Network Architecture
Section titled “Network Architecture”- Architecture Overview — The deployed physical and logical network.
- VLAN Segmentation — Six operational VLANs and their intended security boundaries.
Virtualization & Compute
Section titled “Virtualization & Compute”- Virtualization Overview — How the production and experimental environments are organized.
- Aesir Production Cluster — Three-node Proxmox hardware, storage, workloads, and operational constraints.
- Vanir Experimental Environment — Single-node Proxmox testing and experimentation.
Storage & Disaster Recovery
Section titled “Storage & Disaster Recovery”- Storage & Backup Architecture — TrueNAS, ZFS, Proxmox Backup Server, and existing storage infrastructure.
- Backup & Recovery Strategy — Protection layers, recovery objectives, backup verification, and restore testing.
Automation & Operations
Section titled “Automation & Operations”- Ansible Infrastructure Automation — Centralized configuration management, reusable roles, and operational practices.
Monitoring & Observability
Section titled “Monitoring & Observability”- Monitoring Overview — Grafana, Prometheus, exporters, network monitoring, and NOC dashboard concepts.
Architecture Decisions
Section titled “Architecture Decisions”- ADR-001: Ginnungagap Connectivity — Why a proposed site-to-site transit network was superseded by Tailscale.