TechVerse Infrastructure Lab

Description: A real-world hybrid IT infrastructure simulation lab designed for educational organizations or small to medium enterprises. This project demonstrates secure network architecture, hybrid cloud integration, endpoint security, automation, and documentation using a blend of open-source and enterprise-grade technologies.

Project Objectives:

• Design and implement a scalable hybrid IT infrastructure model.
• Demonstrate secure cloud and on-prem integration using best practices.
• Utilize open-source tools for cost-effective IT service management.
• Simulate enterprise-level networking, monitoring, and automation workflows.

Project Outcome:

• Deployed end-to-end hybrid IT environment for education use case.
• Integrated Microsoft 365, AWS, and Linux services for identity, storage, and compute.
• Implemented monitoring, disaster recovery, and endpoint security solutions.
• Developed documentation, backup strategy, and ITSM workflow.

Key Skills Gained:

• Hybrid network design and VLAN segmentation
• Windows Server AD DS, DNS, DHCP configuration
• Linux server setup, Proxmox, and TrueNAS storage solutions
• AWS EC2, S3, Route 53, and Azure AD integration
• Automation with Ansible, Terraform, and scripting (Bash & PowerShell)
• Monitoring and logging with Zabbix, Grafana, and Graylog
• IT documentation, service desk, and backup strategies

Technologies Used:

• AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Route53)
• Azure AD, Intune, M365, Defender
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Proxmox VE
• Windows Server 2019 (AD DS, DNS, DHCP)
• FortiGate Firewall, UniFi Wi-Fi, Cisco Switches
• PostgreSQL, TrueNAS CORE (ZFS)
• BitLocker, LUKS, Defender for Endpoint
• Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, Bash
• Zabbix, Grafana, Graylog, GLPI
• Intune, WSUS, PDQ Deploy

GitHub Repository: TechVerse-Infrastructure-Lab