Homelab online
Enterprise infrastructure, built at home.
Bytehaven is my hands-on environment for virtualization, identity, networking, Linux, Windows Server, email, security, and self-hosted services.
bytehaven@lab:~
$ hostname -f
pve.bytehaven.net
$ realm list
bytehaven.net
configured: kerberos-member
$ services --status
dc01 online
dc02 online
ca01 online
mail01 online
tailscale online
Infrastructure
Lab overview
A compact enterprise-style environment built for real-world practice.
Internet
Verizon Router 192.168.1.1
Proxmox VE pve.bytehaven.net
DC01AD DS · DNS · FSMO
DC02AD DS · DNS · Redundancy
CA01AD CS · Internal PKI
MAIL01Mailcow · LDAP · SOGo
GAME01Windows game host
JellyfinMedia services
TailscalePrivate remote access
TrueNASPlanned storage platform
AD
Active Directory
Identity, DNS, Group Policy, role-based access, service accounts, and dual domain controllers.
OnlinePX
Proxmox VE
Virtual machines and containers with LDAP authentication and internal certificate trust.
OnlineMX
Mailcow
Self-hosted email with Docker, Postfix, Dovecot, SOGo, and LDAP mailbox provisioning.
OnlinePKI
Certificate Services
Internal PKI for LDAPS, trusted services, and future infrastructure certificates.
OnlineVPN
Tailscale
Secure remote access to management services without exposing the hypervisor publicly.
OnlineJF
Jellyfin
Self-hosted media streaming running on a dedicated Linux virtual machine.
Online
Projects
What I have built
Selected deployments, migrations, integrations, and recovery work from Bytehaven.
01
Active Directory architecture
Designed the OU structure, groups, service accounts, DNS records, GPOs, and redundant domain controllers.
02
Mailcow and LDAP integration
Recovered a damaged Ubuntu filesystem, updated Mailcow, and connected mailbox authentication to Active Directory over LDAPS.
03
Proxmox identity integration
Integrated Proxmox with Active Directory, synchronized users and groups, and assigned role-based permissions.
04
VM migration and recovery
Imported Hyper-V VHDX files, corrected boot mode and disk controller problems, and repaired ext4 corruption.
About
Built for hands-on learning.
I’m Donovan Brown, a networking and cybersecurity student building Bytehaven to gain practical experience with systems administration, virtualization, networking, identity, Linux, Windows Server, email, automation, and security.
This site documents what I build, what breaks, how I troubleshoot it, and what I learn.
Contact
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