An ideal home lab is remotely-accessible, security hardened and tested, and wholly relies on an open-source technology stack. In this workshop, you will get hands-on training on using open source technology–from hypervisor to web app–to self-host your own home lab. The workshop will walk you through network design, architecture, and security, including firewall configuration and DNS sinkholing; using Docker and Docker Compose; remote administration tools and methods; remote web app access with mandatory two-factor authentication; single sign on integration with internal and external services; certificate authority management for mTLS through OpenSSL and Step CA; an introduction to SSH certificate authorities; and network mapping and security testing. Participants will come out of this workshop with the hands-on experience, knowledge and resources to successfully self-host their own secure Linux-based home lab. This workshop will require the participant to be comfortable in the Linux command line and be familiar with basic IPv4 concepts.
