thesabear
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rocky-docker-lxc/, caddy-vm/, monitoring-vm/ (was missing entirely -
Grafana+Loki+Prometheus stack, refreshed and CA mount stripped same as
everything else), and automation/{ansible,automation-vm,iac}/ for the
three repos that live on the automation VM. Hawser is genuinely
deployed on all three of caddy-vm/monitoring-vm/automation-vm so it's
duplicated in each rather than picking one canonical home.
Old Ansible/ and "Infrastrucutre as Code/" content moved under
automation/ansible/old-playbooks and automation/iac/old-content as-is
for now - contents still need refreshing against the current repos and
a per-folder README, that's the next pass.
👋 Hi there — I’m @thesabear
I’m a curious, self-taught technologist with a passion for breaking things, fixing them, and understanding why systems behave the way they do. What started as a hobby homelab project has grown into a full-on journey into DevOps, automation, infrastructure, and security.
My long-term goal is to build a career in IT—specifically in environments where learning never stops and innovation is part of the culture.
👀 What I’m Exploring
I spend a lot of time experimenting in my homelab, using it as a real-world playground to deepen my understanding of core IT concepts.
Some of the areas I’m actively exploring include:
- Infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code
- Network design, security, and service reliability
- Containers, registries, and image hardening
- Monitoring, observability, and resilient design patterns
Each project teaches me something new, and everything I learn pushes me further toward becoming a well-rounded IT/DevOps engineer.
🌱 What I’m Learning Right Now
I’m currently focused on:
- Building and maintaining secure Docker images
- Running my own private registry
- Using GitLab pipelines to automate image updates, security scanning, and deployments
- Improving scripting skills—Python and Bash are next on my list
I enjoy understanding not just how something works, but how to automate it, secure it, and integrate it cleanly into a larger system.
⚡ Fun Fact
I’m entirely self-taught. Every tool, trick, concept, and workflow in my repos is something I learned by doing—from reading docs to breaking my lab at 2 a.m. and fixing it again.
📁 What You’ll Find in This Repository
This repo serves as a showcase of the things I build and experiment with. Inside, you’ll find:
- A growing collection of Docker Compose files for various services I run
- Infrastructure-as-Code projects designed to spin up my entire homelab from minimal, hardened ISO images
- Configurations, scripts, and templates built around reproducibility, security, and operational simplicity
My goal is to create solutions that are not only functional, but thoughtfully designed—and to share what I learn along the way.
🚀 Let’s Connect
