homelab

Introduction Learning and implementing cybersecurity concepts can be challenging without access to practical and secure infrastructure. These challenges are further complicated by budget constraints that limit the acquisition of necessary hardware resources. To overcome this, this home lab guide provides instructions for provisioning, configuring, optimizing, and securing IT infrastructure using a combination of local virtual machines (VMs) and cloud resources for practical use cases. This approach enables deploying less resource-intensive tools on local VMs while leveraging the cloud for more demanding applications. It simulates both on-premises and cloud environments. The knowledge gained here can aid in production and large-scale, enterprise-level…