ITS7 Server+ — Capstone Project
Team & Project Info
This site is the ITS7 Server+ capstone deliverable and a live CompTIA SK0-005 study resource. The physical lab and this documentation demonstrate the same concepts the study guide teaches.
Team
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Hak
Sysadmin · Network · Virtualization · DevOps — all roles (solo project)
Infrastructure map
The physical lab uses production-grade components that map directly to the Server+ exam objectives.
| Component | Exam Requirement | What's Running | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Server | Any rack/tower server | HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 | Dual Xeon E5-2620, 48 GB ECC RAM, HP Smart Array P420i, hot-swap PSUs |
| Hypervisor | VMware ESXi / Hyper-V | Proxmox VE 8.x (KVM + LXC) | Type 1 bare-metal hypervisor; managed via web UI on port 8006; local-lvm thin storage |
| Storage | RAID 1 / RAID 5 | RAID 5 — HP Smart Array P420i | 4× 1 TB SAS drives; 3 TB usable; battery-backed write cache; configured via ORCA (F8 at POST) |
| Network segmentation | VLANs on managed switch | 3 Proxmox Linux bridges | vmbr0 management (10.10.10.0/16), vmbr1 DMZ (172.16.0.0/24), vmbr2 Private LAN (192.168.0.0/24) |
| Firewall / Router | Cisco ASA / pfSense | pfSense VM on Proxmox | NAT/MASQUERADE for outbound, DNAT port-forward for Jump Box, default-deny policy |
| Directory Services | Active Directory Domain Services | Windows Server 2022 AD DS | Domain: hak.local; integrated DNS; static IP 192.168.0.10; required before promotion |
| Remote management | iDRAC / IPMI / iLO | HP iLO 4 | Out-of-band management; remote console and virtual media; used to install Proxmox without KVM switch |
Weekly deliverables
✅Week 1
Physical server racked and powered
iLO 4 configured
RAID 5 configured via ORCA
Proxmox VE installed
✅Week 2
3-bridge network config
pfSense VM running
Jump Box deployed
VMs on private LAN
✅Week 3
AD DS on Windows Server 2022
DNS integrated
DHCP scope live
Lab topology documented
✅Week 4
Study guide published
Lab guide published
Blog post live
Team info page (this)
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