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# Ced's HomeLab — Live Infrastructure & Observability Platform
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> A production-style homelab running real infrastructure, real workloads, and a live NOC dashboard — built by a Digital Systems Engineer at GE Aerospace who needed a place to practice what he preaches.
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[](https://noc.chasedumphord.com)
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[](https://chasedumphord.com)
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[](#infrastructure-layer)
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[](#network--vlan-architecture)
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---
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## Why I Built This
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I work on the Digital Team at GE Aerospace building data pipelines, dashboards, and digital inspection systems. Every day I'm working with production infrastructure where downtime has real consequences — and I needed a lab environment that could keep up with that.
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This isn't a tutorial setup. Every service running here solves a real problem, every VLAN exists for a real reason, and every monitoring alert has a real threshold. I built this the same way I build at work: start with architecture, document as you go, and make it observable from day one.
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**What this lab is for:**
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- Practicing infrastructure patterns I apply directly at GE
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- Building a live, always-on NOC that demonstrates real observability skills
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- Running workloads that would otherwise require expensive cloud resources
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- Documenting systems well enough that anyone can understand them
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---
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## Architecture Overview
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```mermaid
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graph TB
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subgraph Internet
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CF[Cloudflare Edge]
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end
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subgraph Access Layer
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TUNNEL[Cloudflare Tunnel]
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NPM[Nginx Proxy Manager]
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end
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subgraph Network - UniFi UDR
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MAIN[Main VLAN<br/>10.10.10.0/24]
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IOT[IoT VLAN<br/>10.10.20.0/24]
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LAB[HomeLab VLAN<br/>10.10.30.0/24]
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GUEST[Guest VLAN<br/>10.10.99.0/24]
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end
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subgraph Compute - Proxmox VE
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PVE[Proxmox Hypervisor<br/>VMs + LXC Containers]
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HA[Home Assistant VM]
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SERVICES[Service VMs]
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end
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subgraph Orchestration - K3s
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CTRL[Control Plane]
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W1[Worker Node x4]
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W2[Worker Node x4]
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W3[Worker Node x4]
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end
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subgraph Storage - TrueNAS
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ZFS[ZFS Pool]
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NFS[NFS Exports]
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SMB[SMB Shares]
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end
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subgraph Observability - Ced's NOC
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PROM[Prometheus]
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GRAF[Grafana]
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KUMA[Uptime Kuma]
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NODE[Node Exporter]
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BLACK[Blackbox Exporter]
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end
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CF --> TUNNEL --> NPM
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NPM --> LAB
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LAB --> PVE
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LAB --> CTRL
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PVE --> ZFS
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ZFS --> NFS --> PVE
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CTRL --> W1 & W2 & W3
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NODE --> PROM
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BLACK --> PROM
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PROM --> GRAF
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KUMA --> GRAF
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```
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## Infrastructure Layers
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### Infrastructure Layer — Proxmox VE
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The hypervisor layer runs on a dedicated server hosting all VMs and LXC containers. TrueNAS provides centralized ZFS storage with NFS exports for VM disk images and SMB shares for media workloads.
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| Component | Role |
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|-----------|------|
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| Proxmox VE | Primary hypervisor — VMs and LXC containers |
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| TrueNAS | ZFS storage backend — NFS for Proxmox, SMB for media |
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| Home Assistant | IoT automation, isolated on its own VLAN |
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📁 Configs: [`proxmox/`](./proxmox/) · [`truenas/`](./truenas/) · [`home-assistant/`](./home-assistant/)
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---
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### Orchestration Layer — K3s on Raspberry Pi
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A 12-node K3s cluster running on Raspberry Pi hardware. Designed to mirror real Kubernetes production patterns at small scale — not just "run some pods."
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| Layer | Detail |
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|-------|--------|
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| Cluster size | 12 nodes (Raspberry Pi) |
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| Ingress | MetalLB + NGINX Ingress Controller |
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| DNS | Wildcard `*.cedshomelab.com` via Cloudflare |
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| Workloads | Monitoring stack, containerized services, future GitOps |
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📌 Full cluster documentation: **[ced-k3s-homelab →](https://github.com/ced4568/ced-k3s-homelab)**
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### Network & VLAN Architecture
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All traffic runs through a UniFi Dream Router with hard VLAN segmentation. The HomeLab VLAN is fully isolated from daily-use devices — the same principle I apply to industrial OT/IT network segmentation at work.
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| VLAN | Subnet | Purpose |
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|------|--------|---------|
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| Main | `10.10.10.0/24` | Daily-use devices, workstations |
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| IoT | `10.10.20.0/24` | Smart home devices, consoles, TVs |
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| HomeLab | `10.10.30.0/24` | All servers, K3s nodes, storage, services |
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| Guest | `10.10.99.0/24` | Guest Wi-Fi — no internal access |
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**Traffic flow for external access:**
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Internet → Cloudflare Edge → Tunnel → Nginx Proxy Manager → Internal Service
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```
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Zero open ports. No port forwarding. All external access goes through Cloudflare Tunnel.
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📁 Configs: [`cloudflare/`](./cloudflare/) · [`npm/`](./npm/) · [`docs/Add_New_Service_Guide.md`](./docs/Add_New_Service_Guide.md)
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### Observability — Ced's NOC
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The centerpiece of this lab. A live Network Operations Center dashboard that gives real-time visibility into every layer of the infrastructure.
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**Stack:**
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| Tool | Role |
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|------|------|
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| Prometheus | Metrics collection and storage |
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| Grafana | Dashboards and visualization |
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| Node Exporter | Per-host system metrics (CPU, RAM, disk, network) |
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| Blackbox Exporter | External endpoint/service probing |
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| Uptime Kuma | Service-level uptime monitoring and alerting |
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**What's monitored:**
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- Proxmox host performance and VM resource usage
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- K3s cluster node health and pod status
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- Per-service uptime with configurable alert thresholds
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- Network latency across VLANs
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- TrueNAS pool health and disk utilization
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📺 **[View Live NOC Dashboard →](https://noc.chasedumphord.com)**
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📁 Configs: [`monitoring/`](./monitoring/)
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## Screenshots
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### Proxmox — Hypervisor Overview
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### Proxmox — Active Workloads
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### K3s — Cluster Nodes & Pods
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### Nginx Proxy Manager — Reverse Proxy Routes
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### Uptime Kuma — Service Monitoring
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### Grafana — Infrastructure Dashboard
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## Repository Structure
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```
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ceds-homelab/
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├── cloudflare/ # Tunnel configs and DNS setup
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├── docs/ # Architecture diagrams, guides, roadmap
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│ ├── Add_New_Service_Guide.md
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│ ├── Ced_Homelab_Diagrams.md
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│ └── roadmap.md
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├── home-assistant/ # HA configuration and automation
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├── k3s/ # K3s manifests and configs
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├── monitoring/ # Prometheus, Grafana, Uptime Kuma configs
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├── npm/ # Nginx Proxy Manager configs
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├── proxmox/ # Proxmox VM/LXC templates and notes
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├── screenshots/ # Infrastructure screenshots for docs
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├── soc-lab/ # Security operations lab project
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└── truenas/ # TrueNAS pool and dataset configs
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```
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## Roadmap
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- [x] Proxmox hypervisor with VM/LXC workloads
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- [x] 12-node K3s cluster on Raspberry Pi
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- [x] VLAN segmentation via UniFi
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- [x] Cloudflare Tunnel + Nginx Proxy Manager
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- [x] Prometheus + Grafana observability stack
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- [x] Uptime Kuma service monitoring
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- [x] Live NOC dashboard (noc.chasedumphord.com)
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- [ ] GitOps with ArgoCD for K3s deployments
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- [ ] Helm chart library for self-hosted services
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- [ ] Cloudflare Zero Trust access policies
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- [ ] Internal container registry
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- [ ] Automated alerting with PagerDuty or Grafana OnCall
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- [ ] Full Proxmox cluster expansion (6-node)
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---
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## Security Practices
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This repository contains **no secrets, tokens, API keys, or passwords.**
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- All sensitive values are stored locally or passed via environment variables
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- Template/example files use placeholder values only (`.example` suffix)
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- External access is zero-trust via Cloudflare Tunnel — no exposed ports
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- VLANs enforce hard network segmentation between device classes
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## Related Projects
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| Project | Description |
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| [ced-k3s-homelab](https://github.com/ced4568/ced-k3s-homelab) | Full documentation for the 12-node Raspberry Pi K3s cluster |
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| [ceds-aprs-igate](https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-aprs-igate) | Dual-node APRS RF-to-internet iGate (KJ5JCO) |
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| [ced-portfolio](https://github.com/ced4568/ced-portfolio) | Source for chasedumphord.com |
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## Author
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**Chase Dumphord (Ced)**
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Digital Systems Engineer · GE Aerospace · Oxford, MS
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Building systems that connect industrial hardware to actionable data.
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[](https://chasedumphord.com)
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[](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chase-dumphord/)
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[](https://github.com/ced4568)
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[](https://noc.chasedumphord.com) |