ceds-noc/README.md

Ced's NOC — Live Network Operations Center

A custom-built, public-facing Network Operations Center dashboard running at noc.chasedumphord.com — providing real-time visibility into Ced's HomeLab infrastructure, services, and RF edge systems.

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What This Is

This is the public-facing front door to Ced's HomeLab infrastructure. This is the frontend layer of Ced's observability platform — a custom-built status page that makes live infrastructure data publicly accessible without requiring login. The backend engine (ceds-observability-stack) handles metrics collection via Prometheus and Grafana. This repo is what the public sees — real-time service status, latency, and health across every layer of the homelab. no login required.

It's not a template or a third-party uptime service. It's a purpose-built frontend that pulls live status data and presents it as a professional NOC dashboard. Every card on the page represents a real, running service with real latency and uptime data.

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Live Dashboard

The NOC displays real-time status for every layer of the infrastructure stack — from the Proxmox hypervisor down to the APRS RF edge system.

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System Coverage

Core Infrastructure

Service	Role	Status Source
Proxmox VE	Hypervisor — 6-node HA cluster	TCP probe via Blackbox
TrueNAS	Storage platform	TCP probe via Blackbox
Nginx Proxy Manager	Reverse proxy	TCP probe via Blackbox

Application Layer

Service	Role	Status Source
Dashy	Service dashboard	TCP probe via Blackbox
Jellyfin	Media service	TCP probe via Blackbox
K3s API	Kubernetes cluster API	TCP probe via Blackbox

Edge / RF Systems

Service	Role	Status Source
APRS Home iGate	RF-to-internet gateway (KJ5JCO-10)	TCP probe via Blackbox
APRS-IS	External APRS internet service	TCP probe — noam.aprs2.net:14580

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Architecture

graph LR
    subgraph Backend["Backend — ceds-observability-stack"]
        PROM[Prometheus]
        BB[Blackbox Exporter]
        SCRIPTS[Python Status Scripts]
    end

    subgraph NOC["Frontend — ceds-noc"]
        PAGE[noc.chasedumphord.com]
        BADGE[noc-badge.json]
        STATUS[noc-status.json]
    end

    subgraph Infrastructure["Live Infrastructure"]
        PVE[Proxmox VE]
        TN[TrueNAS]
        K3S[K3s API]
        APRS[APRS iGate]
        SERVICES[Services]
    end

    Infrastructure --> BB --> PROM
    PROM --> SCRIPTS
    SCRIPTS --> BADGE & STATUS
    BADGE & STATUS --> PAGE

Data flow:

1. Blackbox Exporter probes all services via TCP/HTTP
2. Prometheus collects and stores probe results
3. Python scripts generate status JSON from Prometheus data
4. NOC frontend reads JSON and renders live status cards
5. Public visitors see real-time infrastructure status — no login needed

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Repository Structure

ceds-noc/
├── assets/
│   └── images/             # NOC page assets
├── data/
│   ├── noc-badge.json      # Live status badge data
│   └── noc-status.json     # Live service status data
├── screenshots/
│   ├── noc-metrics.png     # NOC metrics view
│   └── noc-systems.png     # NOC systems overview
├── scripts/
│   ├── generate-noc-badge.py   # Generates badge JSON from Prometheus
│   └── generate-noc-status.py  # Generates status JSON from Prometheus
├── index.html              # NOC frontend
├── script.js               # Status page logic
└── style.css               # NOC styling

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Status Card Design

Each service card on the NOC displays:

• Service name and role — what it is and what it does
• Category badge — HYPERVISOR, STORAGE, CLUSTER, PORTAL, etc.
• Health badge — HEALTHY or DEGRADED based on probe results
• Internal IP and port — where the service lives on the HomeLab VLAN
• Status — Online / Offline
• Latency — real response time in milliseconds
• Last check timestamp — when the probe last ran

This gives anyone viewing the page the same operational picture that the internal Grafana dashboard provides — without requiring access to the internal network.

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Screenshots

Systems Overview — Live Service Status

Metrics Overview

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Related Projects

Project	Role
ceds-observability-stack	Backend — Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, all exporters
ceds-homelab	Infrastructure — Proxmox cluster, TrueNAS, networking
ced-k3s-homelab	Orchestration — 12-node Raspberry Pi K3s cluster
ceds-aprs-igate	Edge — Dual-node APRS RF-to-internet gateway

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Roadmap

• Live service status cards with real probe data
• APRS RF edge system monitoring
• Public access — no login required
• Custom badge and status JSON generation
• Alerting integration — visual alerts on NOC page
• Historical uptime percentage per service
• Mobile-optimized layout
• Auto-refresh with configurable interval
• Public Grafana dashboard embed

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Author

Chase Dumphord (Ced) Digital Systems Engineer · GE Aerospace · Oxford, MS