Fortinet Certified Associate in Cybersecurity
Fortinet Training Institute certification covering cybersecurity concepts, threat landscape awareness, and foundational Fortinet security knowledge.
Issued: June 2026
Valid until: June 2028
About TLC Tech Lab
TLC Tech Lab is my professional portfolio and self-hosted infrastructure lab showcase. The goal is simple: demonstrate hands-on technical growth beyond ticket work by documenting projects in virtualization, Linux containers, DNS, secure tunneling, automation, monitoring, and infrastructure operations.
This site is self-hosted from a Proxmox environment using a dedicated Debian Linux container, Nginx, and Cloudflare Tunnel. Public HTTPS access is routed through Cloudflare without opening inbound web ports on my home firewall.
Windows Server
Active Directory
Group Policy
DNS
DFSR
Hyper-V
VMware ESXi
Proxmox
Debian Linux
Nginx
Cloudflare Tunnel
PowerShell
Ansible
Docker
Pi-hole
Veeam
Home Lab & Technical Projects
Independent lab projects used to practice, validate, and document real infrastructure skills in a safe environment.
Self-Hosted Portfolio Website
Built this public portfolio site using Proxmox, a dedicated Debian LXC container, Nginx, Cloudflare Tunnel, HTTPS routing, firewall controls, and a hosted resume PDF.
Proxmox Virtualization Lab
Built and maintain a Proxmox-based infrastructure lab for Linux containers, self-hosted services, virtualization practice, NAS-backed storage, backups, and platform operations.
Cloudflare Tunnel Publishing
Published selected internal lab services through Cloudflare Tunnel with public HTTPS access, proxied DNS, security controls, and no inbound firewall port forwarding.
Nextcloud Cloud Storage for Greensburg Ghost Society
Built and donated a self-hosted Nextcloud storage environment for Greensburg Ghost Society, backed by Synology NAS storage and securely published for member access.
Docker Services
Maintain containerized workloads for monitoring, alerting, uptime tracking, infrastructure visibility, self-hosted tools, and service testing inside a dedicated Docker environment.
Ansible Automation
Built an Ansible management environment with inventory organization, host key checking, SSH pipelining, maintenance playbooks, scripts, logs, and repeatable Linux container administration.
Pi-hole DNS Filtering
Deployed Pi-hole with Unbound for local DNS filtering, recursive DNS resolution, domain review, visibility, and network troubleshooting across the lab environment.
Cross-Platform Palworld Dedicated Server
Deployed a private Steam and Xbox crossplay server in a Debian 13 LXC container on Proxmox using SteamCMD, systemd, resource controls, firewall restrictions, NAT, and packet-level troubleshooting.
OpenClaw / AI Workflow Lab
Archived AI workflow lab exploring private assistant deployment, model provider testing, automation guardrails, troubleshooting, and infrastructure support use cases.
Resume
My resume focuses on infrastructure, systems administration, virtualization, backup and disaster recovery, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, and escalation-level support.
Certifications
Fortinet Certified Fundamentals in Cybersecurity
Fortinet Training Institute certification covering core cybersecurity principles, common threats, security awareness, and entry-level cyber defense concepts.
Issued: June 2026
Valid until: June 2028
Contact
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/thornecunningham