Docker Services
A dedicated Docker services environment used to host monitoring, alerting, uptime tracking, container visibility, and infrastructure telemetry tools for the home lab.
Project Goal
The goal of this project was to separate containerized infrastructure services into a dedicated Docker host instead of mixing monitoring and utility workloads directly into other lab systems.
Public documentation is intentionally sanitized. Internal IP addresses, exact port mappings, private compose configuration, credentials, credentials, and admin URLs are not published.
Environment Summary
Container Platform
Docker 29.5.3 running on a dedicated Debian 13 Linux container inside the Proxmox lab.
Container Service Deployment
Docker Compose v5.1.4 is used to deploy grouped container services in a repeatable and organized way.
Monitoring Stack
Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, cAdvisor, Node Exporter, and a Proxmox exporter provide visibility into lab health.
Uptime Tracking
Uptime Kuma is used to monitor service availability and quickly identify outages or degraded services.
Architecture
Technologies Used
What I Built
- Deployed a dedicated Linux container for Docker-based infrastructure services.
- Installed and validated Docker and Docker Compose for repeatable service deployment.
- Built a monitoring stack using Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, cAdvisor, Node Exporter, and a Proxmox exporter.
- Deployed Uptime Kuma for availability monitoring and service status visibility.
- Organized services into separate Compose-managed groups instead of running everything manually.
- Used Docker networks to separate monitoring and service traffic logically inside the Docker environment.
- Validated running container status, health states, and service availability.
Security and Privacy Considerations
- Exact internal port mappings, private URLs, credentials, and compose file contents are not published.
- The Docker services environment is separated from other lab workloads to improve organization and reduce operational overlap.
- Monitoring services are treated as internal infrastructure tools rather than general public services.
- Configuration files are managed locally and documented without exposing sensitive details.
- Public documentation focuses on architecture, platform design, and operational value.
Operational Value
This project provides visibility into the health of the lab environment and demonstrates how monitoring tools can be layered together to support infrastructure operations. Instead of waiting for a service to fail silently, the monitoring stack gives a clearer view of availability, resource usage, and service status.
It also demonstrates practical container operations: Compose files, service grouping, Docker networking, health checks, container lifecycle awareness, and separation of monitoring tools from production-like workloads.
What This Demonstrates
The project demonstrates containerized service hosting, infrastructure monitoring, Docker Compose operations, observability tooling, uptime tracking, and the ability to organize multiple infrastructure tools into a dedicated service environment.
Project Status
Active and operational. Future improvements may include alert refinement, dashboard cleanup, stronger backup documentation, additional exporters, and better long-term monitoring retention.