System Architecture
A multi-site homelab spanning two geographic locations connected via Tailscale mesh VPN. 66 build cores across 5 drones, multi-NAS storage pools, and automated infrastructure.
Network Topology
Internet
Cloudflare
Tunnel + DNS
Tailscale
Mesh VPN
Milky Way
10.42.0.0/24
Altair-Link
Izar-Host
Capella-Outpost
drone-Izar
Andromeda
192.168.20.0/24
Tarn-Host
Meridian-Mako-Silo
Cassiel-Silo
drone-Tarn
Network Inventory
Milky Way
10.42.0.0/24 Primary Sector
Hostname
IP Address
Type
Specs/Role
OPNsense
10.42.0.1
Firewall
Router/Firewall
Capella-Outpost
10.42.0.100
Workstation
4c/32GB, RTX 4070 Ti
Sirius-Station
10.42.0.150
Workstation
8c/16GB
Altair-Link
10.42.0.199
Gateway
6c/32GB
Arcturus-Prime
10.42.0.200
Hypervisor
8c/32GB
Izar-Host
10.42.0.201
Hypervisor
16c/64GB
Izar-Binhost
10.42.0.201
Binhost
Binary Packages
drone-Izar
10.42.0.203
Build Drone
16c/14GB (LXC)
Tau-Ceti-Lab
10.42.0.194
Test VM
8c/32GB
drone-Tau-Beta
10.42.0.175
Build Drone
8c/31GB (Bare-metal)
sweeper-Capella
10.42.3.2
Sweeper
8c/31GB (LXC)
Rigel-Silo
10.42.0.10
NAS
2c/2GB
Andromeda
192.168.20.0/24 Remote Sector
Hostname
IP Address
Type
Specs/Role
ASUS Router
192.168.20.1
Router
Consumer Router
Tarn-Host
192.168.20.100
Hypervisor
14c/32GB
Meridian-Mako-Silo
192.168.20.50
NAS
24c/128GB, ~100TB
Cassiel-Silo
192.168.20.7
NAS
4c/8GB, 120TB
Mobius-Silo
192.168.20.170
NAS
2c/2GB, 22TB
drone-Tarn
100.64.0.91
Build Drone
14c/12GB (LXC)
drone-Meridian
192.168.20.77
Build Drone
20c/52GB (VM)
Polaris-Media
192.168.20.201
Media Server
4c/8GB
Tailscale Mesh
100.64.0.0/10 Overlay Network
Hostname
Tailscale IP
Type
Specs/Role
Capella-Outpost
100.91.215.26
Node
Primary Workstation
Altair-Link
100.81.234.88
Subnet Router
Milky Way Router
orchestrator-Izar
100.99.141.70
Node
Primary Orchestrator
drone-Izar
100.101.101.126
Node
Build Drone
Tarn-Host
100.68.107.42
Subnet Router
Andromeda Router
orchestrator-Tarn
100.64.0.118
Node
Extension Orchestrator
drone-Tarn
100.64.0.91
Node
Build Drone
drone-Meridian
100.108.57.110
Node
Build Drone
Build Swarm
Distributed Gentoo package building across 66 cores
Orchestrator
Host:
orchestrator-Izar
Endpoint:
10.42.0.201:8080
Gateway
Host:
gateway-Altair
Endpoint:
10.42.0.199:8090
Drones (66 Total Cores)
drone-Izar
16 cores
Milky Way
LXC
drone-Tau-Beta
8 cores
Milky Way
Bare Metal
sweeper-Capella
8 cores
Milky Way
LXC
drone-Tarn
14 cores
Andromeda
LXC
drone-Meridian
20 cores
Andromeda
VM
Storage Infrastructure
Multi-NAS storage pool across 3 active devices
Meridian-Mako-Silo
~100TB
Cassiel-Silo
120TB
Mobius-Silo
22TB
Hosted Services
Altair-Dashboard
Altair-Link:8080
gateway-Altair
Altair-Link:8090
orchestrator-Izar
Izar-Host:8080
Altair-Git
Altair-Link:3000
Altair-Metrics
Altair-Link:9090
Kaus-Media-Primary
Polaris-Media:32400
Kaus-Media-Secondary
Polaris-Media:32401
Proxmox UI
Tarn-Host:8006
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