ITEK Summer Project Kickoff

ITEK Summer Project Kickoff

A project aimed at establishing a scalable network infrastructure for self-hosted services, monitoring, diagnosing and collecting metrics of local network and services, and creating a secure deployment environment for future projects.

Table of Contents

• ITEK Summer Project Kickoff
  • Table of Contents
  • Project Overview
  • Technologies and Tools
  • Contributors
  • Project Stage Progression
  • Deliverables
  • Budget
  • Timeline \& Review Process
  • Associated Resources

Project Overview

This project is the first stage in a three-part implementation, with the goal to establish an infrastructure system with the capabilities as follows:

• Project portfolio site (Github Pages, Jekyll)
• Network infrastructure (Cisco Catalyst, Aironet, vWLC)
• Event monitoring, metrics collection (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Local network-level services (Pi-hole, Unbound, Guacamole)
• Documentation (Confluence)
• Issue tracking (Jira)

Technologies and Tools

This project utilizes a variety of technologies and tools, including:

• Cisco vWLC
• RADIUS Authentication
• SNMP Protocol
• Docker Containers
• Ubuntu Server
• VLAN Segregation
• OpenWRT Operating system
• Workgroup Bridge (WGB)
• AAA Implementations
• Static Jekyll Site
• Kanban Framework
• Microsoft Visio Diagramming
• Jira Issue Tracking
• Confluence Workspace
• Advanced VLAN Configurations
• SSH Protocol
• Cisco-CLI Interface
• YAML Configurations

Contributors

This project is primarily maintained by Samuel Ylitalo.

Project Stage Progression

The project is divided into three stages:

1. Infrastructure Setup and Service Implementation: Establishing the fundamental network infrastructure and setting up key services.
2. Building Up: Introducing complex configurations and integrations, enhancing network services, strengthening security, and starting integrating cloud services.
3. Advanced Technologies and Performance Optimization: Implementing advanced technologies and services, as well as performance optimization.

Deliverables

The deliverables of this project include:

• Proprietary configuration files
• Diagrams & Documentations
• Deployment scripts
• Container configuration files
• Charted metrics
• Project portfolio
• Reports

Budget

“At this rate, I foresee the only deficit in my budget being not fiscal, but mental.”

Timeline & Review Process

The project timeline is from 31 May 2023 to 7 Jul 2023, with the deliverables due date on 14 Jul 2023.

Associated Resources

• Github repository: ixu-org/ixu-org.github.io
• Project Portfolio: ixutiini