CASE STUDIES
Short incident records focused on evidence, root cause, recovery, and control improvements.
An LXC container failed to start following host maintenance.
Reviewed task output and startup hooks, then traced the failure to an unavailable CIFS-backed storage path.
Restored NAS availability, validated the persistent mount, and confirmed normal container startup.
Documented storage dependencies and added explicit mount checks to the recovery workflow.
Application services depended on network storage that was not available at startup.
Validated NAS reachability, credentials, permissions, mount points, and the host configuration.
Re-established the mount and verified that applications could read and write expected paths.
Treated storage as an explicit service dependency rather than an assumed resource.
Reduce unnecessary trust between personal endpoints and connected devices.
Separated trusted clients and IoT devices into distinct VLANs managed through UniFi.
Used mDNS only where service discovery was required across boundaries.
Created clearer traffic boundaries without breaking required smart-home functions.
Provide remote access to approved applications without exposing internal administration.
Published HTTPS applications through a reverse proxy while keeping infrastructure dashboards private.
VPN remains the administrative path; public visitors do not receive internal network access.
Remote services remain usable while the management plane stays inaccessible from the internet.