/etc/services.d/manifest.json
4 SERVICES OPERATIONAL
grafana.homelab
ONLINE
Real-time metrics, Prometheus scraping, & homelab telemetry dashboards.
PING: 4ms
TRAEFIK HTTPS
vault.homelab
ONLINE
HashiCorp Vault secret storage, certificate authority, & mTLS renewal.
PING: 2ms
SEALED: FALSE
cloud.homelab
ONLINE
Encrypted private cloud file storage & automated system backup target.
PING: 6ms
STORAGE: 1.2TB
wireguard.homelab
INTERNAL
WireGuard mesh VPN gateway connecting cloud VPS instances to homelab node.
PING: 12ms
PEERS: 6 ACTIVE
/var/log/articles.index
POST COUNT: 4
| DATE | TITLE | TAGS | READ TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-02 | Hardening Traefik Ingress with HashiCorp Vault mTLS | [#homelab] [#traefik] | 8 min |
| 2026-07-18 | DEFCON CTF Qualifier: Memory Corruption & Heap Exploitation | [#ctf] [#binary] | 14 min |
| 2026-06-29 | Custom Linux Kernel Compilation for BPF Network Tracing | [#linux] [#ebpf] | 11 min |
| 2026-05-14 | Minimalist Dotfiles & Hyprland Keybindings Optimization | [#hyprland] [#dots] | 5 min |
/etc/river_rooks.conf
POSIX SPECIFICATION
# Identity & System Purpose
AUTHOR = "River Rooks"
ROLE = "Systems Architect & Cybersecurity Researcher"
AFFILIATION = "University of Alabama College of Engineering"
# Active Skillset Matrix
DOMAINS = ["Network Forensics", "Self-Hosted Infrastructure", "Linux Kernel Hardening"]
LANGUAGES = ["POSIX sh", "Python", "C", "Lua"]
TOOLS = ["Docker", "Traefik", "WireGuard", "Neovim", "Arch Linux"]
AUTHOR = "River Rooks"
ROLE = "Systems Architect & Cybersecurity Researcher"
AFFILIATION = "University of Alabama College of Engineering"
# Active Skillset Matrix
DOMAINS = ["Network Forensics", "Self-Hosted Infrastructure", "Linux Kernel Hardening"]
LANGUAGES = ["POSIX sh", "Python", "C", "Lua"]
TOOLS = ["Docker", "Traefik", "WireGuard", "Neovim", "Arch Linux"]
Focused on building resilient, zero-trust network architectures and low-noise self-hosted environments. Proven CTF participant and open-source dotfiles maintainer.