Michael J. Ndueso Personal Cloud ☁️

A self-hosted personal cloud infrastructure platform built on Oracle Cloud Free Tier using modern DevOps practices.

This project serves as my personal engineering platform for hosting documentation, development tools, automation resources, and self-managed services.

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🚀 Project Overview

The goal of this project is to design, deploy, secure, and maintain a production-style cloud environment while practicing:

• Cloud infrastructure management
• Linux server administration
• Docker containerization
• Reverse proxy configuration
• Database management
• Security hardening
• Backup and disaster recovery
• Continuous improvement through documentation

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🏗️ Architecture

The platform will be deployed using the following architecture: Internet | | Domain (DNS) | | Nginx Reverse Proxy | ---------------------------- | | | Wiki.js Services Monitoring | PostgreSQL | Docker | Oracle Cloud Free Tier VM

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🛠️ Technology Stack

Cloud Infrastructure

• Oracle Cloud Free Tier
• Linux Virtual Machine
• Networking & Security Rules

Containerization

• Docker
• Docker Compose

Web Infrastructure

• Nginx
• SSL/TLS Certificates
• Reverse Proxy

Applications

• Wiki.js
• PostgreSQL
• Gitea
• Uptime Kuma
• Vaultwarden
• Jenkins

Documentation

• Markdown
• Wiki.js
• GitHub Documentation

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📂 Repository Structure

personal-cloud/
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├── assets/
│   ├── diagrams/
│   └── images/
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├── backups/
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├── docker/
│   ├── wiki/
│   ├── postgres/
│   ├── nginx/
│   ├── gitea/
│   ├── uptime-kuma/
│   ├── vaultwarden/
│   └── jenkins/
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├── docs/
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├── nginx/
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├── scripts/
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├── docker-compose.yml
├── .env.example
└── README.md

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# 🎯 Roadmap

## Phase 1 — Foundation

✅ Create repository structure

⬜ Design architecture

⬜ Document deployment process


## Phase 2 — Cloud Infrastructure

⬜ Create Oracle Cloud Free Tier account

⬜ Provision Virtual Machine

⬜ Configure firewall rules

⬜ Install Docker


## Phase 3 — Wiki Platform

⬜ Deploy PostgreSQL

⬜ Deploy Wiki.js

⬜ Configure authentication

⬜ Configure backups


## Phase 4 — Production Improvements

⬜ Configure Nginx reverse proxy

⬜ Enable HTTPS

⬜ Add monitoring

⬜ Security hardening


## Phase 5 — Additional Services

⬜ Gitea

⬜ Uptime Kuma

⬜ Vaultwarden

⬜ Jenkins

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# 🔐 Security Approach

Security practices planned for this environment:

- SSH key authentication
- Firewall configuration
- Least privilege access
- Environment variable management
- Regular backups
- Service isolation using Docker containers
- HTTPS encryption

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# 💾 Backup Strategy

The platform will include:

- Database backups
- Configuration backups
- Docker volume backups
- Recovery documentation

Backup and restoration procedures will be documented in:

- `docs/backup.md`
- `docs/restore.md`


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# 📚 Documentation

Detailed documentation will be maintained throughout the project:

- Architecture decisions
- Deployment guides
- Troubleshooting notes
- Security practices
- Lessons learned

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# 📌 Project Status

🚧 Currently under development

The infrastructure is being built step-by-step while documenting each decision and implementation detail.

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## 👨‍💻 Author

Michael Jackson Ndueso

QA Engineer | SDET | Test Automation Specialist

GitHub:
https://github.com/Jevmis