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The original was posted on /r/homelab by /u/Sea-Rhubarb2958 on 2025-02-14 22:45:29+00:00.

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for a good way to document my infrastructure and was wondering what tools or methods you all use. Specifically, I’m curious about how you handle:

• IP address management: How do you keep track of all the IPs in your network?
• Networks: Do you document your network topology? If so, what tools do you use?
• Security: How do you document firewall rules and other security configurations?
• Credentials: What’s your approach to securely documenting credentials? Any best practices?
• General topology: How do you document the structure of your entire network, including servers, switches, etc.?
• Costs: How do you track ongoing costs for your infrastructure like hardware, software licenses, cloud services, etc.?
• Hardware: What tools do you use to document hardware like servers, switches, routers, etc.?
• Software: How do you document the software you’re using—operating systems, apps, etc.?
• Docker configurations: How do you document your Docker container setups? Any specific tools or methods you use?
• Diagrams: What tools do you use to create diagrams for visualizing your infrastructure?

Looking forward to hearing your suggestions and experiences! :)

P.s.

Im familiar with IaC and want to advance this from work to my private setup.