Homelab Part 2: Alpine Jumpbox and pfSense Access
In Part 1, pfSense booted with a WAN side and a LAN side. In this part, I add the first internal Linux VM: a small Alpine jumpbox on the pfSense LAN. This jumpbox becomes my first stable door into the lab. I use it for SSH, local forwarding, package installs, and later access to internal services without exposing those services directly. What I Built VM name: prod-alpine VM ID: 102 OS: Alpine Linux Network: vmbr1 IP: 10.10.1.50/24 Gateway: 10.10.1.1 Role: jumpbox / bastion ‹ › ...