Skip to content

Network Topology

The lab uses an isolated Proxmox bridge, vmbr100, on 172.16.50.0/24. The Proxmox host sits at 172.16.50.1 and provides outbound NAT so guests can install packages during provisioning.

Host Map

IP Hostname VM ID Role
172.16.50.10 ailab-dev 210 Developer workstation
172.16.50.20 ailab-ml 220 ML platform
172.16.50.30 ailab-ds 230 Data science
172.16.50.40 ailab-app 250 Shared AI apps
172.16.50.50 ailab-k8s 260 Kubernetes node (vuln+secure k3s pair)
172.16.50.60 ailab-siem 270 Detection — Elastic Security (persistent)
172.16.50.99 ailab-attack 240 Attack box

Service Layout

Lab network topology

Counts

  • 6-VM managed estate (incl. the ailab-k8s node) — deployed, reset, and snapshotted together
  • + ailab-siem, a persistent Elastic detection host outside the reset-wave loop (7 hosts in all)
  • 5 target VMs
  • 62 verification checks (verify-lab.sh — service health + content validation across the estate and the detection host)

Hostname Resolution

base-setup.sh writes the same /etc/hosts map to every VM, including ailab-app. The attack box SSH aliases also mirror that map, so ssh ailab-dev, ssh ailab-ml, ssh ailab-ds, and ssh ailab-app work out of the box.