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## 🚀 The Vision ## 🚀 The Vision
Documentation in a HomeLab often falls into two extremes: overly complex enterprise tools like NetBox or static notes that quickly become outdated[cite: 1]. **LabGraph** bridges this gap by prioritizing automated discovery, visual clarity, and context-aware documentation[cite: 1]. It allows you to see the exact relationship between a physical server in your rack and the digital services running within it[cite: 1, 2]. Documentation in a HomeLab often falls into two extremes: overly complex enterprise tools like NetBox or static notes that quickly become outdated[cite: 1]. **LabGraph** bridges this gap by prioritizing automated discovery, visual clarity, and context-aware documentation[cite: 1]. It allows you to see the exact relationship between a physical server in your rack and the digital services running within it[cite: 1, 2].
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## ✨ Key Features ## ✨ Key Features
### 🔍 Automated Discovery & Monitoring ### 🔍 Automated Discovery & Monitoring
* **Hypervisor/Runtime Sync:** Background workers pull real-time inventory from Proxmox VE, Docker, and TrueNAS APIs[cite: 1, 2]. * **Hypervisor/Runtime Sync:** Background workers pull real-time inventory from Proxmox VE, Docker, and TrueNAS APIs[cite: 1, 2].
* **Active Monitoring:** Integrated heartbeat service performing ICMP pings and HTTP/HTTPS status checks for live "Up/Down" indicators[cite: 2]. * **Active Monitoring:** Integrated heartbeat service performing ICMP pings and HTTP/HTTPS status checks for live "Up/Down" indicators[cite: 2].
* **Network Scanning:** Scheduled tasks to scan subnets and identify undocumented "rogue" devices via Nmap[cite: 2]. * **Network Scanning:** Scheduled tasks to scan subnets and identify undocumented "rogue" devices via Nmap[cite: 2].
### 🗺️ Visualization Suite ### 🗺️ Visualization Suite
* **Hierarchical "Drill-Down":** A nested accordion list view showing the chain from Physical Location → Hardware Host → Virtualization Layer → VM/Container → Application[cite: 1, 2]. * **Hierarchical "Drill-Down":** A nested accordion list view showing the chain from Physical Location → Hardware Host → Virtualization Layer → VM/Container → Application[cite: 1, 2].
* **Interactive Topology Map:** A dynamic network graph powered by **React Flow** that auto-arranges nodes based on gateway relationships[cite: 2]. * **Interactive Topology Map:** A dynamic network graph powered by **React Flow** that auto-arranges nodes based on gateway relationships[cite: 2].
* **Contextual Sidebar:** Click any node to see technical specs (IP, MAC, Port), resource sparklines, and documentation instantly[cite: 2]. * **Contextual Sidebar:** Click any node to see technical specs (IP, MAC, Port), resource sparklines, and documentation instantly[cite: 2].
### 📖 Knowledge & Lifecycle Management ### 📖 Knowledge & Lifecycle Management
* **Integrated Markdown Wiki:** Every node has an associated "Sidecar" Markdown file for technical notes, rendered directly in the detail view[cite: 1, 2]. * **Integrated Markdown Wiki:** Every node has an associated "Sidecar" Markdown file for technical notes, rendered directly in the detail view[cite: 1, 2].
* **Maintenance Logs:** A chronological event ledger to track hardware swaps, thermal paste changes, and upgrades[cite: 1, 2]. * **Maintenance Logs:** A chronological event ledger to track hardware swaps, thermal paste changes, and upgrades[cite: 1, 2].
* **Global Command Palette:** Use `Ctrl + K` to search for any device, IP, or wiki entry instantly[cite: 2]. * **Global Command Palette:** Use `Ctrl + K` to search for any device, IP, or wiki entry instantly[cite: 2].
### ⚡ HomeLab Utilities ### ⚡ HomeLab Utilities
* **Power & Cost Estimator:** Input wattage for hardware to calculate total rack draw and monthly electricity costs[cite: 1, 2]. * **Power & Cost Estimator:** Input wattage for hardware to calculate total rack draw and monthly electricity costs[cite: 1, 2].
* **IPAM:** Dedicated tracker for VLAN IDs, CIDR ranges, and IP exhaustion[cite: 1, 2]. * **IPAM:** Dedicated tracker for VLAN IDs, CIDR ranges, and IP exhaustion[cite: 1, 2].
* **Public Status Page:** A toggleable, read-only dashboard for family members to check service status[cite: 1, 2]. * **Public Status Page:** A toggleable, read-only dashboard for family members to check service status[cite: 1, 2].
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## 🛠️ Tech Stack ## 🛠️ Tech Stack
* **Frontend:** React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS (DaisyUI), React Flow[cite: 1, 3]. * **Frontend:** React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS (DaisyUI), React Flow[cite: 1, 3].
* **Backend:** Python, Django Rest Framework (DRF)[cite: 1, 3]. * **Backend:** Python, Django Rest Framework (DRF)[cite: 1, 3].
* **Task Queue:** Celery & Redis (for background scans and heartbeats). * **Task Queue:** Celery & Redis (for background scans and heartbeats).
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This project is optimized for development using **VS Code Dev Containers**. This project is optimized for development using **VS Code Dev Containers**.
1. **Clone the repository:** 1. **Clone the repository:**
```bash ```bash
git clone [https://github.com/your-username/LabGraph.git](https://github.com/your-username/LabGraph.git) git clone [https://github.com/your-username/LabGraph.git](https://github.com/your-username/LabGraph.git)
cd LabGraph cd LabGraph
2. **Open in VS Code:** 2. **Open in VS Code:**
```bash ```bash
code . code .
``` ```
3. **Reopen in Container:** 3. **Reopen in Container:**
When prompted, select **"Reopen in Container"** to build the environment (includes Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Redis). When prompted, select **"Reopen in Container"** to build the environment (includes Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Redis).
4. **Initialize the Environment:** 4. **Initialize the Environment:**
Once the container is running, execute the following in the terminal: Once the container is running, execute the following in the terminal:
```bash ```bash
# Install dependencies # Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt pip install -r requirements.txt
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## 🎨 Branding & Identity ## 🎨 Branding & Identity
The LabGraph logo is a geometric Connected Node Hexagon. The LabGraph logo is a geometric Connected Node Hexagon.
- The Shape: A hexagon representing a single data node. - The Shape: A hexagon representing a single data node.