The Ultimate Network Security Project - Episode 4

🎉 Welcome to the Ultimate Network Security Lab! 🎉 This lab is a playground for anyone wanting to master Cybersecurity, Network Engineering, and Network Security… gain hands-on experience building an enterprise-grade network solution. This is the perfect lab for CCNA or CCNP, you’ll build a range of Network solutions, a pfsense firewall cluster, monitoring solutions etc etc. Theres so much room for anything else you want to learn too! Subscribing to the channel is such a massive help and all I ask! However you can also buy me a coffee :) https://buymeacoffee.com/gerardobrien BLUE DOG MERCH (named after my blue staffy, Barry) https://www.gerardobrien.com/store EPISODE FOUR In today's episode, we start building our Cisco Core switches and also develop our access layer. This is a must-do step to get the network design completed - next stop is the infrastructure build! LAB DEVICE DOCUMENT Find all the devices you need for the lab in the document below, ive listed the image names there too https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fLLAod2bsE0R-i3EAJNLWine0wUvcve6ZQQ3b2rzj_o/edit?usp=drive_link LAB CONFIGS & DIAGRAMS All the configs and diagrams in this lab can be found on my GitHub https://github.com/gerardobrien/ultimate-nework-security-lab/ Timecodes: 0:00 - intro 2:05 - core review 6:10 - patching 9:25 - core config 23:37 - access config 28:24 - outro SERVER USED IN LAB: Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 Intel(R) Xeon(R) D-2183IT CPU @ 2.20GHz 256GB RAM 2 x NVMe mirrored drives - proxmox installed here 4 x 2TB Disks RECOMMENDED SPECS Id recommend at least 128GB RAM 1TB storage, 2TB would be beneficial for logs ** you can buy a used server on ebay ** LAB SERVER PROXMOX BUILD Follow this video to build Proxmox on your server: https://youtu.be/gTCZ-g-cbbE?si=dNx9kM5U50czLdx2 EVE-NG RUNNING ON PROXMOX Follow this video to build an EVE-NG Virtual Machine on Proxmox https://youtu.be/BmuZHjkNCt0?si=4y0mUe5WL88QhMAV EVE-NG ON GOOGLE CLOUD You can build EVE-NG on Google Cloud, this video is a walkthrough of that process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBTE1E4R0r4 GEAR I USE: View all my gear, what I use to record and edit videos - https://www.gerardobrien.com/gear My Camera Bag! : https://amzn.to/3vJ3eAm My daily camera : https://amzn.to/47E9qan Most Used Lens : https://amzn.to/3U1Blhl Other Lens : https://amzn.to/47wMPfT Desk Mic and mount : https://amzn.to/4bbZnfN Vlog Mic : https://amzn.to/47zi0qJ My Drone : https://amzn.to/3U7Ez2V The action cam I use : https://amzn.to/41YNDZE Air Tags : https://amzn.to/42gxQWt Filter Case / storage : https://amzn.to/3Si7HmE Tripod : https://amzn.to/3vubSmf Password manager : Got your data stolen during the LastPass hack?? I switched to NordPass and so should you!! I now use Nordpass and it's way better - use my code at checkout to get 3 months free! - N7O4$5 Best VPN out there - Get 1 to 3 months free when you sign up with my link! - https://ref.nordvpn.com/srkMjNdtXXy Learn how to record, edit and post YouTube videos, I use Skillshare and its amazing! https://share.skillshare.com/obrieng!8551081f85!a WHAT I USE TO MAKE VIDEOS Fav editing software : https://amzn.to/41XesgR What computer I use : https://amzn.to/3HiBSnk I get my music from Artlist - get 2 months free when you use my link - https://artlist.io/referral/5417320/Gerard FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techwithgerard Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/techwithgerard Twitter: https://twitter.com/gerardobrien Website: https://www.gerardobrien.com Github: https://www.github.com/gerardobrien LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerardobrien/ NOTE: I am not sponsored by or affiliated to any of the products or services mentioned in this video, all opinions are my own based on personal experiences.