Hi, I’m Chris Osborn. Sudonym is my personal site where I document my IT learning, home lab work, networking projects, and progress as I work towards moving into IT.
Diploma of Information Technology (Advanced Networking and Cloud Engineering)
July 2024 – July 2026
During this course I have been building practical skills across networking, cloud, enterprise systems, virtualisation, cybersecurity, and professional practice.
Proxmox, Unraid, networking gear, and self-hosted services used for learning, testing, and building hands-on experience.
Documenting real setups, troubleshooting, lessons learned, and practical builds as I continue developing my skills.
Working towards a long-term move into IT, with a strong focus on networking, cloud, and real-world capability.
Chris Osborn
Networking, cloud, home lab projects, and practical IT learning.
I’ve always had an interest in IT, but never fully pursued it until now. As I move towards finishing my current role, I’m taking the opportunity to transition into IT and build a long-term career.
This site is a place to document that journey — what I’m learning, building, and figuring out along the way.
A growing collection of project notes, lab work, practical write-ups, and lessons learned while developing real-world technical skills across networking, cloud, and self-hosting.
To create a central place for my work, document progress, and turn learning into something visible, useful, and worth sharing as I continue building towards a career in IT.
A snapshot of the kinds of builds and write-ups I’ll be adding here over time.
Networking gear, virtual machines, and infrastructure builds used for learning, testing, and improving hands-on skills.
Lab setups and notesPractical work around cloud services, deployments, DNS, hosting, and core infrastructure concepts.
Cloud learning and deploymentIssues, solutions, and lessons learned while setting up services, working through labs, and solving technical problems.
Problems solved along the wayA mix of virtualisation, self-hosting, networking gear, and day-to-day systems used for study, testing, and practical learning.
3 x Dell OptiPlex 7050 Micro PCs running Proxmox for virtual lab environments and testing.
Unraid server running Plex, ARR services, containers, and centralised home file storage.
Cisco switches and routers used for routing, switching, VLAN, and protocol lab work.