PRACTICAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

Learn.
Build.
Deploy.

Real-world tutorials, hands-on infrastructure labs, open-source projects and useful IT tools — built for people who want to understand technology by doing it.

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ityantra@lab:~● online
$ whoami
technology_builder
$ cat mission.txt
Make complex IT practical.
Learn it. Build it. Deploy it.
$ ./start-lab
✓ LAB ENVIRONMENT READY
servers / storage / linux / cloud / ai
$ _
SERVERSTORAGENETWORKINGVIRTUALIZATIONKUBERNETESAI / LLMOPEN SOURCESERVERSTORAGE
01 / KNOWLEDGE

Learn by doing.

View all tutorials →

Linux

Ubuntu, Rocky Linux, administration, services, networking and practical commands.

18+ guidesExplore →

Networking

VLANs, switching, routing, IP addressing, DNS, iSCSI, SAN and troubleshooting.

16+ guidesExplore →

Virtualization

Proxmox, XCP-ng, VMware and practical cluster architecture.

20+ guidesExplore →

Kubernetes

Containers, clusters, storage, networking and cloud-native operations.

12+ guidesExplore →

AI & Local LLM

Ollama, local models, AI tooling, inference and developer workflows.

15+ guidesExplore →
02 / HANDS-ON

Enter the lab.

Architecture → Commands → Configuration → Troubleshooting

FEATURED LAB

Build a Proxmox
Virtualization Lab

Build a realistic multi-node environment, configure networking and storage, and learn the operational workflow step by step.

03 Nodes01 Cluster Experiments
Start Lab →
LAB / ARCHITECTURE
NODE-01ProxmoxVM • CT • Storage
10/25G
NODE-02ProxmoxVM • CT • Storage
▰   SHARED STORAGE   ▰NFS / iSCSI
01 pvecm create ityantra-cluster
02 configure VLAN + bridge
03 attach shared storage
04 deploy & test workloads
03 / UTILITIES

Tools that solve problems.

All tools →
RAID

RAID Calculator

Estimate usable capacity and fault tolerance for common RAID levels.

IP

IP / Subnet Calculator

Quickly calculate network, broadcast, usable range and masks.

NAS

Storage Calculator

Plan raw, usable and protected capacity for storage designs.

04 / BUILD

Open-source projects.

GitHub →
PROJECT / 01

ITYantra Lab Toolkit

Reusable scripts and documentation for building repeatable infrastructure labs.

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PROJECT / 02

Infrastructure Calculators

Practical browser-based calculators for RAID, storage, IP planning and capacity.

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PROJECT / 03

Local AI Lab

Experiments and guides for running local LLMs and developer AI workflows.

AILLMOllama
05 / WATCH

See it. Build it.

Follow ITYantra on YouTube for practical technology tutorials, lab builds and real-world troubleshooting.

▶   Visit ITYantra on YouTube
06 / ABOUT

Technology should be practical.

ITYantra is a technology learning platform focused on the part that matters most: actually building, configuring and troubleshooting systems.

From a single Linux server to enterprise storage and local AI labs, the goal is simple — turn complicated technology into practical knowledge you can use.