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Welcome to Huda TechTalk by Nurul Huda. AWS, VMware ESXi, Windows Server and Ubuntu step-by-step guides tested on real physical home lab gear and enterprise cloud tiers. Every tutorial pairs with a free video walkthrough on the Huda TechTalk YouTube channel.
Welcome to Huda TechTalk. Every guide walks through a real lab you can build at home on a single PC or cheap enterprise servers.
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Start Here: The Huda TechTalk Beginner Roadmap
Physical & Hypervisor Setup
Hardware choices, sizing, hypervisor provisioning, and static IP configuration.
Free Cloud Tier & Guardrails
Create an AWS account with zero-dollar risk, billing alerts, and IAM role security.
Launch Your First EC2 Instance
Provision virtual machines, configure VPC security groups, and attach SSH keys.
Core Lab Hubs & Deep Dives
Cloud Computing Resources
Hands-on tutorials for AWS, Azure and GCP. Go from first free accounts to production-ready VPC topologies.
- check_circleAWS IAM & Cost Control
- check_circleEC2, VPC Peering & NAT
- check_circleAzure & GCP Multi-Cloud
Data Center & Virtualization
Learn enterprise server room architecture at home. Install ESXi, deploy vCenter VCSA, and configure TrueNAS SAN/NAS.
- check_circleVMware ESXi 8.0 Install
- check_circlevCenter Server Appliance
- check_circleTrueNAS Core & iSCSI SAN
Server Technologies & OS
Practical guides on core infrastructure services across Ubuntu Linux servers and Windows Server 2025.
- check_circleWindows AD DS, DNS & DHCP
- check_circleUbuntu Nginx & SSL Certbot
- check_circlePostfix Secure Mail Server
# 1. Update repositories and install the DNS package $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y bind9 bind9utils # 2. Enable the service and test local resolution $ sudo systemctl enable --now named $ dig @localhost ns1.hudatechtalk.lab +short
Watch Step-by-Step Lab Walkthroughs
Step-by-step physical homelab setups, hypervisor installs, and AWS provisioning.
What you will find on Huda TechTalk
This site collects hands-on tutorials and demo videos for anyone learning cloud, virtualization and server technology. For example, the Cloud Computing Resources hub gathers AWS, Azure and GCP guides. Then, the Data Center section covers ESXi, vCenter, NAS and storage labs. Meanwhile, the Server Technologies section walks through Windows Server and Ubuntu services such as DNS, DHCP, web and mail.
New learners should begin with how to build a home lab. After that, follow the free tier guides to create a free AWS account and launch your first EC2 instance.