Home lab in the cloud with Clouding: sec2john’s analysis
Is moving your home lab to the cloud worth it? Cybersecurity content creator sec2john explores this question in his Spanish-language video “How to move your home lab to the cloud“, using Clouding cloud servers to compare costs, test performance and explore different ways to host personal services.
If you have a home lab or are thinking of building one, his analysis will help you consider three options: keeping it at home, moving it to the cloud or combining both environments.
Home lab at home or in the cloud: costs and resources
The video starts with an overview of typical home lab services: an environment for learning, testing configurations and hosting your own tools. It then compares the cost of using mini PCs, laptops or older desktop computers with renting a cloud server.
Sec2john then introduces Clouding’s features and explores two scenarios:
- Moving the entire home lab to the cloud, with a cost analysis comparing it with a home setup.
- Choosing a hybrid model, keeping bulk storage at home and using a VPS for other services.
Performance testing and server archiving
The analysis includes a live performance test with several services running in the cloud, showing how the environment handles a practical use case.
It also covers Clouding’s server archiving feature, which sec2john presents as a way to save money when resources do not need to be continuously active. This is particularly useful for labs used intermittently.
Security: what to consider before deciding
Security and isolation also feature in the video. Sec2john explores these topics and looks at ways to protect a home lab without using the cloud, including VLANs, CrowdSec and Tailscale, while considering the technical effort involved.
The video ends with his conclusions and a free PDF decision matrix to help viewers choose the most suitable setup.
From all of us at Clouding, thank you to sec2john for choosing us for this video and sharing a practical example of a home lab in the cloud with his community.
Which option suits your project? Watch sec2john’s full video to find out.
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