VirtualizationJuly 2026
oVirt Virtualization & High Availability Lab
A KVM and oVirt lab built around centralized VM management, shared NFS storage, and the architecture behind high availability.
oVirt EngineKVMOracle Linux 8.10
2 min readIndex 02The lab
Field notes
from the lab.
A working notebook of experiments, small failures and things that finally clicked. Less polished case study, more honest process — written while the details are still warm.
Notes08
Disciplines06
Updated when something is worth remembering. No schedule, no performance.
See finished projectsCryptography2026
Cryptography with OpenSSL
Working through the primitives behind secure communication — symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hashing, signatures, and certificates — with OpenSSL as the lab bench.
OpenSSLSymmetric encryptionAsymmetric encryption
1 min readVirtualization2026
Four machines, one infrastructure
A four-machine lab joining server, network and storage virtualization with Docker, shared storage and remote desktop into one end-to-end path.
Server virtualizationNetwork virtualizationStorage virtualization
1 min readCybersecurity2026
Breaking a lab network on purpose
A controlled Kali-and-Metasploitable lab: ARP spoofing, sniffing, SYN flooding, Smurf attacks, and the human side of social engineering.
Kali LinuxMetasploitable2VMware
1 min readNetworkingAugust 2024
Learning to listen with Nmap
Port scanning as a form of listening: what a network quietly reveals before you touch it.
NmapNetwork SecurityPort Scanning
1 min readCloudJuly 2024
Making Azure Policy do the remembering
Guardrails over vigilance: encoding cloud security decisions so they survive a busy week.
AzureAzure PolicyCloud Security
1 min readLinuxJune 2024
A quieter Linux box
Small hardening changes that compound: SSH, users, updates, and knowing what is actually running.
LinuxSystem SecuritySSH
1 min readVirtualizationMay 2024
Networking inside a virtual lab
Bridges, NAT and host-only networks — learning infrastructure by drawing the diagram first.
KVMOracle LinuxoVirt
1 min read05Contact
Let's make something worth remembering.
I'm always up for a conversation about cloud security, infrastructure, thoughtful engineering, or a project that needs an extra pair of careful hands. The best way to reach me is email — I read everything.
emna.bouraoui0822@gmail.com
Currently open to internships and junior roles in cloud, security and infrastructure. Response time varies with coursework, but I aim to reply within a few days.