Raspberry Pi’s are a great start to learning IT. I started doing some fun projects with them while studying for my Network+ and Security+ certifications. It helped tremendously in understanding foundational topics in networking, cybersecurity, and how the internet works. Here is a list of some of the projects I have completed. I hope they can serve as ideas for your learning journey in the future.
Key items:
- Raspberry Pi 4
- Hard drive
- Micro SD
- SD Reader
- USB C charger
- Case
- Fan/Heat sinks
Project ideas:
- NGINX reverse proxy
- LEMP server
- Cloudflare DDNS cron job/script
- NAS using OpenMediaVault
- WordPress using Docker
- Run NGINX proxy manager on Docker
- Run NGINX web server
- Remote access from OpenVPN
- Pi Hole ad blocker
- Nessus vulnerability scanner
- Kali linux in Docker
- Local password manager using bitwarden
- Run a website on Tor
- Run a Tor node (Do not do an exit node…)
- Tor secure browser using Kasm workspaces
- NextCloud server
- IPFire firewall appliance on Pi
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