HOWTO: Validate Network Architecture End-to-End¶
This HOWTO is a repeatable end-to-end validation sequence for the full HybridOps network architecture — VLANs, routing, inter-VLAN firewall, NAT, and observability scrape paths. You will work through a structured checklist from the Proxmox host outward, testing each layer in sequence and capturing the output as structured run records. The same checklist is the validation gate used after any infrastructure change that touches the network stack.
What this covers:
- Layer-by-layer validation sequence: VLAN gateways, routing table, firewall policy, NAT, and observability
- Run-record pattern: storing validation outputs under
logs/networking/arch-validation/ - Post-change validation flow: confirming no regressions after network configuration changes