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OMEGA Core

Dedicated Linux AI & Security Platform

OMEGA Core is a dedicated local AI and cybersecurity engineering platform built to explore modern AI systems, secure infrastructure, automation, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic workflows without compromising the stability of the home automation environment.

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➜ cat system.json
{
"project": "OMEGA Core",
"role": "AI / Security Platform",
"host": "MINISFORUM AI X1 Pro-470",
"os": "Linux",
"runtime": "Docker",
"access": "Twingate",
"principle": "local-first",
"status": "build_pending"
}
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OMEGA Core is not intended to replace Home Assistant or the existing Proxmox environment. It exists as a separate AI and security platform: a place to run local language models, retrieval systems, databases, monitoring tools, automation services and controlled experiments without risking the systems that run the house.

The goal is learning through implementation. Every service should have a reason to exist, every deployment should be reproducible, and every shortcut should eventually become documentation.

// ARCHITECTURE

Core Layers

[01] Platform FOUNDATION
Linux Host
A clean, reproducible Linux base designed to stay lightweight, secure and rebuildable. The host does as little as possible; services run in containers wherever practical.
LinuxDockerIaCHardening
[02] Intelligence PLANNED
Local AI
Local language models, Open WebUI, model experimentation and future retrieval-augmented generation workflows running close to the data.
OllamaOpen WebUIRAGLLMs
[03] Security PLANNED
Security Stack
Security monitoring, log analysis, vulnerability learning, SBOM experiments and secure remote access as practical engineering exercises rather than abstract theory.
WazuhTwingateSBOMCVE
[04] Data PLANNED
Knowledge & Storage
Structured storage for documents, metadata, embeddings, automation state and future AI memory systems.
PostgreSQLVector DBBackupsRetention
// SEPARATION

Why OMEGA Core Exists

Home Assistant remains the control plane for the house. OMEGA Core is the experimentation platform. Keeping them separate means AI experiments, broken containers, model changes or security tooling cannot accidentally take down lighting, heating, Zigbee or other domestic infrastructure.

Proxmox / Home Assistant └── home infrastructure, Zigbee, automation control OMEGA Core └── AI, security, data, agents, experimentation
// PLATFORM

Hardware

OMEGA Core is built around a compact barebones AI workstation selected for high CPU performance, DDR5 memory support, fast NVMe storage and future expansion through OCuLink.

Host MINISFORUM AI X1 Pro-470
CPU AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX470
Memory 64GB DDR5-5600 SODIMM
Storage NVMe SSD
Network Dual 2.5GbE
Expansion OCuLink (future GPU)

// Hardware is being assembled. Specifications confirmed, deployment pending.

// COMING ONLINE

Roadmap

PLANNED Phase 0 — Hardware
Assemble, validate POST, memory training, thermals, BIOS, SSD and base stability.
PLANNED Phase 1 — Platform
Install Linux, configure SSH, updates, firewall, Docker, Git, backups and baseline hardening.
PLANNED Phase 2 — Secure Access
Deploy Twingate connector for private remote access with no inbound firewall rules or exposed services.
PLANNED Phase 3 — AI Services
Deploy Ollama, Open WebUI and initial local model testing.
PLANNED Phase 4 — Knowledge
Add PostgreSQL, document storage, embeddings and retrieval-augmented generation experiments.
PLANNED Phase 5 — Security
Deploy Wazuh, dashboards, log ingestion, SBOM analysis and vulnerability correlation experiments.
PLANNED Phase 6 — Integration
Expose controlled APIs to Home Assistant, voice services and future agents.

Not a cloud clone. Not a product pitch. A working AI engineering lab.
OMEGA Core exists to turn AI, infrastructure and security ideas into running systems — documented, rebuilt, broken, improved and understood.

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The Network

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The OMEGA project — local-first smart home automation and intelligence platform.

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[PROFESSIONAL]
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[PHILOSOPHY]
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