Circuit Breaker

Circuit Breaker is a self-hosted homelab visualization platform that maps your infrastructure—hardware, services, networks, and clusters—with interactive topology, live telemetry, and auto-discovery.

⚠️ Beta Security Notice Not fully audited. Run on trusted LAN only. Do not expose publicly until v1.0.

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Screenshots

Topology Map

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Features

Auto-Discovery: Scan LAN with nmap/SNMP/ARP. Auto-populate Proxmox VMs, TrueNAS pools, UniFi APs. Review & merge into topology.
Live Telemetry: iDRAC/iLO/APC UPS/SNMP health badges update via WebSockets. Green/yellow/red health rings.
Proxmox Integration: One-click cluster import — nodes, VMs, and health metrics visualized instantly.
Interactive Topology: Hierarchical/cluster/radial layouts with live animations. Drag-to-save positions.
3D Rack Simulator: U-height drag-drop, cable management, front/rear views, power modeling.
Vendor Catalog: 100+ devices (Dell/HPE/Ubiquiti/Synology/APC). Freeform entry always works.
Audit Logs: Tamper-evident SHA-256 hash chain. Every change tracked with actor, IP, and diff.

Security

Authentication: bcrypt passwords, TOTP MFA, OAuth/OIDC (GitHub, Google, Authentik, Keycloak), HttpOnly session cookies
RBAC: 4 built-in roles (viewer/editor/admin/demo), granular scopes, admin masquerade with full audit trail
Secrets Vault: Fernet encryption at rest for all credentials; auto-generated key, never stored in plaintext
Transport: Automatic HTTPS via Caddy — Let's Encrypt for public domains, local self-signed CA for LAN
HTTP Hardening: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, rate limiting, SSRF guard, and tamper-evident audit log

See Security & Deployment for full details.

Quick Start

One-line Install (Recommended — Native)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BlkLeg/CircuitBreaker/main/install.sh | sudo bash

Installs natively via systemd — no Docker required. Opens the OOBE setup wizard at http://<host>:8088 on completion.

Upgrade: cb update | Uninstall: cb uninstall

Proxmox LXC (Proxmox Hosts)

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BlkLeg/CircuitBreaker/main/cb-proxmox-deploy.sh)"

Runs on your PVE host: creates a Debian 12 LXC container, installs Circuit Breaker natively, and auto-configures Proxmox API integration. Interactive TUI guides you through setup, done in ~3 minutes.

Docker Compose

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BlkLeg/CircuitBreaker/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --docker

Full stack with Caddy, NATS, and discovery workers. See docs/installation/docker-compose.md for env vars, persistence, ARP scan, and socket config.

cb CLI

cb is installed automatically alongside Circuit Breaker.

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | cb status | Show service status | | cb logs [-f] | Show logs (add -f to follow) | | cb restart | Restart Circuit Breaker | | cb update | Pull latest release and restart | | cb vault-recover | Recover an uninitialized vault (edge cases only) | | cb version | Show installed version | | cb uninstall | Remove Circuit Breaker from this system |

Documentation

Community

Join Discord for support and showcases. Follow @TryHostingCB on X/Twitter.

CircuitBreaker

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