Why a wiki (and why this one)

A lab you can't explain is just a pile of running processes. Documentation is what turns it into a portfolio and a teaching resource — which, for this lab, is the entire point. So it gets a real home: BookStack (Docs-Server, 10.100.100.3), the wiki you're reading right now.

BookStack earns its place by being opinionated about structure. Instead of a flat sea of pages, it gives you a clear hierarchy — Shelves hold Books, Books hold Pages — which maps naturally onto "topics" and "chapters." For documenting a system with many distinct areas, that structure does a lot of the organising for you.

Why we use this: good docs need good bones. A tool that nudges you toward "shelf → book → page" produces navigable documentation almost by accident, where a freeform wiki tends to sprawl into an unsearchable mess. The structure is the feature.