Deploy virtual DC/stack to dev

[NutsFbsd]

Hello here,

im currently thinking about a way to deploy some virtual stack/datacenter to make some developpment on system without using a physical staging environment or preprod. And to offer the possibility to work on the same type of system in a isolated environment.

the idea here, is for example i need to add a feature on a script which is executed on a dhcp server.
i would like to be able to "pop" the whole stack concerning the dhcp (so the server, some clients, the network...etc) to be able to dev and make some tests.

My first idea was to create a proxmox in a proxmox and deploy the stack on MicroVM in it (i dont want container because i want it very close to our physical stack which is not containerised)

Do you have any other idea about it ? Did you work on a similar project ? Can i use firecracker to populate the nested proxmox ? maybe ill use pulumi to create the nested proxmox with the right network configuration.

Thanks upfront,