I used to write periodic homelab update posts but they’d go stale almost immediately. So instead, I’m just going to keep this page current. It’s the state of things as of the last updated date at the bottom. Everything is managed via a priv…
So, it’s been a while and I have made some progress worth sharing! After keeping an eye on the auction sites for a while I ended up pulling the plug and buying 2 12TB Seagate Ironwolf drives for my NAS and now wanted to get started with set…
Today’s goal was to deploy Gitea on my K3s cluster, ensuring that: Running Gitea as a stateless container worked fine initially, but as soon as I introduced persistence, things got tricky. I ran into permission issues almost immediately, th…
The goal for today was to get my first piece of software running on the cluster, ensuring that: I chose the Unifi Management Console as my first self-hosted application. Once migrated, I could wipe my Raspberry Pi 4, which was previously ru…
After going back and forth multiple times and making plenty of mistakes, I finally managed to set up a new K3s control plane and node. It turned out to be relatively straightforward once I got the steps right, so I’m documenting this for fu…
The first step in setting up my homelab Kubernetes cluster is ensuring some reliable data storage. Right now, I have two main categories of data in mind: Since the Kubernetes cluster depends on Operationally Critical Data, I need to establi…
I’ve decided to migrate all my existing self-hosted services—and add a few new ones—to a Kubernetes (K8s) cluster that I’m going to build. There are several motivations behind this decision: I’m a dad with two small kids, so my time for thi…
Exciting news – the first episode of our podcast, the Hybrid Cloud Show, is finally here, part of the awesome Late Night Linux podcast family! 💥 Join me and three very smart industry pros as we dive into the fascinating world of public clo…
Hello! I’m excited to share the first issue of our monthly journey through the world of platform engineering. This newsletter is all about the latest trends, insights, and resources in our field whether you’re a seasoned expert or just star…
Over the holidays, I put together a fun little project to put out status updates on Mastodon. Of course, I used some spare time to make this as overly-engineered as possible. I wanted this to be event-driven and serverless and to give me so…
For many, MANY years, I’ve been an advocate for the simplicity of dumbphones. My go-to? The LightPhone 2. However, modern life sometimes demands the functionalities of a smartphone, such as banking or GPS navigation. Every once in a while,
So, it’s been a while and I have made some progress worth sharing! After keeping an eye on the auction sites for a while I ended up pulling the plug and buying 2 12TB Seagate Ironwolf drives for my NAS and now wanted to get started with set…