Tanzu Personal Homelab

Post 6: Controlling a Smart Outlet with Kubernetes (Z-Wave + Home Assistant)

Home automation is one of the key focuses of my project, as it's one of the areas where privacy and security matter the most but also an area where many consumer devices skimp on. It's also unusual to see Kubernetes handling this; most k8s demos tend to be a bit

Post 5: Install a logging solution for a Kubernetes homelab

Introduction - EfK stack on/for Kubernetes Observability is a function that allows developers and operators to identify problems where and when they happen across multi-node systems. Proper instrumentation enables you to aggregate metrics, traces, logs and events from a distributed system and correlate them across various application components and

Post 4: Harbor Container Registry

What is Harbor? Harbor is a container registry, i.e. a system which manages container images which can then be used by Kubernetes. It is a self-hosted alternative to a cloud based service like Docker Hub. Why do we want to use Harbor (vs a cloud registry like Docker Hub)

Post 3: Exposing Kubernetes to the internet with Cloudflare tunnels

In the last post we deployed Ghost, a content management system for a blog. In this article we'll be discussing ways to expose our blog to the internet. The traditional way to expose something running on a home network to the internet would be to punch a hole through the

Post 2: Setting up a workload cluster, and deploying a blog

Post 2: Setting up a workload cluster, and deploying a blog

Tanzu creates a Management Cluster, which is used to deploy one or more Workload Clusters which will actually run our applications. To create a workload cluster follow the TCE docs. Make sure your kubectl config is set to the workload cluster (you can check this using kubectl config current-context ). Installing

Post 1: Deploying Kubernetes

We have a laundry list of services that we need to run, and we need a way to organize the running of them all. One of the hottest new technologies in the field for orchestrating applications at scale is Kubernetes (or k8s as the cool kids call it). Standing up

Post 0b: Prerequisite Software

Post 0b: Prerequisite Software

There were a few pieces of software that fell into the category of core infrastructure, i.e. software that will act as a foundation for the other software (including Kubernetes) in the system . This included a log server (a centralized location to collect logs from all over the network), an

Post 0a: Prerequisite Hardware

Post 0a: Prerequisite Hardware

We’ll assume you didn’t win the lottery, and that cost is a factor. You do need some hardware, and with a limited budget, the choice is either used server equipment, or cost effective new equipment. Global shortages of electronic components has perhaps tilted the balance a bit toward

Homelab Introduction

One of the main conveniences of modern life is the ability to access your personal and professional files — documents, photos, music, videos and more — wherever you are. Google Workspace, Office 365, and other services offer increasingly popular alternatives to local storage on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, thanks to the