There's common advice that anyone trying to learn Linux, DevOps, or SRE should build a homelab with as many physical nodes as possible. However, hardware is expensive, and…
I have a bare-metal Proxmox host with 4 vCPUs and 12 GB of DDR3 RAM. I want to build practical, production-style homelab environments rather than just running simple…
I have a Proxmox bare-metal host with 12 GB of DDR3 memory and 4 virtual CPU cores available. I want practical, production-style homelab projects rather than basic examples.…
I recently built a kubeadm Kubernetes cluster on Proxmox with one control-plane node and three workers. The nodes run a mix of Debian, AlmaLinux, and Ubuntu, with containerd…
I'm working on a wifi lab project for my students where they can learn about wifi without needing physical equipment. I've stumbled upon a couple of projects: mininet-wifi…
I came across a tweet discussing how managed Kubernetes solutions from cloud providers are cheaper and require less maintenance compared to self-hosted Kubernetes on bare metal. I've never…
I recently came across a tweet suggesting that using a managed Kubernetes service from a cloud provider could be cheaper and require fewer engineers compared to self-hosting Kubernetes…
Hey everyone, I'm reaching out for some advice from those who've gone through migrating their WordPress infrastructure. I currently operate a high-traffic WordPress site with around 3 to…
I'm part of a sysadmin team at a public organization that's transitioned to using Kubernetes instead of our old virtual machines. We're focused on high-performance computing (HPC), where…
I'm trying to configure networking for load balancers like MetalLB or KubeVIP on a bare metal setup. My first go involved using a single NIC with two routing…
I'm currently dealing with latency issues in our AWS GPU cloud setup for a latency-sensitive operation that demands heavy GPU compute. My AWS Enterprise package rep suggested that…
I'm preparing for some interviews and need help with questions related to bare metal Kubernetes. I mentioned that I'm knowledgeable about bare metal setups, but my experience mainly…
Hey everyone! I'm a bit of a newbie in the world of virtualization and I'm curious about a process I heard about. Is it possible to create a…