Until recently, I did databases in a controversial manner - a MySQL pod in a deployment (not even a statefulset) with a PVC. It is simple. And it works. But it's not the Cloud Native Way. So, as I was installing Immich, which specifically asked for a postgres database, I…
After seeing Talos having a cult-like following in the Kubernetes Homelab Discord server, I thought I could give it a try for myself and see what the hype is about. I'm a SUSE/Rancher fanboy, and my homelab runs K3S. I'm not new to Kubernetes! While we have mainline Linux…
In your deployments locally or through Docker, you will most definitely be using a .env file for all your secrets - API keys, database credentials, and the like. In the world of Kubernetes, nothing is as simple as just a .env file. In fact, configuration of your deployments will be…
A long time ago (like 2 years) I had installed node exporter, prometheus, and grafana on my K3S cluster. This was useful to visualise resource usage in all my nodes, and served as a constant reminder of how underpowered the control plane was. With my new cluster having run for…
I used to run an Nginx reverse proxy outside of my Kubernetes cluster on a 4th Dell Optiplex acting as a monolith server. I still use it for all things I would not put on Kubernetes (eg Minecraft servers) but I want to reduce the impact of this single point…