I moved Home Assistant into Kubernetes because my home lab had already crossed the line from "one server running containers" into "a small platform." The usual Home Assistant advice is…
Building a GitOps-Owned Metrics Stack for the Home Lab
This is the metrics and dashboard setup we built for the Kubernetes home lab. The goal was not to recreate a full enterprise observability platform. The goal was to make…
Plex on Kubernetes
Giving Plex on Kubernetes a Real LAN IP with br0, Multus, and GitOps I moved Plex from Docker Compose to Kubernetes for the same reason I moved a lot of…
Hello world, from Oracle Cloud!
Welcome to my personal blog from the Oracle Cloud. This is my first post after I migrated my system.
GPG on Yubikey for git
OpenPGP and GNU Privacy Guard https://www.howtogeek.com/816878/how-to-back-up-and-restore-gpg-keys-on-linux/ One of the advantages of electronic files over paper hard copies is you can encrypt electronic files so that they are only accessible by…
Understanding systemd at startup on Linux
Exploring Linux startup with systemd More on sysadmins Enable Sysadmin blog The Automated Enterprise: a guide to managing IT with automation eBook: Ansible Automation for SysAdmins Tales from the field:…
How to compile a SELinux policy package
Overview SELinux gained a bit of traction lately. As a follow-up on some SELinux-inspired articles in the community, I present you a tutorial on how to build a policy package…
How to Install Kubernetes Cluster on Ubuntu 22.04 with ZFS
Are you looking for an easy guide on how to install Kubernetes Cluster on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)? The step-by-step guide on this page will show you how to install…
Resolving Oracle Cloud “Out of Capacity” issue and getting free VPS with 4 ARM cores / 24GB of memory (using OCI CLI)
Very neat and useful configuration was recently announced at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) blog as a part of Always Free tier. Unfortunately, as of July 2021, it’s still very complicated…
Python 3.10 on OL8
Step 1 – Install Required Dependencies The latest version of Python is not included in the Oracle Linux 8 default repo, so you will need to compile it from the…