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![[none]] --- apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1 kind: Application metadata: name: kanboard namespace: argocd spec: project: default destination: namespace: kanboard server: 'https://kubernetes.default.svc' source: path: kanboard repoURL: 'https://github.com/waylonwalker/homelab-argo' targetRevision: HEAD syncPolicy: automated: prune: true Note This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /thoughts/
Manual Upgrades | K3s You can upgrade K3s by using the installation script, or by manually installing the binary of the desired version. docs.k3s.io [1] You can give k3s an install channel to install stable, latest, or specific versions like 1.26. This is handy to make sure that you install the same version on all of your workers. curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_CHANNEL=latest <EXISTING_K3S_ENV> sh -s - <EXISTING_K3S_ARGS> Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://docs.k3s.io/upgrades/manual [2]: /thoughts/
For my reader app I am using cronjobs to schedule my a new build and upload to cloudflare pages every hour. In this example I have built a docker image docker.io/waylonwalker/reader-waylonwalker-com and pushed it to dockerhub. It uses a CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN secret to access cloudflare, and the entrypoint itself does the build and upload. apiVersion: v1 kind: Namespace metadata: creationTimestamp: null name: reader namespace: reader --- apiVersion: batch/v1 kind: CronJob metadata: name: reader-cronjob namespace: reader spec: schedule: "0 * * * *" successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 6 failedJobsHistoryLimit: 6 jobTemplate: spec: template: spec: containers: - name: reader-container image: docker.io/waylonwalker/reader-waylonwalker-com:latest env: - name: CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN valueFrom: secretKeyRef: name: cloudflare-secret key: cloudflare-secret restartPolicy: OnFailure
External Link sealed-secrets.netlify.app [1] kubeseal is a pretty simple to get started with way to manage secrets such that they can be stored in a git [2] repo and be picked up by your continuous delivery service. Sealed Secrets provides declarative Kubernetes Secret Management in a secure way. Since the Sealed Secrets are encrypted, they can be safely stored in a code repository. This enables an easy to implement GitOps flow that is very popular among the OSS community. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://sealed-secrets.netlify.app/ [2]: /glossary/git/ [3]: /thoughts/
In my homelab [1] kubernetes cluster I am using kubeseal to encrypt secrets. I have been using it successfully for a few months now wtih great success. It allows me to commit all of my secrets manifests to git [2] with out risk of leaking secrets. You see kubeseal encrypts your secrets with a private key only stored in your cluster, so only the cluster itself can decrypt them using the kubeseal controller. [3] KubeSeal # [4] https://sealed-secrets.netlify.app/ [5] installation # [6] Installation happens in two steps. You need the kubernetes controller and the client side cli to create a sealed secret. For a more complete instruction see the [docs#installation](https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets?tab=readme-ov-file#installation] installation - controller # [7] Warning **context** Make sure that you are in the right context before running any kubectl commands. kubectl config current-context sealed-secrets is installed using the helm package manager. To install sealed-secrets run the following command. helm repo add sealed-secrets https://bitnami-labs.github.io/sealed-secrets helm install sealed-secrets -n kube-system --set-string fullnameOverride=sealed-...

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I stumbled into kubernetes December 2023 when I was looking for a better way to self host [1] applications. I was looking for something that didn’t require logging into a server and building and deploying like a cave man. I wanted a smoother experience than docker compose was giving me. https://waylonwalker.com/looking-for-a-heroku-replacement/ This post turned into a list of tools that I have adopted into my k8s workflow, and plan to keep. enjoy. Kompose # [2] [3] Kompose is a great tool for gettting going and converting your docker-compose to kubernetes manifests or helm templates. It was a great tool for me to get started with, but I was afraid that it was hindering me learning more and just blindly using its output so I have tried to use it less and less. I’m now not solely leaning on it, but using it to get out quick POCs with low friction. Kompose really helped me go 0 to 60 and get right into kubernetes with my existing docker compose files and very little change. I fou...
Configure Liveness, Readiness and Startup Probes This page shows how to configure liveness, readiness and startup probes for containers. For more information about probes, see Liveness, Readiness and Startup Probes. Before you begin You need to h... Kubernetes Ā· kubernetes.io [1] What is the difference between health, liveness, readiness, and startup? This article does a great job at a full writeup description of how it works in kubernetes, here is my TLDR. - health 200 OK - I’m still responding to requests - health ERR - something happened and I cant respond to requests - liveness 200 OK - I’m ready for more work - liveness ERR - I’m still responding to requests, and i’m already working send requests to another pod, or scale up Z-pages # [2] These probes are commonly deployed at /healthz and /livez endpoints. Why the z? z is a convention that comes from google for meta endpoints to reduce conflict with actual endpoints, and can be deployed to any application. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readin...
External Link stackoverflow.com [1] The convention of ā€œz-pagesā€ comes from google and reduces the likelihood of collisions with application endpoints and keep the convention across all applications. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43380939/where-does-the-convention-of-using-healthz-for-application-health-checks-come-f [2]: /thoughts/
GitHub - jesseduffield/lazydocker: The lazier way to manage everything docker The lazier way to manage everything docker. Contribute to jesseduffield/lazydocker development by creating an account on GitHub. GitHub Ā· github.com [1] I’ve been using this for a few weeks now and it’s fantastic. It’s reminds me of lazygit, it gives a nice quick interface into the things I need and it just works. Yes I can git [2] status to see what changed, then diff the files, then commit hunks, but lazygit can do that in just a few keystrokes. lazydocker does this for docker. It gives me a nice view into whats running, what’s eating up disk space, and the networks I have. And if I see I have a bunch of exited containers, there is a bulk command righ there to clean them up. tldr docker ps on steroids [3] Note This post is a thought [4]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker [2]: /glossary/git/ [3]: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/blob/master/docs/resources/demo3.gif?raw=true [4]: /thoughts/
Uptime Kuma A self-hosted monitoring tool uptime.kuma.pet [1] Uptime kuma is a fantastic self hosted [2] monitoring tool. One docker run command and you are up and running. Once you are in you have full control over checking status of urls, frequency, allowed timeouts, and a HUGE list of notification providers docker run -d --restart=always -p 3001:3001 -v uptime-kuma:/app/data --name uptime-kuma louislam/uptime-kuma:1 I deployed it in my homelab [3] today. [4] Note This post is a thought [5]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://uptime.kuma.pet/ [2]: /self-host/ [3]: /homelab/ [4]: https://twitter.com/_WaylonWalker/status/1723077941649707468 [5]: /thoughts/
- I am converting my docker compose env secrets over to k8s secrets. This guide was clear and to the point how I can replicate this exact workflow. First set the secret, the easiest way is to use kubectl wtih –from-literal because it automatically base64 encodes for you. kubectl create secret generic minio-access-key --from-literal=ACCESS_KEY=7FkTV**** -n shot If you don’t use the --from-literal you will have to base64 encode it. echo "7FkTV****" | openssl base64 Once you have your secret deployed, you have to update the container spec in your deployment manifest to get the valueFrom secretKeyRef. spec: containers: - env: - name: ACCESS_KEY valueFrom: secretKeyRef: key: ACCESS_KEY name: minio-access-key - name: SECRET_KEY valueFrom: secretKeyRef: key: SECRET_KEY name: minio-secret-key image: registry.wayl.one/shot-scraper-api name: shot-wayl-one ports: - containerPort: 5000 protocol: TCP resources: {} restartPolicy: Always Note This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /thoughts/
External Link X (formerly Twitter) Ā· twitter.com [1] Wow, shocked at these results. All this time I’ve been told and believed that k8s is incredibly hard, and you need a $1M problem before you think about it because it will take a $1M team to maintain it. So far my experience has been good, and I definitely do not have a $1M problem in my homelab [2]. [1] Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://twitter.com/_WaylonWalker/status/1718300097174270193 [2]: /homelab/ [3]: /thoughts/
External Link thoughts.waylonwalker.com [1] I was looking to add running kubernetes jobs to a python cli I am creating, and I found this solution, mostly thanks to ollama run mistral:7b-instruct-q4_K_M and my loose understanding of what the yaml syntax is supposed to look like for a kubernetes job. This will let me create a job in the cluster, choose the image that runs, the command that is called, and how long until the job expires and is cleaned up. While the job still exists I can go in and look at the logs, but once its ttl has expired they are gone. from kubernetes import client, config # Load the default kubeconfig config.load_kube_config() # Define the API client for batch jobs api_instance = client.BatchV1Api() # Create a new job object job = client.V1Job( api_version="batch/v1", kind="Job", metadata=client.V1ObjectMeta(name="myjob"), spec=client.V1JobSpec( ttl_seconds_after_finished=100, template=client.V1PodTemplateSpec( metadata=client.V1ObjectMeta(labels={"app": "myjob"}), spec=client.V1PodSpec( containers=[ client.V1Container( name="myjobcontainer", image="busybox", command=["ls", "/"], ), ], restart_policy="Never", ), ), backoff_limit=1, )...
GitHub - mkimuram/k8sviz: Generate Kubernetes architecture diagrams from the actual state in a namespace Generate Kubernetes architecture diagrams from the actual state in a namespace - mkimuram/k8sviz GitHub Ā· github.com [1] This is a sick kubernetes architecture diagran generation tool. Here is an example [2] installation # [3] $ curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mkimuram/k8sviz/master/k8sviz.sh $ chmod u+x k8sviz.sh Usage # [4] ./k8sviz.sh --kubeconfig ~/.config/kube/falcon-k3s.yaml -t png -o k8sviz.png Note This post is a thought [5]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://github.com/mkimuram/k8sviz [2]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mkimuram/k8sviz/master/examples/wordpress/default.png [3]: #installation [4]: #usage [5]: /thoughts/
Translate a Docker Compose File to Kubernetes Resources What Kubernetes Ā· kubernetes.io [1] kompose is a sick cli to convert docker-compose.yml to kubernetes manifest. # install curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose/releases/download/v1.26.0/kompose-linux-amd64 -o kompose kompose convert kompose convert -o deployment.yaml Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/translate-compose-kubernetes/ [2]: /thoughts/
[1] Running your own docker registry in one line podman run -d -p 5000:5000 --restart=always --name registry registry:latest Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /static/https://blog.nashcom.de/nashcomblog.nsf/dx/k3s-podman-and-a-registry.htm [2]: /thoughts/
Kubernetes Persistent Volumes with Deployment and StatefulSet How to use Kubernetes persistent volumes with deployment and stateful set and also when you should use one or another. Alen Komljen Ā· akomljen.com [1] Example of how to add a pvc to a deployment. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://akomljen.com/kubernetes-persistent-volumes-with-deployment-and-statefulset/ [2]: /thoughts/
[1] I was curious to see what was going on inside of my minio object storage. Great technique here by Frank to create an inspector pod, then you can do as you wish with the data. I created the manifest as pvc-inspector.yml apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: pvc-inspector spec: containers: - image: busybox name: pvc-inspector command: ["tail"] args: ["-f", "/dev/null"] volumeMounts: - mountPath: /pvc name: pvc-mount volumes: - name: pvc-mount persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: pvc-name Then used it like this. # create pvc-inspector pod kubectl apply -f pvc-inspector.yml # exec into inspector kubectl exec -it pvc-inspector -- sh # explore data ls /pvc # cleanup kubectl delete -f pvc-inspector.yml Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /static/https://frank.sauerburger.io/2021/12/01/inspect-k8s-pvc.html [2]: /thoughts/
External Link stackoverflow.com [1] In order to use k8s secrets manifest you first need to encode the data values. echo -n 'mega_secret_key' | openssl base64 Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53394973/cant-create-secret-in-kubernetes-illegal-base64-data-at-input [2]: /thoughts/
Can I access k3s using just kubectl (no sudo and no k3s command) Can I access k3s using just kubectl (no sudo and no k3s command) Reddit Ā· reddit.com [1] Right after installing k3s you are going to need to use sudo to use any kubectl command. The reason for this is that the default config is owned by root. To get around this you will need to make your own config and set the KUBECONFIG environment variable To do this I used sudo one last time to copy the k3s.yaml file into my own directory and take ownership of it. sudo cp /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml /home/waylon/.config/kube sudo chown -R waylon:waylon ~/.config/kube export KUBECONFIG=~/.config/kube/k3s.yaml Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/kubernetes/comments/cojjf5/can_i_access_k3s_using_just_kubectl_no_sudo_and/ [2]: /thoughts/