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The Right Reasons To Run Kubernetes In Your Homelab

Running kubernetes in your homelab [1] is a fantastic way to learn, explore, express yourself, and run services that you use. The Right Reasons To Run Kubernetes In Your Homelab # [2] There are not many - You want to learn kubernetes - You like kubernetes - You want to learn to scale There are also The Wrong Reasons To Run Kubernetes In Your Homelab [3] You want to learn kubernetes # [4] Homelabbing is a such a great way to learn new skills, deploy real apps that you use. Create new custom apps for your specific use cases that no one else has. You should absolutely run kubernetes in your homelab if you want to learn it. I would recommend to start locally, pull up kind, minikube, or k3d and start from your local machine before putting it on a server. When you decide you are ready for a server, you probably don’t need any crazy hardware. You can probably run on some old retired Dell Optiplex or an old desktop someone is throwing out as it no longer runs windows. You like ku...

The Wrong Reasons To Run Kubernetes In Your Homelab

Running kubernetes in your homelab [1] is complex, time consuming, there are almost no docs to help you (homelab focused docs for things you want to install), and nothing is copy paste. You have to make everything happen yourself. The Wrong Reasons To Run Kubernetes In Your Homelab # [2] - I run compose and think kubernetes is the next logical step - Techno Tim runs it - I heard it’s what cool kids do - Kubernetes BTW - Talos Linux looks cool - I found a cool helm chart on GitHub - I need scale There are also The Right Reasons To Run Kubernetes In Your Homelab [3]. I run compose and think kubernetes is the next logical step # [4] No it’s not. It’s much different than running docker, compose, swarm. It’s meant for scale, it’s complex, it’s made for enterprise, not your local development or your homelab. It can do these things, it can do them quite well, but it’s not the target audience. Techno Tim runs it # [5] I heard it’s what cool kids do You need to rethink who the ...
💭 Repository Mirrors | Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge. forgejo.org
Repository Mirrors | Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge. forgejo.org [1] Forgejo supports repository mirrors, I think this is how I am going to handle migrating all of my github repos into forgejo. over time I’ll probably go through and delete a bunch of unnecessary one from github, ones that might have a user or two I might keep on github. I have such small scale projects with almost no users I am not sure that It really matters for me or not. 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://forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/repo-mirror/ [2]: /thoughts/
💭 Explore - Forgejo git.dbushell.com
Explore Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job. Forgejo · git.dbushell.com [1] damn david has been busy, this is sick seeing all of the repos, I’m ready to jump in! 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://git.dbushell.com/explore/repos [2]: /thoughts/

trying forgejo

WIP networks: forgejo: external: false services: server: image: codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:11 container_name: forgejo environment: - USER_UID=1000 - USER_GID=1000 restart: always networks: - forgejo volumes: - ./forgejo:/data ports: - '3000:3000' - '2222:22' docker-in-docker: image: docker:dind container_name: docker_dind privileged: true command: ["dockerd", "-H", "tcp://0.0.0.0:2375", "--tls=false"] restart: unless-stopped networks: [forgejo] runner: image: data.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner:4.0.0 container_name: forgejo-runner user: "1001:1001" depends_on: - docker-in-docker environment: DOCKER_HOST: tcp://docker-in-docker:2375 volumes: - ./runner-data:/data:Z,U # will hold .runner + cache command: /bin/sh -c "while :; do sleep 1; done" restart: unless-stopped networks: [forgejo]
💭 GitHub Ensloppification – David Bushell – Web Dev (UK) dbushell.com
GitHub Ensloppification The one where I say goodbye to GitHub dbushell.com · dbushell.com [1] David’s got me looking at Forgejo. I’ve seen a lot of GitHub jumpers just this week, and I’ve been tempted for a long time to self host one anyways, so it might be time. I don’t have hard issues with anything, I just like self hosting my own personal stuff. On the flipside, I hope this does not turn yet another thing to shit. I lived through the download software from sourceforge and hope you get the right download now button and not the one from the virus ad. I’m not putting my really public/useful projects on a self hosted [2] platform… well not as the only source, I see how that comes off edgy. I like having some trust in the platform. Currently theres a lot of issues with M$ and GitHub using you for your data, but I don’t think injecting virus, malware, bitcoin miners is a worry I have coming from a GitHub release, unless it was put there by the author. 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://dbushell.com/2025/08/11/github-ensloppification/ [2]: /self-host/ [3]: /thoughts/
💭 Note-taking & Editors - awesome-selfhosted awesome-selfhosted.net
[1] Great list of self hosted [2] markdown editors. Looking for a good one for my wife and family to use that does not look like editing code. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /static/https://awesome-selfhosted.net/tags/note-taking--editors.html [2]: /self-host/ [3]: /thoughts/
💭 csi-driver-smb/deploy/example/smb-provisioner at master · kube... github.com
csi-driver-smb/deploy/example/smb-provisioner at master · kubernetes-csi/csi-driver-smb This driver allows Kubernetes to access SMB Server on both Linux and Windows nodes. - kubernetes-csi/csi-driver-smb GitHub · github.com [1] Great guide to setting up a samba server right in kubernetes. I tried it out after too long of playing with trying to get connected to a samba share on ucore, no idea what was wrong, but this just works, and will live in my homelab [2] no matter what distro I’m on, no playbook required to set it up, just good ol k8s manifest. TBH I cheated and haven’t set up the secrets yet, so its not quite in argocd or in my github repo, but POC is there and it works as advertised without issue. 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://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-driver-smb/tree/master/deploy/example/smb-provisioner [2]: /homelab/ [3]: /thoughts/
💭 Copyparty - YouTube youtu.be
- Copyparty looks like a feature full self hosted [1] file server, putting this into my check out later when I get back to my desk. Impressive number of features I didn’t even know were a thing all from one .py file. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /self-host/ [2]: /thoughts/
💭 How I Use Computers Now - YouTube www.youtube.com
- Ben is always good for a banger of a video, this images app is something that i really want in my homelab [1], he did some great polish here! The idea of building vibe coded applications for your own personal use with all of your own personal opinions and workflows is something that has been an appealing part of ai, I’ve definitely tossed a few apps in my homelab that I use occasionally and they do what I ask of them pretty accurately. This feels great to use, but also seems to kill any startup idea I have, as most of them feel like they could be vibe coded out by someone with a bit of skill and they just host their own. Maybe this is a good thing, maybe we are moving into an era of more people owning their own app they use for themself, maybe i need a security related startup? Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /homelab/ [2]: /thoughts/
💭 robinroy03/videoeditor: Video Editor Application using React, ... github.com
GitHub - trykimu/videoeditor: Your Creative Copilot for Video Editing Your Creative Copilot for Video Editing. Contribute to trykimu/videoeditor development by creating an account on GitHub. GitHub · github.com [1] I would love to have a browser based video editor I could throw on a server and do quick edits from anywhere. I tried to get this one to work and struggled to get front end to send api requets to backend. I think the root of it was their redis wants to run on 80, this caused a permission error so I tried to run 8880:80, but redis was still unable to start due to a config permission error. 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://github.com/robinroy03/videoeditor [2]: /thoughts/
💭 Backups interrupted by full disk usage pype.dev
Backups interrupted by full disk usage | Nic Payne I just got a message from HCIO that my primary backup script is late... This happens every now and then but I decided to check on it... Quickly `ssh` in and I n pype.dev [1] I’m way behind on my notification game and need to pick it up. maybe I’ll look into hcio as well. maybe I’ll look into something that goes straight to signal or just get things working on ntfy. An 80GB log file is massive and the kind of thing id like to see notifications more. 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://pype.dev/backups-interrupted-by-full-disk-usage/ [2]: /thoughts/
💭 Self-Host Weekly selfh.st
External Link selfh.st [1] The object storage (S3-compatible) platform MinIO created a bit of a stir this week I had not heard about this before it came in through selfh.st. I use minio a lot, and did not know there are so many great alternatives out there for it. I might be looking into some of these options such as garage [2]. Its hard to tell from this article what mino dropped, but luckily for me it seems to be all ui related. I use the UI for debugging/feedback/sometimes learning, but at this point I’ve got good flows for setting up new access keys, buckets, and everything with the cli. 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://selfh.st/weekly/2025-05-30/ [2]: https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/?ref=selfh.st [3]: /thoughts/

tinyapps

I’m working on replacing my usage of google inline search apps with real apps, these are ones that I create and host on my own homelab [1]. The first three that I created are mostly chatgpt based, with a bit of hand edit after the fact, uploaded to minio and become an app on my k8s-pages [2] renamed The original title of this post was "Replacing Google Search Apps With Self Hosted Web Apps" I’m leaning on web wakelock [3] to keep the screen on while these apps are running, primarily clos, timer, and stopwatch. Clock # [4] A large displya clock. [5] Timer # [6] A simple timer that counts down from thet set time. [7] Stopwatch # [8] This is the one that inspired it all, I need to run a few stopwatches at work, and chose to just do it right in the google search with a few tabs running. [9] Dice # [10] A simple dice roller, this one is the one that I decided to start adding ? for help. [11] UUID # [12] It displays a uuid, thats it. ctrl + c to copy. [13] b64 # [1...
💭 Helm - Postiz Docs docs.postiz.com
Helm - Postiz Documentation Install Postiz using Kubernetes and Helm Postiz Documentation · docs.postiz.com [1] I didn’t realize that postiz had a helm chart, I just hand rolled mine based on the compose file they provide. I went from running the compose stack locally to running in my homelab [2] with kubernetes. I am using cnpg rather than a postgres container which I really like the workflow of as far as backup and restore. The one hiccup I ran into was changing the domain from localhost to my homelab domain killed all of my integrations and they needed the redirect url updated. 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://docs.postiz.com/installation/kubernetes-helm [2]: /homelab/ [3]: /thoughts/
💭 Self-Hosted 29: Perils of Self-Hosting selfhosted.show
Perils of Self-Hosting We speak to Kevin and Patricia from Traefik, discuss Alex's recent ZFS snafu and we wonder if the new Chromecasts can match up to the Nvidia Shield. Self-Hosted · selfhosted.show [1] Interesting takes on Diun here. I agree that I like to be in control of updates and pinning not to latest. both seemed like they weren’t going to run it because they can look up the latest version. Maybe I need to be less aggressive on keeping things up to date and its a me problem. I just got diun setup and hooked into ntfy, and I kinda like the automated checklist of new images that I can review and update. To be a bit more clear, having control over changes coming in from others, even if I dont care to see the changelog, it is nice to roll out an update, have it in your git [2] history, watch it deploy and work like before, if not roll back and read the changelog. For internal applications I’m down for automated releases like argo image updater give you, this thing has already gone through review, launch the damn thing at least to a dev space. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]:...
💭 imagegenius/docker-immich: Monolithic (Single) Docker Containe... github.com
GitHub - imagegenius/docker-immich: Monolithic (Single) Docker Container for Immich Monolithic (Single) Docker Container for Immich. Contribute to imagegenius/docker-immich development by creating an account on GitHub. GitHub · github.com [1] imagegenius has made an immich all in one setup that looks much easier to use than immich. 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://github.com/imagegenius/docker-immich/ [2]: /thoughts/
💭 Install a Zulip server — Zulip 9.2 documentation zulip.readthedocs.io
[1] Zulip was just featured on a changelog clip as a self-hosted [2] chat offering. I’m interested to give this a go and see how it compares to matrix. glancing at it, it looks a lot like slack. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /static/https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/stable/production/install.html [2]: /self-host/ [3]: /thoughts/

Looking for a Heroku replacement, What I found was shocking!

Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve long hosted my personal blog as a static site on waylonwalker.com. It’s all markdown, converted to html [1], and shipped as is. It’s been great, I’ve moved it from GitHub Pages, to Netlify, tried Vercel for a minute, and have landed on Cloudflare Pages. Each migration has not really been that hard, it’s just pointing ci to a different host after the site has built. [2] What about server side # [3] Now the part that I have struggled with is how to cheaply host a server rendered application that can just live on forever without me paying for it. This is a harder problem as it costs more to keep servers spinning, memory, and disk all ready for you to use at a moments notice. Honestly # [4] I never really deployed anything that useful on heroku, but it seems like the klenex of the bunch that’s why they are in the title. I’ve moved between digital ocean and fly.io, and have had some great experiences with both. I just don’t want...