I’ve been running all my apps on my NAS as docker containers, but some get ‘stuck’ occasionally, requiring a reboot of the whole machine. Using the NAS was mostly out of convenience.

I also had an old laptop running k3s, hosting a few stateless services.

This week I picked up three Wyse 5070 devices and started setting up a more permanent Kubernetes cluster. I decided to use Talos Linux, which is a steep learning curve, but should hopefully reduce the amount of ongoing work for upgrades. I’ll be deploying everything with FluxCD this time around too.

I’ve stumbled a bit with the synology-csi-driver. It didn’t work with Talos out of the box, but turns out the latest commits have a fix. The only thing remaining before I can start porting the apps over is figuring out how to spin up a new CA and generate client certificates for mTLS. I currently do that in Vault but it seems like something cert-manager could handle going forward.

I’ve been using this blueprint to do what you’ve described and I’m quite happy with it.

One thing I learned - brew a beer style you enjoy. I naively tried to brew a brown ale for my first two attempts, solely because it was recommended as one of the easier styles to tackle as a beginner. I wasn’t fond of either, and it put me off the hobby for a while. Then a couple of years later I brewed a clone of an IPA I knew and enjoyed and it stuck! I had a clear idea of what I wanted to improve the next time… and the next, and the next. If you do enjoy brown ales, then all the better!

Keep chasing that dragon! 🍻

Just Kopi Luwak beans

Are they on Mastodon?

It’s making fun of things like: “ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer”.

DeArrow

Don’t forget DeArrow!

It’s surprisingly straightforward! There’s a menu option in the UI that can switch you to desktop mode, which is KDE Plasma. You can open up a terminal emulator from the K menu there.

1 small rubbish bin.

Located in In a small village in Scotland. The road is too narrow to get the normal trucks through, so there are special smaller bin trucks that come by weekly. We have to take care of everything else by carting it to a recycling point or the tip.