I’ve been running a homelab Kubernetes cluster for a while now, and kept meaning to write up how it’s all wired together. This is an overview of what will become a series of posts. I’ll be looking to cover each area of the setup, building it up as we go, including code.

The main tools I’ve used in this build are Proxmox as a hypervisor running the VMs that make up the Kubernetes cluster. Talos Linux, the immutable Linux distro I’ve favoured to build the cluster. ArgoCD, to add the GitOps approach to deploying apps onto my cluster. OpenTofu to deploy parts of the setup and Forgejo to host the Git repos, Container images and run workflows as part of the deployment.

A cycling journey to Carnforth via the scenic Trough of Bowland, one of Lancashire’s most beautiful routes.

A scenic summer evening ride along the converted railway paths from Bury to Rawtenstall, taking in the beautiful Kirklees and Irwell trails.

A scenic summer evening ride along the converted railway paths from Bury to Rawtenstall, taking in the beautiful Kirklees and Irwell trails.

When plans change unexpectedly, sometimes the best adventures emerge - a beautiful cycling journey through the Yorkshire Dales from Bolton Abbey to Burnsall.

In my day job recently I’ve been rewriting AWS deployment infrastructure-as-code taking Serverless-Framework and raw Cloudformation transforming it into Terraform.

I’ve always set out with the best intentions for this site, to regularly write posts about things I’m up to, found out or whatever.

The day after the Tesla PowerWall install and I’ve configured the device in Home Assistant with some rudimentary additions to existing dashboards.

Today’s the day After being on the waiting list for some time, my PowerWall 2 + Gateway installation is finally happening today.