AJ's Blog
This is a personal blog focused on computer software and hardware. Most
projects are implementing software and hardware for a homelab. What is a
homelab? I would say a homelab could be a single computer or dozens of
computers connected in a network. You can also integrate with computers
in the Cloud.
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Recent Posts
05-13-2023
In a previous post I deployed a factorio game server using docker. The same image can be deployed onto kubernetes.
Installing factorio on Kubernetes Requirements In order to proceed, you must have a k8s platform, the kubectl command line utility, and a persistent provider. If you are not familiar with kubernetes, check out a previous post to get started.
Deployment to k8s In order to deploy factorio onto a kubernetes cluster, the deployment needs to be configured in YAML format document.
05-07-2023
It is important to keep your computers up to date with the latest software and security updates. Running Kubernetes requires some kind of underlying system to run the containers. If you are not familiar with Kubernetes or containers, check out a previous post to get started.
In a previous post, I looked at a tool, Ansible, to run common tasks on many systems at once. I still use Ansible to patch all of my systems every month.
04-30-2023
The Longhorn project is simplified, easy to deploy and upgrade, open source, persistent block storage on the Kubernetes platform. If you are not familiar with Kubernetes (k8s), check out a previous post to get started. If you are using Kubernetes in a homelab which is what I focus on in this blog, you may notice that setting up apps that worked well in Docker are much more challenging in Kubernetes. It is very easy to set up static web apps in Kubernetes as the container image includes all the files you need.
04-26-2023
My homelab has evolved quite a bit over time. After implementing a wiki, I have tracked servers and services deployed there. In 2023 I have not done much in the homelab because I moved across my country. Fortunately the only equipment that died during the move was a Raspberry Pi 3b.
Last “homelab update” post was August 2022
2023 Notable addition in 2023 was a migration from a Unifi USG to a Unifi UDM (Dream Machine Pro).
01-22-2023
Ubuntu 22.04 was released in 2022 and is a long term support server Linux distribution. We can reasonably expect the publishers of Ubuntu to maintain security and kernel updates for Ubuntu until 2027. This distribution is a good choice for using as a base template for virtual machines. If you are not familiar with creating virtual machine templates for Proxmox, check out a previous post that is more focused on getting started.
01-15-2023
For linux distribution Fedora version 37 and newer, if you are using an AMD graphics card (gpu), the main package repositories no longer provide the drivers needed to decode video streams in browsers and other applicationns that utilize libraries such as vdpau.
Fortunately along with other non-free software such as codecs, the RPMFusion repository can be added to your system to install the drivers needed to decode videos using your GPU.