Tag: homelab

Krew is the kubectl plugin manager. These are the plugins that save time in a home lab Kubernetes setup, plus exactly how to install them all fast.

KEDA lets Kubernetes scale workloads on queue depth, cron schedules, and broker lag, including scale-to-zero for serious home lab resource savings overnight.

Beszel gives you Prometheus-style multi-host monitoring via a single hub container and tiny Go agents, no Grafana, no exporters, no yak shaving.

Crossplane vs Terraform and OpenTofu for home lab infra: GitOps-native Kubernetes CRDs versus battle-tested HCL, which one actually fits your k3s cluster?

Stop guessing Kubernetes pod resource limits. Goldilocks + VPA analyze real usage and recommend exactly what CPU and memory your containers need to run.

Capsule gives k3s tenants namespace isolation without running vCluster. How to carve a home lab cluster into tenants and stop handing out cluster-admin.

Sealed Secrets vs External Secrets Operator: which Kubernetes secret manager fits your GitOps workflow best, home lab cluster or production multi-tenant setup?

Stakater Reloader watches ConfigMaps and Secrets and triggers rolling restarts automatically, so your pods always run current config, no kubectl rollout.

Replace flannel with Cilium 1.19 on k3s for eBPF routing, Hubble observability, WireGuard encryption, and L7 network policies, here's when it pays off.

Run a single k3s cluster spanning two physical sites using Tailscale as the WireGuard fabric, home lab server plus cloud VPS, one single kubectl context.

Run real KVM virtual machines as Kubernetes resources on k3s. One control plane for pods and VMs, no more juggling Proxmox alongside your cluster every day.

ClickHouse, DuckDB, or StarRocks for home lab analytics? A practical guide to picking the right OLAP engine for your query patterns without losing the weekend.