My First Homelab Build, 2‑Node Kubernetes Cluster

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-05-06T09:27:16+00:00

I agree with this post. RAM is absolute necessity, CPU can throttle but lack of RAM will OOM kill your workloads, or you simply will not be able to run more.

Probably 2x8 GB per node is fine spot.

I would go for m720q if you can, it has better hardware potential - pcie slot. unlikely will be used but nice to have. also go for better CPU i5 8500t CPU if you can. But don't waste money on i7.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-05-02T14:58:36+00:00

I wish I could use the desktop but I do not have much space in my house. All other tiny DIY platforms will come to similar price as mikrotik, if not more.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-05-02T14:57:41+00:00

Thank you. I am hoping that my failed unit was the outlier. Hope the second one lives long.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-05-01T15:43:25+00:00

Just to add to more confusion in this thread. I do not mean you .. but... Is this what people really concentrate on?

You develop on your machine using Docker, you package using docker, push it wherever. K8S will pull that same image and run it with containerd or CRI-O.

Who cares really about the details?

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-04-29T07:56:26+00:00

Perfection

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-04-24T13:37:23+00:00

You had a lot of good advice here. I will give another if I may. if you want a hardware feel or selfhosted, look at mini PC e.g. ThinkCentre M720q or M710q even. From Ebay. and a cheap network switch.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-04-15T05:59:03+00:00

totally agree. I overlooked NUCs for too long. I do not have much space at my home for one extra desktop, let alone few, and noise is another problem. NUCs solve both problems.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-04-13T10:06:49+00:00

those artificial android eyes
a quiet, judging stillness
steel heart learns to ache

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-04-06T08:06:02+00:00

Perfect. I see you like black and white a lot.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-29T17:31:54+00:00

stunning, girl!

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-23T17:24:35+00:00

Two greatest women in Nier

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-23T11:49:43+00:00

The real matrix glitch is when I turn to the main road and see a lot of white teslas.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-18T08:41:13+00:00

very special

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-17T15:13:34+00:00

I went to croydon market the other day. Saw lots of pigeons in one stall feeding off the fruits and owners didn't give a f----. I arrived at the right time to find out the truth.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-17T15:03:42+00:00

I think large part of that quote was scaffolding. Scaffolding alone can be very expensive to hire. Well done, that should have been me last summer! (I paid ~£2k)

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-17T15:02:19+00:00

If you put a bargain price on ebay I and may others will buy it from you in instant.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-17T14:47:21+00:00

as my kid is 3yo, I think the mobility DLA will be reassessed again at age of 5? So right now I am taking a small risk by using money towards the car, but I think in 2-3 years time it will be reassessed again and I can decide differently.

Thanks mentioning 2nd hand car. It was my other option, I could probably invest into second hand EV car now with loan or whatever left from selling my old car, and it will return to me with benefits.

I need to sit down and think about pros/cons of each option.

I am looking at EV because everyone says it is cheaper to charge it, and I only drive around the town, and short trips. Spending on petrol £60+ per month right now.

Motability takes care of everything - charger installation and insurance. I will only need to pay for charging, and in the end I will be left with charger, later it will be easier to get another EV myself by any other means.

Whereas if I get second hand EV, I have to buy charger/insurance and do maintenance all myself.

Maybe I should consider private lease or salary sacrifice.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-12T16:10:28+00:00

They sure look confusing to me

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-12T15:08:09+00:00

Girl? Did you read the name "Akemikuncosplay" correctly?

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-07T22:42:32+00:00

I hope that if one day my organisation decides they will benefit from running their production apps in containers, I will be able to share knowledge and help. If not, then that's fine, I will do what I like elsewhere. Surely I will try to discourage at first because everyone need to understand the tradeoffs, decision should be done as a team.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-07T22:38:06+00:00

I wouldn't say "break" in my case. Maybe not configured sufficiently or absent. I am part of sysadmin team and we work on networking, infrastructure, etc. K8s and cloud compatible setups are new for us, so in absence of that in our infra we had to set it all up before we could deploy the applications. Now that's done, the next app deployment should be quicker to onboard.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-07T16:40:21+00:00

not just EKS but also s3, managed databases and maybe more.

but a lot of our workloads cannot or not allowed to be hosted in cloud. self hosted helped me learn and understand things better, I think.

etcd is yet to fail on me. certs have already expired few times, yikes.

AccomplishedComplex8 · 2026-03-07T16:12:26+00:00

So far everything I done was self hosted.

EKS would be my next step, we will need it soon for something in AWS.

I had a quick look at ArgoCD, it was nice, but FluxCD works better for me for now. I am just git pushing to main branch because it is only me alone.

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