What's next after the K8s Migration?

Wherein I go over my future plans for the Homelab, now that the k8s migration is finally done. So it’s done. The k8s migration is finally complete, and I can now get started with some other projects. Or, well, I can once I’ve updated my control plane Pis to Pi 5 with NVMe SSDs. But what to do then? As it turns out, I’ve got a very full backlog. I’m decidedly not in danger of boredom. ...

April 29, 2025 · 18 min · Michael
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Nomad to k8s, Part 12: Backup Plan

Wherein it seems I need a new backup strategy. This is part 13 of my k8s migration series. During the last week, I’ve started to work on implementing my backup strategy for the new Kubernetes cluster. The original plan was to stay with what I’m already doing in my Nomad cluster. But it turns out I can’t, so I need a new strategy. If you’re prone to suffering from IT-related nightmares, you might wish to skip this one. The Nomad backup implementation ain’t pretty, and my current plans for the k8s backup implementation ain’t going to make it any prettier. You’ve been warned. ...

May 5, 2024 · 10 min · Michael