NFS problems with new Ubuntu 22.04 kernel

Yesterday’s Homelab host update did not at all go as intended. I hit a kernel bug in the NFS code. To describe the problem, I need to go into a bit of detail on my setup, so please bear with me. I’ve got a fleet of 8 Raspberry Pi CM4 and a single Udoo x86 II forming the backbone of the compute in my Homelab. All of them do netbooting, with no per-host storage at all....

February 17, 2024 · 6 min · Michael

KubeExp: Putting the 'lab' back in 'Homelab'

So, as I mentioned in my last article, I want to give Kubernetes another try after HashiCorp’s recent license change. This also gives me a chance to put the lab back in Homelab, as it has mostly been a Homeprod environment - not much experimentation going on there, just slow, intentional incremental changes here and there. But my Homeprod env is not really suited for housing a Kubernetes cluster. It mostly consists of Raspberry Pis....

August 27, 2023 · 11 min · Michael