It’s been a while…
Yes, it has been a while since I last posted on here. What is my excuse. Well, simply put, we’ve moved house. This site is hosted from home and that had to move as well. So, oh heck yes, so much has changed. The lab I built, which I vblogged on here, its been left […]
All quiet? Kind of!
Its been very quiet on the project front, at least what I can report on here. The increasing power bills have seen my enterprise servers go into a perpetual “cold and dark” condition. All primary functions are running on the pair of RPi4’s and a single RPi3. There is a big project a foot. I […]
Home Lab Cloud – Different host OS
Having succeeded in getting a small K8s cluster running I then considered the fact that I had to use a specific version of the packages and a specific version of Docker. Could I upgrade to the latest releases? First I cloned the working machines, then attempted the upgrade, and broke everything. That is pretty damn […]
Home Lab Cloud – Kubernetes install
Part 1 This subject has proven rather heavy. There are plenty of places on the net to describe what Kubernetes is. I get that. Now if I go to the home of Kubernetes at https://kubernetes.io/ then I have an absolute load of information about installing, managing and,,,, well, I didn’t really get off of the […]
Candle making progress
I’ve been putting a lot of effort into this lately. I’ve made several candles and then I’ve tried burning a few, with mixed results. What has become clearly apparent is that “Pillar” candles, as in, ones that are not in any sort of container, made of Soy Wax, do not work. Soy wax melts at […]
Home Lab Cloud – Docker
So my quest brings me to understanding “Docker”, running on Linux. What is Docker? Docker is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.[5] The software that hosts the containers is called Docker Engine.[6] So I will cut a long story short. Taking a standard installation of Linux server, in […]
Home Lab Cloud – Exploring Kubernetes
Its the thing of the moment, so they say. Kubernetes. What is it? According to Wikipedia it is – Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system for automating software deployment, scaling, and management. Google originally designed Kubernetes, but the Cloud Native Computing Foundation now maintains the project. Digging deeper – Kubernetes defines a set of […]
Home Lab Cloud – The move to Proxmox
I want to start experimenting with building a home lab cluster of servers. Clearly buying loads of servers is not a practical solution here as I don’t need that level of performance, nor have the space or the power budget. Instead I look to Virtualisation. I have run virtual servers before and this website was […]
Reviving the topic of Candles
Many years ago, in fact too many to remember, I used to play about with making candles. Indirectly heating wax in a saucepan of water. Mucking about with Stearin and colours. Occasionally adding scent. Trying to get the wick sizing right. Looking for good containers to uses as moulds. More recently, as in the last […]
Jan’s been knitting again
I’ve been busy knitting and this time I have a new Jumper / Coat / Snug, it does all sorts. I’ve evolved a previous design that I worked on last year. The previous design worked but I felt I could make it fit better and make it warmer. I’m really pleased with this outcome and […]