Deploy ThingsBoard CE on a 3-Node Bare-Metal Kubernetes Cluster
This post shows how I deployed ThingsBoard Community Edition (microservices, hybrid DB) on my existing 3-node bare-metal Kubernetes cluster, using: […]
Kubernetes, ThingsBoard
Hands-On DevOps & Homelab Experiments
From Kubernetes and Ceph to Proxmox, Kafka, Jenkins, Vault, Android, and CI/CD, every guide here is a tested, step-by-step walkthrough from my lab.
Jenkins, Kubernetes
Run Dynamic Jenkins Agents on a Bare-Metal Kubernetes HA Cluster
In a previous post, I built a 3-node HA Kubernetes cluster on bare-metal Ubuntu 24.04 with: In this guide, I’ll
Ceph, Kubernetes
Use External Ceph RBD as Dynamic Storage in Kubernetes
In previous posts, we: This post is the next step: use that same Ceph node as dynamic block storage for
cert-manager, Kubernetes
Enable HTTPS for Traefik on Bare-Metal Kubernetes with a Wildcard Let’s Encrypt Certificate (cert-manager + Cloudflare DNS-01)
In a previous post, We have a Kubernetes cluster that exposes HTTP for through Traefik and MetalLB. In this follow-up,
AWS EC2, Kubernetes
Use Amazon EBS as Persistent Storage in a Self-Managed Kubernetes Cluster on EC2
This post extends and shows how to add Amazon EBS as persistent storage using the AWS EBS CSI driver. You’ll
AWS EC2, Kubernetes
Build a 3-Node Self-Managed Kubernetes Cluster on AWS EC2
This guide shows how to build a 3-node Kubernetes cluster on AWS EC2 where: We do not use: Instead, we
Kubernetes
Build a 3-Node HA Kubernetes Cluster with kube-vip, MetalLB, and Traefik on Bare-Metal Ubuntu 24.04
This guide builds a 3-node Kubernetes cluster on bare-metal Ubuntu Server 24.04, where: Everything is done with kubeadm and containerd.
Android App, HashiCorp Vault, Jenkins
Build and Publish Android App to Google Play with Jenkins + Vault + Gradle Play Publisher (Docker)
Related guides (prereqs) This post stitches the pieces into a reusable, production-safe pipeline: Jenkins builds a signed AAB in Docker,
Gerrit
How to Upgrade Gerrit 3.12.2 to 3.13.1 on Ubuntu 24.04
Introduction In a previous post, I showed how to install Gerrit 3.11.2 on Ubuntu 24.04 with: After that, I upgraded
Proxmox
How to Install Proxmox Backup Server 4.0
In my previous post, I set up a single-node Proxmox VE 9 lab. Now it’s time to give that lab