Machine images for vSphere

As a VMware homelab enthusiast I’m always looking for ways to streamline my vSphere environment. As it turns out, being able to quickly stamp out VMs from images cuts down on toil and IMO a core capability of any respectable at-home data-center :sunglasses:.

Openebs and MinIO

No frills K8s lab notes on deploying openebs and using for MinIO storage.

Flowerhood

April showers bring May flowers and make for a colorful walk in the neighborhood. Spring as certainly sprung and from it yielded allergies, pretty pics and a new Sip palette.

Elastic Block Storage for K8s

You get a volume, you get a volume, you, and you and you…being able to provision “elastic block storage” for K8s can be quite gratifying, you may feel like Oprah on some grand giveaway. Let’s dig in and take a gander at openebs.

Broken Bow we Go

A delightful weekend with the family in Broken Bow Oklahoma, complements of my Bro! Got in a little hike with a backpack fill of Shih Tzu too!

The Fruit Pie Project

The Fruit Pie Pop-Art project making Fruit Pies appear out of thin air with Fruit Pie the Magician.

K8s LBs, Ingress & TLS

DIY guide on installing, configuring and using a LoadBalancer, Ingress Controller, and Certificate Manager on a Vanilla Kubernetes Cluster so you can deal TLS certificates like a Boss.

Marfa Texas

I get serious eye rolls from the wife when I say Marfa is my favorite place on the planet” because she fears I’m serious. And I am.