Backing Up the Cluster with Duplicacy

Motivation I wanted to ensure any data I put into my ARM k3s cluster is backed up to prevent data loss. I no longer recommend duplicacy. Instead, read my article on restic backups on TrueNas instead. ...

September 1, 2019 · 10 min · 2087 words · Me

Trying K3s on ARM, Part 1

Why k3s and not stick with k8s? I wanted to experiment with k3s. They package everything you need in a single binary, don’t package in deprecated parts of k8s, and it works on Intel, ARMv7 and ARM64. It seemed like it’d be a less painful way to runn Kubernetes on my ARM cluster. ...

August 9, 2019 · 4 min · 849 words · Me

Parts list for the ARM cluster

I realized I forgot to include a parts list for the cluster in my ARM cluster post (all prices are as of March 3rd, 2019), so here we go. ...

March 1, 2019 · 1 min · 160 words · Me

Getting an ARM kubernetes cluster up and running

I recently decided to set up a Kubernetes cluster in my basement, partly because I’d never set a cluster up from scratch by myself, and partly because my existing NAS was beginning to run out of headroom. ...

February 17, 2019 · 7 min · 1419 words · Me