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1. "Launching containers before starting a debug session in VS Code"

   This article is a little reminder to myself on how to launch needed docker containers before a debug session is started in VS Code. At the same time, I had a hard time finding any sort of documentation on how to do it. So I thought I would put some …

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2. "Give Up Github Part 2"

   It doesn't have to be hard

   As part of my project to leave Github - as I wrote about in part 1 - I wanted to try out moving the CI part of building the skov.run site. A site built with HUGO and running in a container on my Kubernetes cluster …

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3. "Give Up Github Part 1 - is it hard?"

   TL;DR

   Sometimes when things seem too good to be true, they are. Real short, in building co-pilot Microsoft utilize open source, monitize it and don't contribute back to the community.

   In the article here I investigate how hard it is to leave Github, using the suggested alternatives.

   BUT Github …

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4. "Talos Upgrade and the Stupid Things You Do When Tired"

   Upgrading Talos from 1.0.0 to 1.0.5

   So some days ago I got aware, that I was falling quite a bit behind on upgrading my Talos kubernetes cluster. The project is up to 1.0.5, and I was still running 1.0.0. As I sometime …

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5. "Uptimerobot Monitoring Talos"

   UpTimeRobot and Kubernetes nodes

   I recently moved my home Kubernetes cluster to using Talos Linux. A new take on how nodes by consuming them as immutable resources. Thus avoiding the cumbersome work of maintaining an OS.

   Previously I ran my cluster on Ubuntu Cloud Init images and then using MicroK8s …

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6. "New Router Coming Up"

   Finally a new router!

   My internet connection has been pretty annoying for the past couple of years - since I started my homelab up again. There has been multiple issues, the most annoying of them not being able to serve a VPN based on wireguard.

   The firewall setup on my old …

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7. "Kubernetes and Nfs Volumes"

   Since I started running Kubernetes with MicroK8s on my Raspberry Pi's and later on my HP Microserver, there's been one challenge, which I have been putting out. Storage.

   That is persistent storage for my containers. Take this site running Ghost. It needs some persistent storage, in order to persist the …

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8. "Kubernetes on Raspberry Pi"

   Kubernetes

   I've been running a k8s cluster on Raspberry Pi 4s for about 2-3 months at the time of this article.

   It's been a very good learning experience, one I'd recommend anyone wanting to learn how to administrate Kubernetes or getting more into cloud and containers. I mainly went this …

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