Posts for: #Self-Hosting

Setting up k8up to periodically back up my Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs) in my Kubernetes cluster.

I am building a new cluster out of second hand-mini-PCs, and I am looking to streamline and simplify the setup as much as possible. Here, I'm exploring at how to get an OS set up, without having to do a manual install on each machine, using Ansible and Cloud-Init

I have been running my own servers, on and off since college. Here's some of my takes, and why it's always been worth the hassle, at least for me.

Using CloudNativePG and Barman Cloud to get Point-in-Time Recovery for Postgres DB's running in Kubernetes.