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protalos - diving into kubernetes with talos, proxmox and terraform

protalos - diving into kubernetes with talos, proxmox and terraform

I recently got my hand on a new small used machine which made me want to redo a part of my homelab once again. Since quite some time i wanted to improve my skills administrating and using kubernetes and had read lots of good things about . For my h

building the charybdis

building the charybdis

Around a month ago i stumbled upon the ergonomic keyboards world. After doing some research, i fell in love with charybdis. I decided to build one for myself. I ordered the pcb and the case since my Ender 5 Pro died around the same time. Otherwise

configuring SonarQube SAML with Authentik as IDP

configuring SonarQube SAML with Authentik as IDP

I had some issues during the configuration so here is how it works: Head to your authentik instance and create a new Certificate via System -> Certificates -> Generate (or upload if you have one you want to use). Inside authentik head to Application

scaling down without scaling down

scaling down without scaling down

For quite a few years now i always upgraded or rebuilt my work machine to the latest and greatest. This time i decided to try something different. I bought a nice lightweight laptop and began using codespaces for my development. While great, the pric

deploying without worrying using terraform, docker and restic

deploying without worrying using terraform, docker and restic

My current deployments don't meet some flexibility i would like to have in case a provider raises prices, or just doesn't fit my needs anymore. I want to be able to move my infrastructure to another provider without much hassle. The first tool i'm

picotype - when you can't use your password manager

picotype - when you can't use your password manager

Sometimes there are situations where you can't use your password manager. For example, you're on a computer that doesn't have it installed, or you're on a computer that doesn't have a GUI, or you're on a computer that doesn't have a keyboard, or you'

moving from docker compose files to a solution like Nomad + Consul + Vault + JuiceFS

moving from docker compose files to a solution like Nomad + Consul + Vault + JuiceFS

I managed most of my hosted apps in my homelab and on my server using docker-compose files for a long time, since it was easy to use and I could easily backup the data. Updates were easy as well since I could just pull the latest image and restart th

Docker GitHub Actions Runner

Docker GitHub Actions Runner

This is a Docker image for to easily self-host GitHub actions runners. Hourly builds are available on . I wanted to self-host GitHub actions runners, but I didn't want to install all the dependencies on my machine. So I created this image. This wa

Creating a cheap container and package registry

Creating a cheap container and package registry

Since I was in need of a cheap private container and package registry, I began looking around for good solutions. While I found some, I was not satisfied with the pricing. So I decided to create my own. Here is how you can host your own container and

My backup strategy

My backup strategy

I mainly use a RS1221+ carrying 4x 6TB WD Red Plus running in RAID 6 with data protection for my backups. My backup job runs every night at 3am and backups the following: - my Google Business account using Active Backup for Google Workspace - my Goog

Mirror Tea

Mirror Tea

I wanted to mirror all my repositories from GitHub to a gitea instance. I found a few tools that do this, but they were either not maintained anymore or not working as expected. So I decided to write my own. The gitea instance is then backed up to m

Using the Namecheap API despite assigned dynamic IP

Using the Namecheap API despite assigned dynamic IP

If you are hosting your own services locally and have the need for Let's Encrypt certificates, you might come across a problem while attempting to solve the DNS challenge using / and the provider. Namecheap forces you to allow list every IP