Part 3
•Jan 20, 2026
•4 min read
Kubernetes Logging with Loki
Collect, store, and query Kubernetes logs using Loki with MinIO object storage and Grafana.
kuberneteslogginglokiobservability
Part 2
•Jan 19, 2026
•7 min read
Homelab Alerting with Alertmanager and Free Discord Integration
How to set up free, reliable alerting for your homelab using Prometheus Alertmanager and Discord webhooks.
kubernetesprometheusalertmanageralerting
Part 1
•Jan 18, 2026
•12 min read
Monitoring My Homelab with Grafana: From Proxmox to Kubernetes
A practical, beginner-friendly observability setup for a two-host Proxmox homelab: Prometheus + Grafana in Kubernetes, scraping Proxmox hosts and Pi-hole.
homelabmonitoringgrafanaprometheus
Jan 16, 2026
•6 min read
Setting Up Pi-hole for DNS and Homelab Wildcard Domains
How to deploy Pi-hole for network-wide DNS, use it for homelab wildcard domains, and configure UniFi as a backup DNS.
pi-holednshomelabunifi
Part 11
•Jan 8, 2026
•14 min read
Kubernetes on Proxmox: GitOps Automation with ArgoCD
Implement GitOps workflows for automated, declarative deployments using ArgoCD - manage your entire homelab from Git
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Part 10
•Jan 8, 2026
•17 min read
Kubernetes on Proxmox: Secure Your Apps with HTTPS and cert-manager
Add automatic HTTPS with Let's Encrypt certificates using cert-manager, securing your Kubernetes applications with trusted SSL/TLS.
homelabproxmoxkubernetesk8s
Part 9
•Jan 7, 2026
•13 min read
Kubernetes on Proxmox: Deploying Your First Real Application
Deploy a complete stateful application using persistent storage, ingress routing, and DNS in your homelab Kubernetes cluster.
homelabproxmoxkubernetesk8s
Part 8
•Jan 7, 2026
•11 min read
Kubernetes on Proxmox: DNS and LoadBalancers with MetalLB
Add real DNS and LoadBalancer services to a homelab Kubernetes cluster using MetalLB and local DNS integration.
homelabproxmoxkubernetesk8s
Part 7
•Jan 5, 2026
•8 min read
Kubernetes on Proxmox: Future-Proof Ingress with Traefik + Gateway API
Install Traefik as a Gateway API controller and expose apps using Gateway + HTTPRoute (a modern replacement path for Ingress).
homelabproxmoxkubernetesk8s
Part 6
•Jan 4, 2026
•11 min read
Kubernetes on Proxmox: Persistent Storage with Longhorn
Installing Longhorn to provide persistent volumes for workloads running on a Kubernetes cluster hosted on Proxmox.
homelabproxmoxkubernetesk8s
Part 5
•Jan 4, 2026
•5 min read
Kubernetes on Proxmox: Bootstrapping the Cluster with kubeadm
Installing Kubernetes components, initializing the control plane, and joining worker nodes on Proxmox.
homelabproxmoxkubernetesk8s
Part 4
•Jan 4, 2026
•4 min read
Kubernetes on Proxmox: Provisioning Control Plane and Worker Nodes
Cloning a Proxmox VM template into Kubernetes control plane and worker nodes and preparing them for cluster bootstrap.
homelabproxmoxkubernetesk8s
Part 3
•Jan 4, 2026
•11 min read
Kubernetes on Proxmox: Creating a Base VM Template
Setting up a reusable Linux VM template in Proxmox to power Kubernetes control plane and worker nodes.
homelabproxmoxkubernetesk8s
Part 2
•Jan 4, 2026
•15 min read
Proxmox for a Realistic Kubernetes Homelab (VLANs, Networking, and Gotchas)
How I set up Proxmox and UniFi networking to support a production-like Kubernetes homelab, including VLANs, firewall pitfalls, and lessons learned.
proxmoxkuberneteshomelabunifi
Part 1
•Jan 3, 2026
•10 min read
Planning Hardware for a Production-Like Kubernetes Homelab
How to choose the right hardware for running Kubernetes at home: mini PCs, memory requirements, storage considerations, and why I chose what I did.
kuberneteshomelabhardwaremini-pc
Jan 1, 2026
•11 min read
Why I Switched to UniFi for My Homelab (And What It Enabled)
How replacing consumer networking gear with UniFi unlocked VLANs, better visibility, and a production-like foundation for Proxmox and Kubernetes.
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