Building a Homelab, Part 4 – Nixification, Kubernetes (opens in new tab)

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34 points_peeley1y ago4 comments

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I had a similar nixos homelab too, but i didn't use k3s and instead used the kubernetes module.

I have since switched to Talos Linux, as the management is more "kubernetes-native" than using NixOS.

Oh yeah, I had just heard about Talos Linux the other day in this blog post[0], and it seems super interesting. If I was all-in on Kubernetes, I'd probably consider it strongly. Unfortunately, though, there's other stuff that I want to run on the machines outside of the k8s cluster (like the BIND server I mentioned in the post).

[0] https://xeiaso.net/blog/2024/homelab-v2/

LorenzoGood1y ago

Love the article.

In regards to your nixos configuration woes, you can adopt a pattern like GitHub.com/foehammer127/machines, which could help with Darwin/nixos separation, and should decrease de-duplication.

bavell1y ago

Very enjoyable read!

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