homelab
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Building a homelab - moving to rack-mounted gear, and refreshing the internal network (Part 1)As I prepare for an upcoming move, I’m redesigning my homelab to transition from scattered equipment to a proper rack-mounted setup that supports my current and future technical experiments. In this first installment, I outline my core requirements—such as a 10 Gigabit backbone, high availability for virtual machines, and dedicated IoT networks—while beginning the process of consolidating my gear into a standardized cabinet.
May 17, 2021Building a house: Construction and challengesIf you are curious about the reality of self-managing a home construction project, I share our progress update and the unexpected hurdles we’ve faced nine months into the build. While we are slightly ahead of schedule for our March 2022 move-in, navigating surprise costs and bureaucratic red tape has required significant resilience and constant decision-making.
September 18, 2021Building a house: Planning and designingDrawing on my extensive experience building digital solutions, I am turning my attention to the complex reality of constructing a physical home in Helsinki’s competitive housing market. I will document my journey from deciding to build rather than buy to navigating the challenges of limited land and high costs, offering practical insights for others considering a similar undertaking.
January 29, 2021Building a Kubernetes cluster using Raspberry Pi 4I’ll show you how I built an on-premises Kubernetes cluster using three affordable, low-power Raspberry Pi 4 devices to learn container orchestration without breaking the bank. This post walks through my entire process, from rack-mounting the hardware and configuring headless SSH access to deploying the Kubernetes environment itself.
June 14, 2021Building a little notification engine for Tailscale eventsIf you want to stay informed about critical events in your Tailscale network, this guide shows you how I built a custom notification engine using Azure Logic Apps and webhooks. During my winter holiday, I set up a simple solution that triggers HTTP requests to Azure whenever specific Tailnet management or device misconfiguration events occur, ensuring I never miss important alerts.
February 21, 2023