2026-07-17kubernetesk3sarchitecturehomelabnetworkpolicyrocky-linux
k3s Is Ubuntu, kubeadm Is Linux From Scratch
"Should I run real Kubernetes, or is k3s cheating?"
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2026-07-17backupspostgresqlsystemdsshrocky-linuxsre3-2-1
Backups You Can Actually Restore
Everyone agrees backups matter. Almost nobody tests them. The uncomfortable truth of that gap: an untested backup is not a backup, it is a hope with a filename.
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2026-07-15prometheusgrafananode-exportertelegramalertingrocky-linuxpalo-alto
Giving the Lab a Pager
In the previous post, a server died and stayed dead for five weeks before I noticed. The autopsy taught me the lesson every ops book repeats and every homelab ignores: a system nobody watches fails in silence.
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