🐧 Linux 🏡🖥 Homelab Init - Sept 22, 2022

Latest summary of work and design decisions since the last time. • Dropping fluff because redundant to libvirt and Firecracker. • Start to research Kubernetes installation starting with etcd. Decided on three external instances for HA simulation without too much overhead on these little Mac Minis. • Spent a lot of time calculating energy budget and wattages. • Bought a Protectli Vault after getting freaked out by the Netgear Nighthawk firmware update. Downloaded and installed pfSense. Then a friend talked me into trying OPNsense so installed and prefer. • Experienced strange freezes with cpu_loop caused by VMware with my anton VM. Turned out to be unrelated to new network changes. Probably from the KVM dying. • Startec KVM died. Not sure why. Going to try to get a new one on warranty. Added two keyboards on my desk for now (one for work, one for home lab streaming/gaming rig). • Made mistake of buying 20A PDU with plugs that don’t match sockets. • Got everything cabled up. Turned up short an MSI power adapter, so waiting on that and my (lazy) purchase of 0.5’ and 1’ cables. • Did the research in the apartment to find all the circuits and what they power. Bathroom receptacle are combined (2 of them) 20A. Turns out the master bedroom is on its own 15A circuit. Related: • Protectli Vault FW4B - Thanks sponsors, subs, and followers: - GitHub: - Twitch: - Twitter: - Discord: See for stream schedule.