Longhorn
Longhorn Deep Dive: Replicas, Versions, and Upgrades
The decisions behind the Longhorn installation: why 2 replicas on a 1Gb cluster, how version pinning protects reproducibility, and when to upgrade.
Homelab
Documenting the journey of building a professional-grade data center at home.
Longhorn
Setting Up Longhorn Storage on the Bletchley Cluster
Installing Longhorn distributed storage on a Talos Linux cluster: NVMe preparation, Helm install, and why the namespace label matters before anything else.
Talos Linux
Upgrading Talos Linux Nodes: Adding a Missing Extension
How I discovered a missing system extension before it caused problems, and upgraded all four Bletchley cluster nodes in 15 minutes. Plus: what changes when you have running workloads.
TuringPi
Building the Bletchley Cluster: Installing Talos Linux on TuringPi 2
Complete guide to installing Talos Linux v1.12.4 on TuringPi 2 RK1 modules — VLAN configuration, HA control plane, and every command along the way.
TuringPi
My TuringPi Cluster Hardware: From Kickstarter to Reality
Three years from Kickstarter backing to complete build: documenting my TuringPi 2 cluster with 4x RK1 modules, storage strategy, and lessons learned.
Ghost
Setting Up Ghost Blog on Red Hat Enterprise Linux: My Homelab Journey Begins
Complete guide to installing Ghost CMS on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7 with remote MariaDB, Apache reverse proxy, and SELinux. Includes all commands, troubleshooting, and lessons learned.