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For\nthe hardware specifics see the [Hardware](#hardware) section below. With the\nactual cluster software, I was aiming to have a very simple setup that is\nsecure by default, easy to manage, and optionally immutable. Talos Linux\nchecked all of those boxes and includes tons of extra goodies for homelabbers.\n\n\u003e I also use the cloud for a few strategic workloads, for more information and a\n\u003e list of deployments on OCI, see the [Cloud](./cloud/README.md) documentation.\n\n## Deployments\n\u003e All deployments are accessible by running `just k \u003cdeployment\u003e`, where\n\u003e `\u003cdeployment\u003e` is the name of the deployment directory (ie. `just k metallb`).\n\u003e I use dependency-based Justfiles (similar to Make) to manage the lifecycle of\n\u003e Helm installations, Kubernetes YAML, and SOPS secrets.\n\n- General\n\t- [**cert-manager**](./k8s/cert-manager/README.md): TLS certificate issuer\n\t- [**Cilium**](./k8s/cilium/README.md): CNI plugin for the cluster\n\t- [**Envoy Gateway**](./k8s/envoy/README.md): Gateway for the cluster\n\t- [**MetalLB**](./k8s/metallb/README.md): Load balancer for the cluster\n\t- [**OpenEBS**](./k8s/openebs/README.md): Storage for the cluster\n\t- [**Observability Stack**](./k8s/observability/README.md): Monitoring\n\n- Home\n\t- [**Blocky**](./k8s/blocky/README.md): DNS server for ad-blocking\n\t- [**Home Assistant**](./k8s/home-assistant/README.md): Home automation\n\t- [**Forgejo**](./k8s/forgejo/README.md): Self-hosted Git server\n\n### Deployment Tools\nBecause Talos is a Kubernetes distribution, all of the cluster deployments are\nwritten in Kubernetes YAML. To make life easier, I use various different tools\nto manage secrets and cluster configuration (installed using\n[Mise](https://mise.jdx.dev/)). The tools I use are:\n- [**talosctl**](https://www.talos.dev/v1.10/reference/cli/): Talos control\n- [**sops**](https://github.com/getsops/sops): Secrets management\n- [**age**](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age): File encryption\n- [**just**](https://github.com/casey/just): Task runner\n\n### Hardware\nMy goals for a homelab are to have a small, quiet, and power-efficient cluster\nthat is still capable of running a variety of workloads. I just created this\ncluster, but eventually it'll be all rackmounted and fancy. The hardware I chose\nis as follows:\n\n- **3x Dell OptiPlex Micro 7050**\n\t- Intel Core i7-7700T\n\t- 32GB DDR4 RAM @ 2400MHz\n\t- 240GB SATA SSD (for Talos)\n\t- 2TB NVMe SSD (replicated storage)\n\t- 1x 1GbE built-in NIC (LAN and WAN access)\n\t- 1x 2.5GbE M.2 A-Key NIC (intra-cluster communication)\n- **1x UGREEN 2.5GbE Switch**\n\t- 5x 2.5GbE RJ45 ports\n\t- 1x 10GbE SFP+ port\n- **Planned but not yet purchased:**\n\t- 1x Generic UPS with `usbhid-ups` support\n\t- 1x Raspberry Pi 4B\n\t\t- Runs a NUT server to monitor the UPS and signal the cluster\n\t\t- Runs a tunnelable Tailscale node for LAN recovery access\n\t\t- Possibly PiKVM for remote KVM access (if needed)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftale%2Fhomelab","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Ftale%2Fhomelab","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftale%2Fhomelab/lists"}