OpenStack OpenStack 2024.1 → 2025.1 (SLURP) Upgrade with Kolla-Ansible — Lessons from the Trenches Yes it's kind of late but to be honest a lot of people run even older OpenStack release as of today. For me it was finally time to upgrade. 2024.1 is unmaintained for quite some time now. And as you can imagine the upgrade didn't
OpenClaw OpenClaw + Local LLMs: Running Your Own AI Agent in a Homelab I finally found some time again to work on my OpenClaw + local LLM project. Last time I tried connecting OpenClaw to LM Studio on both my Mac and Windows PC. At first everything worked surprisingly well — but only for a few minutes. After that things started to fall apart. It
Pangolin Why My Oracle Free Tier Instance Kept Becoming “Unresponsive” — And How I Fixed It TL;DR: My free-tier VM on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure kept becoming “unresponsive”. * It wasn’t an Oracle outage. * It was sustained high CPU usage from Pangolin running on a shared AMD micro instance. * Because I didn’t limit container CPU, the VM hit heavy steal time (st in top), which
OpenClaw OpenClaw - I'm (not) scared... TL;DR: * OpenClaw tested in an isolated Ubuntu VM on Proxmox * Local LLM (LMStudio on MacBook Air and Windows PC) connected via API * WhatsApp bot successfully running * Don't use Signal it doesn't support bots and you need a free phone number * I didn't manage
TrueNas TrueNAS VM – resize disk without downtime The disk of my Ubuntu VM kept filling up, so it was time to resize it. Luckily, the steps are very simple and — yes — no downtime is required. Still, it’s always a good idea to have a backup! ⚠️ Overview ┌───────────────────────┐ │ TrueNAS (ZFS) │ │ Dataset / Zvol │ └───────────┬───────────┘ │ resize Zvol ▼ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ Virtual Disk │ │ (VM Block
AirPrint AirPrint for an Old Brother Printer with Warp AI – Done in 20 Minutes I have a Brother MFC-490CW printer that doesn't support AirPrint. Yes my printer is old (15+ years) but we only print 5-10 pages at most per week and it still works very well. Instead of buying a new printer, I thought: "This should be doable with Podman
ipv6 How I Had to Learn IPv6 – And Why It’s Actually Really Cool We just recently moved into a new place, which meant switching ISPs. After weeks of getting the flat ready, I finally found some time to dive into my next project: migrating my Ghost Blog running in Kubernetes from my paid VPS to K3s in my Homelab. What sounded like a
Valetudo When Your Roborock "running Valetudo" Goes Rogue My trusty old Roborock V1 decided to ghost my Wi-Fi after we moved into our new flat. No problem, I thought. Same AVM Fritz!Box 7590, same settings—should be smooth sailing, right? Wrong. I couldn’t even access the Valetudo web UI. “No worries,” I told myself, “we’ll
TrueNas TrueNas - Upgrade to Electric Eel (24.10)- Migrating TrueCharts to Docker With the release of TrueNAS SCALE 24.10 “Electric Eel”, iXsystems introduced a major architectural change: Kubernetes support for apps has been dropped in favor of a native Docker-based system. If you're like me and have been running plenty of TrueCharts apps—which are built entirely on Kubernetes—
OpenStack Magnum Fixing the Vexxhost MCAPI Driver in Kolla-Ansible OpenStack 2023.2 After updating the containers in my Kolla-Ansible deployment, I ran into a frustrating issue when trying to spin up new Kubernetes clusters with Magnum and the Vexxhost Cluster API (CAPI) driver. Everything had been working flawlessly—until the image refresh. The Error Here’s what I was met with in
Members only Proxmox Automating VM Deployment in Proxmox Using OpenTofu (Terraform) and Cloud-Init Pt. 2
Proxmox Automating VM Deployment in Proxmox Using OpenTofu (Terraform) and Cloud-Init Pt. 1 Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series. In this post, we'll focus on the manual approach of downloading and preparing a cloud-init-enabled Ubuntu image in Proxmox that can be used as a base template for cloning. In Part 2, we’ll dive into using OpenTofu to
TrueNas TrueNas - Upgrading my Hardkernel Odroid H2: Finding the Right Balance Between NVMe and SATA Storage In my previous blog post, I discussed upgrading my Hardkernel Odroid H2 with four NVMe drives, pushing the limits of what was considered possible. This time, I want to share my final storage configuration and why I decided to mix NVMe and traditional spinning disks instead of going all-in on
OpenStack I've Created a Monster This monster is called OpenStack. Yes, my beloved OpenStack cluster has now been running for over two years, and throughout the years, I have faced many obstacles. Some of these challenges are still not 100% resolved even today. But I keep learning more and more. Octavia Certificate Expiration Just recently,
TrueNas TrueNas - Upgrading my Hardkernel Odroid H2 with 4 NVMe Drives - Making the actually impossible possible How I Discovered This Upgrade While I was looking for new NAS options, I ended up browsing Hardkernel’s product website. I saw that the new H4 Plus now offers more SATA ports, and since its compact size is perfect for me, it seemed like the best option. As I
MacBook Reviving My Beloved MacBook Pro 2010 with OpenCore Legacy Patcher and Linux Mint 21 I've always had a special connection with my MacBook Pro 2010. It’s not just any laptop—it’s a device I built myself years ago by combining two broken MacBook Pros I bought on eBay. Something you can no longer easily do so nowadays since the MacBooks
News I screwed up big time!!! How I Accidentally Nuked My Blog (And What I Learned About Backups) A tale of overconfidence, tiredness, Kubernetes PVs, and a backup strategy that wasn't quite what I thought it was. Spoiler: my blog didn't survive. The Setup: My blog is hosted on a self-managed Ghost
Members only AI/ML Enabling GPU Passthrough in OpenStack with Kolla Ansible for High-Performance Workloads/
Proxmox Proxmox - Tired of deploying from ISO? Upload VM image Recently, I had to replace my homelab VMware ESXi server… we all know why. After considering the many open-source options available, I decided on Proxmox due to its similarities with ESXi. Don’t get me wrong—I love OpenStack, but for a single server setup, it felt like too much
Docker OpenStack / Cloud-init - Deploy Docker Ubuntu VM in under 2 minutes In this guide, I’ll show you how to deploy a fully configured Ubuntu VM with Docker using cloud-init in OpenStack. With this setup, you’ll have Docker up and running in just under two minutes! Prerequisites Before we begin, make sure you have the following ready: * Access to your
K3S Upgrade or Downgrade K3s This will be a very short but helpful post. I use k3s on my VPS server because it is a very stable and simple K8s distribution. Upgrading is also very easy. To upgrade to the latest stable release I simply run the command I originally used to install K3s. curl
Nextcloud Deploying Nextcloud in K8s using HELM A friend recently wanted to give me photos that he had taken at a party. Copying them to an old usb stick just took too long and so I offered to send him a link where he could upload the pictures. Yes, there are numerous online services that could be
