#01 - Talos Linux

This is my journey about my home lab setup with talos linux. At my day job we run it as well.

#Expectations

• Run a multi node kubernetes cluster with stateful and stateless applications.
• Access my homelab from my mobile devices.
• Backup dbs to an S3 compatible storage provider.

#Techstack

• Talos
• Kubernetes
• Tailscale or Cloudflare Tunnels
• Cilium as CNI
• OpenEBS as CSI, at work we use Longhorn, but at home I want to try it out
• FluxCD, at work we use ArgoCD and we are very happy, but at home I want to try something else

#Network

My current simplified home network.

• My Router only connects to my ISP.
• PiHole handles DHCP and dns blocking.
• My Proxmox instance is my old desktop pc which connects to my unifi switch.
• The Unifi Wifi hotspot handles multiple wireless networks, one for work, IoT devices and private devices.