The Lytning Blog!#
This is where I write about any topics of interest to me, in the hope that I can document them before I forget or get distracted with other things.
Hopefully, these will prove to be of interest to others too.
Recent blog posts#
Kubernetes - Deploy Services that use Longhorn - 2024-08-17
625 words | 8 min read
In the previous post, we installed Longhorn, and configured external access to the Longhorn UI.
Kubernetes - Install Longhorn (Persistent In-Cluster Storage) - 2024-08-10
392 words | 5 min read
In the previous post, we completed a working K3S cluster configuration by setting up networking for our cluster, enabling Hubble obervability, enabling the Gateway API and also verifying that everything works by connecting to the Hubble UI from outside the cluster.
Kubernetes - Configure Networking for the cluster - 2024-08-03
653 words | 9 min read
In the previous post, we installed k3s on the worker nodes and verified that they had joined the cluster. However, the status was still “NotReady” for each node.
Kubernetes - Install Kubernetes on the worker nodes - 2024-07-27
212 words | 3 min read
In the previous post, we installed k3s on the master node. Now, we will install k3s on the worker nodes and configure them.
Kubernetes - Install Kubernetes on the master node - 2024-07-20
468 words | 6 min read
In the previous post, we configured our router to use BGP for Kubernetes.
Kubernetes - Configure BGP for Kubernetes - 2024-07-13
572 words | 8 min read
In the previous post, we installed Almalinux on all 3 nodes, and created partitions that we will use later for persistent in-cluster storage using Longhorn.
🐧 Kubernetes - Install Almalinux 🐧 - 2024-07-07
592 words | 8 min read
In the previous post, we looked at our objective of creating a bare metal Kubernetes cluster, and the high-level steps to achieve it.
⎈ Kubernetes Bare Metal - Introduction ⎈ - 2024-07-06
400 words | 5 min read
I decided to try my hand at installing Kubernetes on a few small computers in my home lab. I did not want to virtualize anything, to reduce the number of layers of virtualization.
✉Alerts & Notifications - SMTP Relay✉ - 2024-01-01
992 words | 13 min read
I run various services on my network, including - as you may have shrewdly deduced by now - Bacula.
🦇Bacula - Install Bacularis UI🦇 - 2023-12-10
801 words | 11 min read
In the previous article, we configured the the File Daemons on 2 client computers. We also configured the Bacula Director to backup these 2 clients, and successfully executed the backups.
🦇Bacula - Install & configure (Conclusion)🦇 - 2023-11-24
1178 words | 16 min read
In the previous article, we configured the Bacula Director and the File Daemon on the Bacula server (server01), and ran a backup job to backup the Bacula server itself.
🦇Bacula - Install & configure (Part-2)🦇 - 2023-11-18
1303 words | 17 min read
We configured the Bacula Director, Storage Daemon and the Disk autochanger (vchanger) in the previous article.
🦇Bacula - Install & configure (Part-1)🦇 - 2023-11-15
1341 words | 18 min read
We looked at some Bacula concepts and terminology in the previous article. We also laid out our plan for installing the various components of Bacula in the Bacula Schematic Diagram. We will continue to refer to it as we go along.
🦇Bacula - Concepts and Terminology🦇 - 2023-11-12
543 words | 7 min read
In the previous article, I briefly touched upon Bacula and my reasons for selecting it as my backup tool of choice.
🦇Bacula - An introduction🦇 - 2023-11-11
496 words | 7 min read
Good reliable backups are critical to reducing system down-time, loss of data, productivity and real $$$ (or €€€ or any other currency). There is many a story of companies going out of business and people losing jobs due to bad or non-existent backups. And for many businesses (e.g. FDA-regulated organizations), having backups - for several years too! - is a legal and regulatory requirement.
Automount USB disks in Linux - 2023-11-11
227 words | 3 min read
I installed Ubuntu server 23.10 on one of my computers very recently, and ran into a surprising problem that…in 2023, USB mounting and unmounting does not happen automatically in Linux.
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