Running on 3 Proxmox hosts, a 3-node K3s cluster and a TrueNAS
Networks, clusters
Networks, clusters
and a farm full of influencers
Field notes from a network engineer’s home lab.
Cheat sheets I actually use, the infrastructure they run on, and one creative detour.
Kubernetes
K3s and RKE2 cluster builds, HA with embedded etcd, Longhorn storage, Traefik ingress.
Routing
BGP and OSPF cheat sheets, a dual-homed BGP design with OSPF underneath, and an IPv4 subnet calculator.
Security
Site-to-site VPN between UniFi and FortiGate, Cisco ISE notes, OpenSSL certificate recipes.
The home lab
Proxmox, K3s, TrueNAS and UniFi: the design, what it runs, and what it costs versus the cloud.
Projects
Side projects beyond the lab, starting with The Hay-List: six farm animals, six niches, one farm, built with AI.
About me
Network engineer working with Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet and Palo Alto. Say hi on GitHub or LinkedIn.