Kubernetes Community Days Munich 2023
18 July 2023
Munich, Germany
Honey, I Shrunk the Datacenter: Operating Bare-Metal Kubernetes at Home for Fun and Data Sovereignty
Operating a Kubernetes cluster inside your home is not only inherently fun but also provides an excellent environment for learning and experimentation.
Last but not least, keeping all data within one's own four walls is an essential prerequisite for consequent data sovereignty when self-hosting for oneself or acquaintances.
This talk presents a number of requirements that can be encountered when running Kubernetes in the home environment.
Based on the experiences of half a decade, a vanilla Kubernetes in a heterogeneous environment (amd64/arm64) turns out to be a flexible solution allowing continuous replacement and upgrade of both hardware and software.
The speaker's individual setup with regard to hardware selection and system architecture will be briefly showcased in order to present potential solutions for energy efficiency, failover and resilience, encryption at rest, storage, computing, network, load balancing, identity management and backup.
In addition to discussing challenges in running bare-metal Kubernetes (in the home environment), this talk is intended to inspire and motivate running your own cluster.
Reclaim your data sovereignty!
18 July 2023 Munich, Germany
Honey, I Shrunk the Datacenter: Operating Bare-Metal Kubernetes at Home for Fun and Data Sovereignty
Operating a Kubernetes cluster inside your home is not only inherently fun but also provides an excellent environment for learning and experimentation. Last but not least, keeping all data within one's own four walls is an essential prerequisite for consequent data sovereignty when self-hosting for oneself or acquaintances. This talk presents a number of requirements that can be encountered when running Kubernetes in the home environment. Based on the experiences of half a decade, a vanilla Kubernetes in a heterogeneous environment (amd64/arm64) turns out to be a flexible solution allowing continuous replacement and upgrade of both hardware and software. The speaker's individual setup with regard to hardware selection and system architecture will be briefly showcased in order to present potential solutions for energy efficiency, failover and resilience, encryption at rest, storage, computing, network, load balancing, identity management and backup. In addition to discussing challenges in running bare-metal Kubernetes (in the home environment), this talk is intended to inspire and motivate running your own cluster. Reclaim your data sovereignty!