Jul 13Member-onlyHow much K8s should you learn: Quick Guide | Heffen VoxKubernetes is huge, and sooner than later, you perceive yourself doing this question: How much more should I explore this technology? What path to follow? It depends on the market of your region and your custom goals. …Kubernetes8 min readKubernetes8 min read
Jun 21Member-onlyKubernetes monitoring: Prometheus and GrafanaIt’s essential to monitor the resources and applications of your Kubernetes Cluster. Do you still have enough resources for another application? Do you have something crashing constantly? Do you have any pods using more resources than you planned? Why is that? …Grafana9 min readGrafana9 min read
Jun 19Member-onlyReliable & Affordable K8s Hosting: Deploy Apps for 5 Euros/mo | Heffen VoxStarting with Kubernetes in production does not need to be expensive. With some flexibilization, you can publish your first k8s apps in production, spending only around 8 dollars monthly. I will show you in this article, step by step, how you can leverage a cheap (but reliable) VPS hosting to…Kubernetes11 min readKubernetes11 min read
Jun 16Member-onlyManaging SSL in your K8s Homelab: Professional Grade | Heffen VoxIn this article, we are going deeper into Kubernetes Network and exploring some of the best alternatives to create your home lab cluster. This is not a beginner article; most people don’t need to go that far with Kubernetes Cluster to learn and make a useful environment. Although, if you…Https14 min readHttps14 min read
Jun 13Member-onlyHow to access your K8s cluster apps: K8s’ network 101Cluster IP, Names, Domains, Certificates, http, Nodes, internal and external access. Do all these terms look confusing? In this article, let’s discuss a bit more about it, and hopefully, you will have a different experience when facing these terms again later. …Kubernetes8 min readKubernetes8 min read
Jun 9Member-onlyWhat is Kubernetes Ingress, and How it worksSo you already started to work with Kubernetes, created the cluster, and deployed the first pods and the first services. Maybe now you can access your web app like this: https://10.0.0.0:30020. That’s cool, but not exactly what you want, right? An address like https://myawesomeapp.com would be way better. It is…Kubernetes9 min readKubernetes9 min read
Jun 6Member-onlyHow to use NFS in Kubernetes Cluster: Step By Step | Heffen VoxThe primary nature of the containers makes them immutable, they do not persist any information on the disks, and when the container is shut down, all the information you changed inside the container file system is gone. Some applications, though, depend on persistent data, and Kubernetes has several solutions for…Nfs Client Provisioner14 min readNfs Client Provisioner14 min read
Jun 3Member-onlyHow to Install Kubernetes: The Definitive GuideThere are so many ways to install a Kubernetes cluster that can transform a task, sometimes simple, into a daunting one, right? So let’s put some order into the chaos. There are several different ways to install Kubernetes; the easiest way is to use Docker to help. The docker desktop…Kubernetes12 min readKubernetes12 min read
May 29Member-onlyWhy is Kubernetes so difficult? And how to learn it fastNote: This article was originally posted on https://heffenvox.com/why-is-kubernetes-so-difficult-and-how-to-learn-it-fast/ So you want to learn Kubernetes but got lost in all the technical details and complicated architecture. …Kubernetes19 min readKubernetes19 min read
Mar 27Member-onlySecure Your Network with Pi-hole: Proxmox EditionDiscover how to easily install Pi-hole on your Proxmox server for a safer, faster, and ad-free browsing experience! Introduction Brief overview of Pi-hole Pi-hole is an open-source, network-wide ad blocker that acts as a DNS sinkhole. It is designed to intercept and block domain names associated with advertisements, trackers, and other undesirable content. …Pihole6 min readPihole6 min read
