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submitted 11 months ago by nagaram@startrek.website to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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So I have rebuilt my Production rack with very little in terms of an actual software plan.

I host mostly docker contained services (Forgejo, Ghost Blog, OpenWebUI, Outline) and I was previously hosting each one in their own Ubuntu Server VM on Proxmox thus defeating the purpose.

So I was going to run a VM on each of these Thinkcentres that worked as a Kubernetes Cluster and then ran everything on that. But that also feels silly since these PCs are already Clustered through Proxmox 9.

I was thinking about using LXC but part of the point of the Kubernetes cluster was to learn a new skill that might be useful in my career and I don't know how this will work with Cloudflared Tunnels which is my preferred means of exposing services to the internet.

I'm willing to take a class or follow a whole bunch of "how-to" videos, but I'm a little frazzled on my options. Any suggestions are welcome.

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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just gotta say that looks like a really nice setup. Mine looks like a small rats nest!

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

The cables seem to increase exponentially don't they? First, you have a few computers and a half dozen cables powering things and linking everything together, then you add a couple servers, maybe a second nic on your NAS, and another switch or two since things are now further from the router. Suddenly your office looks like a giant bowl of spaghetti covered in prop 65 stickers.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just for fun, and for a layman's benefit (me)...

Can you eli5?

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah!

So i am running these three computers in a set up that let's me manage virtual machines on them from a website with Proxmox.

I want to play with a tool that let's me run Docker Containers. Containers being a way to host services like websites and web apps without having to make a Virtual machine for each app.

This has a lot of advantages but I'm trying to use the High Availability feature when you run these on a cluster of computers.

My problem is that I know I can use the Built In container software in the already clustered Proxmox computers called LXC Linux Containers. However, I want to use a container software called Kubernetes but I would have to build Virtual machines on my servers and then cluster those virtual machines.

Its a little confusing because I have three physical computers clustered together and I'm trying to then build three virtual computers on them and cluster those. Its an odd thing to do and that's the problem.