After I got OpenBao running in my home lab, I moved on to standing up an OpenFGA instance so that I could eventually integrate it with Incus, then after I got that in place I realized I also needed Keycloak… so after OpenFGA, I setup Keycloak. At some point I need to actually integrate it with Incus

I was able to get OpenBao working in my home lab earlier this week. I wanted to replicate the functionality I have used Google Secret Manager or AWS Secret Manager for in the public cloud and have something similar in my home cloud. It's working great. #openbao #ansible #opentofu #incus

In the latest episode of Fork Around and Find Out we ask Brian Grant what's next for Infrastructure as Code and why it has reached its limits for usefulness.

Listen now: https://www.fafo.fm/2

My JetKVM arrived today, had it set up in seconds remotely controlling another system, set a DHCP reservation for it on my network, and added a DNS entry. Now I can move it to any device in my homelab. Thank you @jetkvm.bsky.social for such a great job on this product! #homelab #jetkvm

So many things happened with Incus in 2024 (stgraber.org/2025/01/04/i...), and I now have 4 different systems set up as standalone hosts. I have 2 mini-pc x86 systems, and 2 Raspberry Pis with NVMe storage. I'm still working on trying to get a cluster of 3 other mini-pcs functional.

I've been working on incus-deploy (github.com/lxc/incus-de...) and ran into this issue where when destroying the test cluster, it would fail to destroy the attached disk because it said the zfs volumes were busy, even if I shut down the systems first.

When money talks, sticking to your morals can be tough.

Kelsey Hightower joins us on the first-ever episode of the FAFO Podcast to talk about the delicate balance between personal principles and paychecks for aspiring tech professionals:

https://buff.ly/40jhzAD