Running Jenkins on Kubernetes is one of those tasks that seems simple in theory but teaches a lot once you go through it. I wanted to host Jenkins in my cluster for CI workloads and learn how it behaves with persistent volumes, service accounts, and ...
Managing virtual machines manually on Proxmox is straightforward for one or two servers, but as soon as you start spinning up multiple nodes, automation becomes essential. This is where Terraform shines. In this blog, I will share my journey of provi...
Managing Docker images privately is crucial for projects that need security, control, and faster deployments. In this tutorial, we’ll go through setting up a private Docker registry behind a remote tunnel , using a TCP passthrough for secure communic...
This guide focuses on exposing applications running inside a Kubernetes cluster to the public internet in a controlled and secure way. The components used are MetalLB, the NGINX Ingress Controller, and Pangolin. The cluster itself is already provisio...
Most Kubernetes guides assume your cluster nodes are directly reachable: static public IP, clean network, wide-open ports, the usual. But sometimes life is not that simple: Your cluster is running at home, behind NAT Your home ISP gives no public I...
Recently, I decided to self-host Pangolin (a modern VPN + mesh networking + tunneling platform) on my own server. The goal was simple: Create my own WireGuard-based private network Have an easy dashboard to manage networks and clients Avoid the co...
