Homelab / K3s

Homelab / k3s

The goal is to build a fully working kubernetes cluster on my homelab hardware.

Hardware Options

Lepton Hardware Characteristics

OS	Model	CPU	RAM	Storage
Fedora Linux Server 37	Dell Precision T3600	16x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz	DDR3 64Gb	512GB

Higgs Hardware Characteristics

Fedora Linux Server 37

OS	Model	CPU	RAM	Storage
Fedora Linux Server 39	LENOVO Thinkstation P920	96x Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8160 CPU @ 2.10GHz	DDR4 128Gb	8Tb /vm-spc

Higgs

K3s

21JUN2025 Installed 5 centos stream 9 minimal install servers with same configs:

• hostname: k3s-wNN (i.e. k3s-w01, k3s-w02...)
• /vm-spc/k3s-w01 30 gig partition
• 8 gigs RAM
• bridged network interface
• minimal software install
• root password (dads job)
• user Jason Michael (babies eat)