bare-metal Archives

Fixing the LoadBalancer Status: A Guide to MetalLB on Bare-Metal Kubernetes

September 20, 2026

Stuck with external IPs in your on-premise Kubernetes cluster? This guide explains how to use MetalLB to provision real LoadBalancer IPs on bare-metal hardware.

DevOps

Solving the ‘Pending’ LoadBalancer Problem on Bare-metal Kubernetes

September 12, 2026

Struggling with IPs on your local Kubernetes cluster? This guide shows you how to use Kube-vip to enable high availability and load balancing on bare-metal hardware.

DevOps

Managing Kubernetes Cluster Lifecycle Across Environments with Cluster API (CAPI)

July 6, 2026

Cluster API (CAPI) lets you manage the full lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters — creation, upgrades, and deletion — using declarative YAML and GitOps workflows across AWS, GCP, and bare-metal. This guide walks a junior DevOps engineer through setting up a management cluster, provisioning workload clusters, and performing rolling version upgrades without manual SSH or cloud console access.

HomeLab

How to Install Canonical MaaS in Your HomeLab: Automate Bare-Metal OS Provisioning Over the Network

May 19, 2026

Canonical MaaS transforms your HomeLab into a proper bare-metal provisioning system — PXE boot, automated OS install, and cloud-init configuration without touching a USB drive. This guide walks through installation, network setup, machine commissioning, and advanced automation using the MaaS CLI and Ansible integration.