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Anton

Kubernetes homelab cluster for learning & experimentation. It is running on 3 MS-01 nodes with Talos Linux and Flux GitOps.

🔗 Blog Post: https://wcygan.net/anton

Warning to readers​

This documentation is heavily generated by AI and may be inaccurate / incomplete. AI is used for both development and documentation. I am primarily using Claude Code. I am not a professional SRE or DevOps engineer, so Claude enables me to do things that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

The AI has already deleted all of my software once (just like in Silicon Valley). I'm okay with that because there isn't anything important in the cluster. It's entirely for educational purposes.

Key Features​

  • Immutable Infrastructure: Talos Linux (API-driven, no SSH)
  • GitOps: Flux v2 for declarative deployments
  • High Availability: 3-node control plane with distributed storage
  • Monitoring: Prometheus + Grafana + AlertManager
  • Logging: Loki stack with S3 storage backend
  • Storage: Rook-Ceph distributed block storage
  • Networking: Cilium CNI with kube-proxy replacement
  • Ingress: NGINX with Cloudflare tunnel integration

Hardware​

  • Nodes: 3x MS-01 mini PCs (Intel N100, 16GB RAM each)
  • Storage: 6x 1TB NVMe SSDs (2 per node, 3-way replication)
  • Network: Gigabit Ethernet

Cluster Topology​

Core Applications​

Infrastructure Layer​

  • Flux: GitOps operator managing all deployments
  • Cilium: eBPF-based networking and security
  • Rook-Ceph: Distributed storage system
  • External Secrets: Integration with 1Password

Platform Services​

  • NGINX Ingress: Traffic routing (internal/external)
  • Cert-Manager: Automatic TLS certificate management
  • Cloudflare Tunnel: Secure external access

Observability Stack​

  • Prometheus: Metrics collection and alerting
  • Grafana: Visualization and dashboards
  • Loki: Log aggregation and querying
  • AlertManager: Alert routing and notification