Spare Parts - A Kubernetes Homelab | Part 1: Bootstrapping the Cluster

This is Part 1 of the "Spare Parts" series, where I detail my journey in creating a Kubernetes homelab. You can find the GitHub repository for this project here . This article was published programmatically using Python and the Forem API . Nodes are ready, pods are running! I embarked on my journey a few weeks ago, hoping to achieve a respectable nerd milestone: get a Kubernetes homelab on bare metal running in my house. This series will read less like a technical manual and more like a story; my intention is to simply detail the planning and execution of standing up my own Kubernetes homelab. If you'd like to build your own homelab, there are free resources available across the web; the r/homelab subreddit is a great place to get started. What is a Homelab? To me, a homelab is an isolated environment that can be used to test, learn, and experiment with hardware, physical and/or virtual machines, storage, software, and networking. What is a Kubernetes cluster? A Kubernetes cluster is a