Headlamp: K8s UI Without the License Drama
Headlamp is the CNCF-backed Kubernetes UI that won't hold your clusters hostage. Deploy it, add OIDC auth, and extend it with plugins for your home lab setup.
Tag: k3s
All the articles with the tag "k3s".
K9s vs Lens vs Headlamp: Cluster UIs
K9s, Lens, and Headlamp compared for Kubernetes cluster management, find the UI that fits your workflow: terminal TUI, desktop GUI, or self-hosted web app.
Krew: Kubectl Plugins You'll Actually Use
Krew is the kubectl plugin manager. These are the plugins that genuinely save time in a home lab Kubernetes setup, plus exactly how to install them all fast.
KEDA: Event-Driven Autoscaling Self-Hosted
KEDA lets Kubernetes scale workloads on queue depth, cron schedules, and broker lag, including scale-to-zero for serious home lab resource savings overnight.
Crossplane vs Terraform for Home Lab
Crossplane vs Terraform and OpenTofu for home lab infra: GitOps-native Kubernetes CRDs versus battle-tested HCL, which one actually fits your k3s cluster?
Goldilocks + VPA: Right-Size Pods Without Guessing
Stop guessing Kubernetes pod resource limits. Goldilocks + VPA analyze real usage and recommend exactly what CPU and memory your containers need to run.
Capsule: Multi-Tenancy for Home Lab k3s
Stop handing out cluster-admin access to everyone. Capsule gives k3s lab tenants real namespace isolation without the overhead of spinning up vCluster.
Sealed Secrets vs External Secrets Operator
Sealed Secrets vs External Secrets Operator: which Kubernetes secret manager fits your GitOps workflow best, home lab cluster or production multi-tenant setup?
Cilium on k3s: When eBPF Networking Pays
Replace flannel with Cilium 1.19 on k3s for eBPF routing, Hubble observability, WireGuard encryption, and L7 network policies, here's when it pays off.
k3s + Tailscale: Cluster Across Two Sites
Run a single k3s cluster spanning two physical sites using Tailscale as the WireGuard fabric, home lab server plus cloud VPS, one single kubectl context.
KubeVirt on k3s: VMs Next to Pods
Run real KVM virtual machines as Kubernetes resources on k3s. One control plane for pods and VMs, no more juggling Proxmox alongside your cluster every day.
k3sup vs kubeadm for Homelab Clusters
kubeadm is the official Kubernetes bootstrapper. k3sup is a one-shot SSH installer for k3s. Here's which one to use for your homelab cluster.