How I rebuilt my homelab into a reliable, Kubernetes-powered system for real workloads, automation, and growth—starting from a simple rack and NAS.

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A detailed account of rebuilding a personal homelab from a basic setup with limited compute and manual configuration into a production-grade Kubernetes cluster. The new infrastructure features 8 worker nodes, Talos Linux with PXE boot, GitOps via Argo CD, 10G networking, and plans for GPU workloads and multi-site clustering. The rebuild addresses previous limitations around orchestration, disaster recovery, scalability, and remote access while enabling serious experimentation with modern cloud-native technologies.

Leveling Up My Homelab

The Old Setup: Just Enough To Be Dangerous

How much energy do you burn running this?

You built a farm, not a homelab! 😅

Nice! Talos is great. I still want to rebuild my home cluster and was thinking about setting it up with Talos.