Geek is the Way! https://geekistheway.com/ Trying to learn just a bit! Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:56:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/geekistheway.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-Screen-Shot-2022-06-05-at-18.01.59.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Geek is the Way! https://geekistheway.com/ 32 32 149526228 Exposing Your First Public Kubernetes App: “Hello World” on mydomain.com https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/24/exposing-your-first-public-kubernetes-app-hello-world-on-mydomain-com/ https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/24/exposing-your-first-public-kubernetes-app-hello-world-on-mydomain-com/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:13:26 +0000 https://geekistheway.com/?p=2941 Last Updated on June 24, 2026 by Thiago Crepaldi Today, we are taking our private, enterprise-grade Kubernetes cluster and safely piercing the veil to the public internet. Building on our previous guides, we will deploy a standard Nginx-based “Hello World” application and configure our infrastructure so it is reachable at hello.mydomain.com with valid, public-trusted SSL...

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]]> https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/24/exposing-your-first-public-kubernetes-app-hello-world-on-mydomain-com/feed/ 0 2941 Deploying Vaultwarden into a Kubernetes with High Availability https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/24/deploying-vaultwarden-into-a-kubernetes-with-high-availability/ https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/24/deploying-vaultwarden-into-a-kubernetes-with-high-availability/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:01:46 +0000 https://geekistheway.com/?p=2943 Last Updated on June 24, 2026 by Thiago Crepaldi In an earlier post, we covered Deploying a Public Vaultwarden Instance on a Proxmox LXC Container Using HAProxy on pfSense. While that architecture served us well, running a critical service like a password manager on a single node introduces a single point of failure. This guide...

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]]> https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/24/deploying-vaultwarden-into-a-kubernetes-with-high-availability/feed/ 0 2943 Building an Enterprise-Grade Kubernetes (k3s) Stack on Proxmox VE https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/22/building-an-enterprise-grade-kubernetes-k3s-stack-on-proxmox-ve/ https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/22/building-an-enterprise-grade-kubernetes-k3s-stack-on-proxmox-ve/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:25:25 +0000 https://geekistheway2252.live-website.com/?p=2803 Last Updated on June 27, 2026 by Thiago Crepaldi Today, we are building a homelab-grade, production-ready Kubernetes cluster using K3s (Lightweight Kubernetes), Rancher for cluster management, Helm as package manager, NGINX Ingress Controller for reverse proxy and MetaILB as load balancer, Longhorn for fast Distributed Block Storage, NFS mountpoint from a Synology NAS as high...

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]]> https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/22/building-an-enterprise-grade-kubernetes-k3s-stack-on-proxmox-ve/feed/ 0 2803 Setup Nvidia GPU Passthrough for Ubuntu VMs on Proxmox 9.2 https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/18/setup-nvidia-gpu-passthrough-for-ubuntu-vms-on-proxmox-9-2/ https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/18/setup-nvidia-gpu-passthrough-for-ubuntu-vms-on-proxmox-9-2/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:42:10 +0000 https://geekistheway.com/?p=2885 Last Updated on June 18, 2026 by Thiago Crepaldi You compiled your proprietary Nvidia drivers natively on Proxmox 9.2 (Debian Trixie / Kernel 7.x) using our previous post, and you verified that your host recognizes the silicon. But letting your hypervisor have all the fun may be a waste of pure compute horsepower in certain...

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]]> https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/18/setup-nvidia-gpu-passthrough-for-ubuntu-vms-on-proxmox-9-2/feed/ 1 2885 Installing latest NVIDIA GPU Driver on Proxmox 9.2 (Debian Trixie + Linux Kernel 7.x) https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/17/fixing-nvidia-driver-compilation-failures-on-proxmox-9-2-debian-trixie-linux-kernel-7-x/ https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/17/fixing-nvidia-driver-compilation-failures-on-proxmox-9-2-debian-trixie-linux-kernel-7-x/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:21:28 +0000 https://geekistheway.com/?p=2878 Last Updated on June 21, 2026 by Thiago Crepaldi If you have recently upgraded to Proxmox VE 9.2 (which transitions to Debian 13 Trixie and the new Linux Kernel 7.x branch), you likely noticed that your NVIDIA driver installation completely falls apart during compilation. If your home lab relies on an NVIDIA GPU for Plex...

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]]> https://geekistheway.com/2026/06/17/fixing-nvidia-driver-compilation-failures-on-proxmox-9-2-debian-trixie-linux-kernel-7-x/feed/ 2 2878 Private PyPI with Docker Compose on RHEL 8.10 https://geekistheway.com/2026/04/16/private-pypi-with-docker-compose-on-rhel-8-10/ https://geekistheway.com/2026/04/16/private-pypi-with-docker-compose-on-rhel-8-10/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:49:25 +0000 https://geekistheway2252.live-website.com/?p=2821 Last Updated on April 23, 2026 by Thiago Crepaldi For developers managing internal libraries or AI infrastructure, a private PyPI server is essential for hosting nightly builds without polluting public registries. devpi is the gold standard for this, specifically for its “volatile” index feature which allows for rapid iteration. In this guide, we’ll deploy it...

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]]> https://geekistheway.com/2026/04/16/private-pypi-with-docker-compose-on-rhel-8-10/feed/ 0 2821 Troubleshooting “Failed” pfSense+ Upgrades on Netgate Hardware https://geekistheway.com/2026/04/04/troubleshooting-failed-pfsense-upgrades-on-netgate-hardware/ https://geekistheway.com/2026/04/04/troubleshooting-failed-pfsense-upgrades-on-netgate-hardware/#respond Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:25:10 +0000 https://geekistheway2252.live-website.com/?p=2811 Last Updated on April 4, 2026 by Thiago Crepaldi The Disk Space Wall Updating your firewall is usually a “set it and forget it” task, but if you’re running a high-performance appliance like the Netgate 6100, you might occasionally hit a wall. In my case, I triggered the update from 25.x to 26.03, the logs...

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]]> https://geekistheway.com/2026/04/04/troubleshooting-failed-pfsense-upgrades-on-netgate-hardware/feed/ 0 2811 How to Natively Run Prometheus Plex Exporter on Proxmox LXC and Import on Grafana https://geekistheway.com/2025/12/28/how-to-natively-run-prometheus-plex-exporter-on-proxmox-lxc-and-import-on-grafana/ https://geekistheway.com/2025/12/28/how-to-natively-run-prometheus-plex-exporter-on-proxmox-lxc-and-import-on-grafana/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:02:19 +0000 https://geekistheway2252.live-website.com/?p=2786 Last Updated on December 28, 2025 by Thiago Crepaldi If you are running a homelab like mine, you probably rely heavily on Proxmox to manage your infrastructure. I recently deployed a monitoring stack using Prometheus and Grafana within a lightweight LXC container, which I will post more about later. Everything was working perfectly until I...

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]]> https://geekistheway.com/2025/12/28/how-to-natively-run-prometheus-plex-exporter-on-proxmox-lxc-and-import-on-grafana/feed/ 0 2786 Setting up No-IP DDNS on your Unifi Dream Router https://geekistheway.com/2023/07/09/setting-up-no-ip-ddns-on-your-unifi-dream-router/ https://geekistheway.com/2023/07/09/setting-up-no-ip-ddns-on-your-unifi-dream-router/#respond Mon, 10 Jul 2023 02:04:35 +0000 https://geekistheway2252.live-website.com/?p=2161 Last Updated on December 30, 2024 by Thiago Crepaldi No-IP is a simple and free Dynamic DNS (aka DDNS) service that is supported as a custom configuration on your Unifi Dream Router (aka UDR), but still very stable and easy to get it running with the right steps. Although I have mentioned this tutorial is...

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]]> https://geekistheway.com/2023/07/09/setting-up-no-ip-ddns-on-your-unifi-dream-router/feed/ 0 2161 Setting up DuckDNS DDNS on your Unifi Dream Router https://geekistheway.com/2023/07/09/setting-up-duckdns-ddns-on-your-unifi-dream-router/ https://geekistheway.com/2023/07/09/setting-up-duckdns-ddns-on-your-unifi-dream-router/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2023 01:24:00 +0000 https://geekistheway2252.live-website.com/?p=2158 Last Updated on July 9, 2023 by Thiago Crepaldi DuckDNS is a simple and free Dynamic DNS (aka DDNS) service that is supported as a custom configuration on your Unifi Dream Router (aka UDR), but still very stable and easy to get it running with the right steps. Although I have mentioned this tutorial is...

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