October, 2025 - Full Stack Quest Labs

HomeLab – Mkcert TLS, Helm Scale & Rollback – Day 8

Goal: Issue a locally trusted TLS cert using mkcert, rotate the Kubernetes TLS Secret for nginx.apps.lan, then practice Helm scale[…]

Goal: Enable HTTPS for nginx.apps.lan using a self-signed certificate, store it as a Kubernetes TLS Secret, configure Traefik to use[…]

Goal: Install Helm on the k3s master, deploy NGINX via Helm, expose it through Traefik Ingress, and reach it from[…]

Goal: Create an apps namespace in k3s, enforce sane defaults with LimitRange and ResourceQuota, and validate behavior via kubectl. All[…]

Goal: Generate a secure k3s token, deploy a single-master / two-worker k3s cluster with Ansible, and verify the cluster with[…]

Goal: Prepare Linux nodes for k3s by disabling swap, setting required sysctl and kernel modules, and opening firewall ports via[…]