In my learning journey, I never used to place much emphasis on setting weekly goals. This time I did, and it changed the trajectory of how I learned. For the week of December 1 to December 7, I defined three goals that I wanted to complete. Having a clear structure kept me organized and significantly improved my efficiency. 1. Finish the Ansible series I had started 2. Extend my homelab by repairing a laptop last booted in 2020 3. Install Talos on the newly fixed laptop These focused goals prevented me from jumping between unrelated tasks and helped me make more progress in one week than I would typically make in a month. I achieved all three goals and even went further. I set up a multi node Kubernetes cluster in my homelab, enabled secure remote access to my Talos cluster from any network using Tailscale, and documented the process in a blog while exploring how Tailscale functions underneath. I encourage everyone in this community to take part in KubeQuest and experience how much your productivity improves when you commit to specific weekly objectives. Thank you @Mischa van den Burg , @Stefan Van den berg and the entire KubeCraft community for this initiative.

(see my weekly goal below) I realized I can connect the dots here. Spinnaker needs to be installed on a Debian or Ubuntu VM for the standalone option. I need a lab where I compare deployment options and migration/backup scenarios thereof. So I installed VirtualBox and created a Debian VM, started working on Spinnaker baseline setup. Meanwhile, Spinnaker actually needs deployment targets, as a Continuous Deployment tool. Kubernetes is one of the options, so I connected Mischa's first day instructions from the free "7-day Kubernetes quickstart" right at this point and installed Rancher Desktop. This way, I have a Spinnaker and a deployment target ready, while I'm working on both of my projects ... 🧠 --- 𝗠𝘆 𝟯 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲: {{ 2025.12.08. -- 2025.12.14. }} 🎯Goal 1: Join Mischa's free Kubernetes course and post about it on LinkedIn. Get a community aspect going somehow, eg. creating a project other people can join. 🎯Goal 2: Build a Spinnaker lab that I need for my day job, and post about it on LinkedIn. 🎯Goal 3: Get 30 likes on LinkedIn altogether, during this week's time period. -- PS, you have read this much of my rambling so it seems you care :D ... please, if you have ideas what to post about exactly, what aspects, what format, style ...etc., either here or on LinkedIn, please comment. You can make it about yourself, eg. your specific project adaptation of these or any challenges you have ...etc. Thanks

Good afternoon Crafters! Last week @Pragalva Sapkota showed exactly what happens when you use KubeQuest the way it’s meant to be used. You can check his post here He set three clear goals, stayed focused, and made more progress in one week than he normally would in a month 🌟 This is the power of direction and consistency. Thanks for the example and commitment, @Pragalva Sapkota . This is the standard we are trying to build here 🙌 ⚔️ 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 New week. New chances. New progress. We keep it simple 👇 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟭: 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆) Post your 1–3 DevOps goals for the week in the comments under this post 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟮: 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 & 𝗪𝗶𝗻 (𝗙𝗿𝗶/𝗦𝘂𝗻) Before the week ends, reply to your own comment with your status update and your biggest win Whether you completed every goal or not, accountability is what matters 🗓️ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: Weeks run from Monday to Sunday 👉 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: See the example below. Each week we'll create a fresh new post to keep the momentum going 🏆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗻: Each week we select a member who submitted both their goals and their update. They will receive a shoutout in the community 🌟 Use this week to connect, build, and help others. Post your goals today, then return on Saturday or Sunday to share your proof 🔥 Good luck this week!!

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀! We’re making a few 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 inside the free community to 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 your 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 and help you build 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 and 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 If you haven’t yet, read the new Start Here post, finish the onboarding, and update your profile ring That will be your foundation 🤝 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 From this week on 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 and keeping the accountability high here in the free community while @Mischa van den Burg shifts his focus toward the 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 We’re shifting the KubeQuests to 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁 because it creates more momentum, more connections, and more consistent progress Every week we set goals, show progress, and build real proof So let’s lock in your focus for the week 👇 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟭: 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆) Post your 1–3 DevOps goals for the week in the comments under this post 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟮: 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 & 𝗪𝗶𝗻 (𝗙𝗿𝗶/𝗦𝘂𝗻) Before the week ends, reply to your own comment with your status update and your biggest win Whether you completed every goal or not, accountability is what matters 🗓️ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: Weeks run from Monday to Sunday 👉 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: See the example below. Each week we'll create a fresh new post to keep the momentum going 🏆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀: Each week we select a member who submitted both their goals and their update. They will receive a shoutout in the community 🌟 Make sure to connect with a few members this week. Share something, help someone, and have fun while you build proof together 🔥 Post your goals today, then return on Saturday or Sunday to share your proof Let’s build some momentum, Crafters 👨‍💻 Good luck this week!! PS: Add a GIF to bring some energy and show your Monday Mood.

Hey guys,I’ve been setting up my homelab with Proxmox on a Dell Optiplex (i5-6500TE, 8GB RAM). While learning Ansible with 1 master and 2 worker nodes, I ran into issues like RAM maxing out, VMs freezing, and SSH dropping. I tried fixing it by limiting each VM’s RAM to 1GB, enabling ballooning, and adding a swapfile to the host. Anyone faced similar issues on low-RAM Proxmox setups? How did you solve it?