Self-hosted Cloud Setup

As my self-hosting, both Locally & Remotely gets more complex I am constantly looking for suitable tools to spin up VMs for n8n DEV & Testing environments. A good friend of mine suggested ProxMox which seems capable but it is squarely aimed at the Enterprise IT folk.

However Google News just served me an article from the XDA Forums on another open source tool made for self-hosted virtualizations, called Incus 👏🏻

Top 5 Benefits of Incus:

1). Superior Security

Runs all containers as "unprivileged" by default, meaning they have no root power on the host system.
Features deep kernel integration with AppArmor, Seccomp, and SELinux for a fortified, secure foundation.

2). Efficient Image-Based Workflow

Launch instances from pre-built images for fast, consistent, and reproducible environments.
Supports a massive library of Linux distributions, simplifying setup and boosting productivity.

3). Unified Containers & VMs

Manage both system containers and full virtual machines with the same simple set of commands.
Choose the right isolation for the job—lightweight containers for density or VMs for kernel-level security.

4). Simple Scaling & Clustering

Use an intuitive command-line interface that's easy to learn but powerful enough for production.
Scale from a single node to a full cluster with live-migration, all managed as a single entity.

5). Massive Scale & Organization

Engineered for high performance with minimal overhead, capable of running thousands of instances.
Organize everything using "projects" to cleanly separate teams, clients, or environments within one cluster.

So it's possible and I will have to try it out that I could run 10 x lightweight VMs on each of my 8 Nodes from my cluster. If so, the next test would be n8n on each of those Incus-based VMs. Interesting 🤔

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