Deploying a Highly Available Kubernetes Cluster on Proxmox with Terraform and Talos OS

Luka Krapić — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 12:05:21 +0100

A highly available Kubernetes cluster in a homelab setup creates opportunities to test distributed systems, automation, and failure recovery under real-world conditions. This guide walks through one approach to building such a cluster using Proxmox for virtualization, Terraform for provisioning, and Talos OS for running the Kubernetes nodes.

This setup provides declarative infrastructure and immutable operating systems, eliminating the need for traditional Linux administration—no SSH, no shell, and no drifting configuration. The result is a consistent, secure, and maintainable cluster architecture suitable for long-term experimentation or light production use.

Building a Home Virtualization Server With Proxmox

Luka Krapić — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:21:00 +0200

Running a dedicated virtualization server at home is a practical way to centralize always-on workloads like self-hosted services, infrastructure tooling, or test environments. In this post, we’ll walk through one possible setup using Proxmox VE as the hypervisor, Ansible for configuration management, and Packer to create reusable virtual machine templates.

The configuration is tailored for a single-node homelab using a compact mini-PC, but the principles can be adapted to larger or different environments. All playbooks, templates, and configuration files used in this guide are available in this GitHub repository for reference and reuse.

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Deploying a Highly Available Kubernetes Cluster on Proxmox with Terraform and Talos OS

Building a Home Virtualization Server With Proxmox