The Update Routine
A practical guide to keeping a multi-node Proxmox cluster, Talos Kubernetes, Synology, pfSense, and Docker services updated — rolling upgrade strategy, Renovate automation, and a cadence that doesn't consume your weekends.
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A practical guide to keeping a multi-node Proxmox cluster, Talos Kubernetes, Synology, pfSense, and Docker services updated — rolling upgrade strategy, Renovate automation, and a cadence that doesn't consume your weekends.
How I replaced my custom merox-agent Telegram bot with OpenClaw — an open-source personal AI assistant that manages my Kubernetes cluster, Docker services, and GitOps repo from my phone.
How to restore Kubernetes applications from Longhorn backups in MinIO — scale down, remove empty PVCs, restore volumes, create PVs/PVCs, and bring everything back up.
A full breakdown of my infrastructure in 2026 — Proxmox cluster, Talos Kubernetes, GitOps with Flux, Oracle Cloud VPS, Tailscale mesh, and a full DR plan.
Rebuilding my K3s cluster from scratch with Ansible — VM provisioning via Cloud-Init on Proxmox, HA across three nodes, and full automation.
How to deploy a full ARR stack — Jellyfin, Radarr, Sonarr, Jackett, and qBittorrent — on Kubernetes with NFS storage and Traefik ingress.