James' Lab

Hi, I’m James 👋

DevOps Engineer | Kubernetes Administrator | Automation Specialist

Welcome to my digital garden and technical knowledge base. This site serves as a live documentation of my learning journey, featuring deep-dive notes and hands-on lab exercises.

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🚀 Featured Labs & Projects

These represent my latest hands-on technical work:

• K3s Lab Automation - Foundation: Building the hardware, networking & Ansible setup foundation
• K3s Lab Automation - AAP Deployment: Deploying Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
• K3s Lab Automation - K3s Deployment: Orchestrating K3s deployment via AAP
• K3s Lab Automation - Post Install: Post-install hardening & lessons learned
• Homelab GitOps - Argo CD Setup: Phase 0 Argo CD & GitOps deployment guide
• Homelab GitOps - Observability: Phase 1 Observability with Prometheus, Grafana & Loki

🧠 Knowledge Base

Curated notes on core concepts I am mastering:

• AAP Installation Details: Chapter 1 - Environment specs & infrastructure prep
• AAP Configuration: Chapter 2 - Credentials, inventory & job templates
• AAP Lessons Learned: Chapter 3 - Hardware limits & optimization
• K3s Non-Root Admin: Configure non-root kubectl access
• Online Boutique Fix: Fix external access via Traefik Ingress
• Kubernetes Learning Path: Complete task list for homelab Kubernetes learning

📬 Connect With Me

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• GitHub: [Your GitHub Link]
• Email: [Your Email]

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