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PROJECT / 03 — LEARNING THROUGH BUILDING

Borg Lab

A three-node Raspberry Pi Kubernetes learning environment. Small computers, distributed systems, plenty to figure out.

  • Raspberry Pi
  • Kubernetes
  • Homelab

01 / THE IDEA

What is it?

Borg Lab is a project to explore Kubernetes using three Raspberry Pi nodes. It gives distributed-systems ideas a small, tangible setting in which to learn about scheduling, networking and what happens when parts of a system stop working.

02 / THE DIRECTION

What I’m aiming for

  • Build an understandable three-node learning environment.
  • Practice deploying and managing small workloads.
  • Explore networking, storage and service discovery.
  • Experiment with failure and recovery, and document the lessons.