[onedr0p]

I know you say you will let the projects mature, but I think it's a pretty good time to start picking up Kubernetes or at least getting your hands dirty with it. Nomad is a much simpler solution but not nearly as popular, in-depth or in demand as Kubernetes.

If you wanted an 'in' to Kubernetes and better automation of your homelab. I would suggest to check out this repo[1], it's nearly a A-Z guide on getting k3s running on Ubuntu (I am no distro-snob, Ubuntu just works well for most home workloads in Kubernetes). GitOps tools like Flux and Argo are really becoming popular to use with Kubernetes because all your configuration is stored in Git and the GitOps tools deploy manifests based on the Git repo state. My entire home cluster[2] is open source and there's many who are also doing something similar[3].

All of this comes at a cost of learning these tools which is not easy, but from my interactions with people who do take the plunge from docker-compose or docker-swarm most of them stay and once they see the benefits of GitOps and Kubernetes cannot go back to their previous ways. Automation is king and it is much easier using Kubernetes because most of the tools exist for it already.

1. https://github.com/k8s-at-home/template-cluster-k3s

2. https://github.com/onedr0p/home-ops

3. https://github.com/k8s-at-home/awesome-home-kubernetes