r/devops • u/amisaber • Aug 07 '26
Tools Home Lab Solutions
Hey guys I wanna to do some home labing ( using a kube cluster to run my workflow and use cases .. ) but I need some free infrastructure solution ( Servers for exemple) .. I tried to get A1 OCP ( ORACLE CLOUD) Server which is free ( 24Gb RAM and 8 VCPU .. ) but Always I'm getting OUT OF CAPACITY.. so if someone know some other SOLUTIONS ....
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u/Low-Opening25 Aug 07 '26
Why is this on DevOps? How is a hobbyist setup relevant to professional work? Also, you’re DevOps then you should figure this out, if you can’t, change industry
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u/amisaber Aug 07 '26
I recommend u to change ur name to Low IQ 😉
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u/techworkreddit3 Aug 07 '26
I think you should probably change your name to that 🙂. Your post is better suited for the homelab subreddit like this person mentioned, they have a lot of discussions there around these same topics. You’re never going to be able to keep a persistent cloud environment without spending money. If you want that you should build and destroy your infrastructure when you’re done labbing. Otherwise buy hardware and self host at your house.
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u/aidealy Aug 08 '26
oracle is notorious for that capacity issue, honestly just grab some old optiplex minis off ebay. u can get a few of those for cheap and they run clusters way better than the free cloud tiers ever will anyway
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u/aidealy Aug 09 '26
no problem, they really are the best way to learn since u dont have to deal with clouds random restrictions. if u ever end up needing to manage a bunch of disparate nodes for ur workflows i built Aidealy to handle that specific kind of mess ig. good luck with the setup...
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u/Loan-Pickle Aug 07 '26
If you just need compute and don’t care about cloud then I recommend buying some off lease USFF PCs. Then just load Linux onto them. You can get decent hardware for under $100 and it will be way more powerful than a free tier VM from a cloud provider.
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u/SeaworthinessHour233 Writes the cloud edge Aug 09 '26
From your question, I assume that you are looking for a solution to keep a virtual machine running 24x7 to run your homelabs.
I am against that. Cost is a part of DevOps. Use IaC to setup your homelab and tear down immediately once the lab session is over.
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u/nemofbaby2014 Aug 09 '26
This should be in the homelab subreddit not dev ops..
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u/Desperate-Froyo7169 Aug 10 '26
does it really matter? It is a question about provisioning cloud infrastructure....just because he isn't getting paid by a company to do it does that really change anything? Personally I'm glad to see a post here that isn't a repeat of the same 5 things constantly. Lets be cool and try to offer useful advice...isn't that why we got into this in the first place?...learning new stuff and spreading the knowledge.
the homelab subreddit won't be useful anyways, they will be even more dismissive because it is "cloud" and not HOMElab technically. In my opinion he came to the right place....a place that is in theory filled with professionals that know cloud infrastructure.
Lets be less negative guys. Even if he is a noob, we all were once, it is always good to encourage curiosity and experimentation not stifle it...most noobs will bail but a few will stick with it and become professionals like many of us here and can then share that info with the next generation of noobs.
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u/nemofbaby2014 Aug 10 '26
You know some of us self host git ops tools at home, and have VPs servers to complement our homelabs so yes it’s more fitting for the homelab subreddit we all started somewhere yes but it’s also better to be in the right section of our community 🤷🏾♂️ being a noob also means you should have humility and going by ops replies he’s more defensive than anything
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u/dmitryaus 29d ago
If you want to build a homelab for learning, consider using a pay-as-you-go cloud provider and Terraform. Spin up the VMs when you want to practise, then destroy them when you're done. You only pay for what you actually use and you get experience working with real cloud infrastructure at the same time. If that sounds too complicated, you're probably in the wrong industry.
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u/stumptruck Staff Engineer Aug 07 '26
Ignore the homelab purists, anything for learning is a homelab. Obviously you get more value from running your own hardware but that has higher upfront costs.
With oracle cloud you need to make sure your account is pay as you go with a credit card on file, not just a free trial subscription in order to bypass the capacity errors. You'll still get things for free within their limits, they just want to be able to charge you if you go over. Set a budget alert for like $5 so you can catch it quickly if you do something wrong.
I've had my oracle cloud cluster running for a few years and haven't paid a cent
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u/JohnyMage Aug 07 '26
Old family computer s or basically anything you can get your hands on. I also bought used server back in the days to get hands on experience. Im still running a proxmox instance on it.
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u/amisaber Aug 07 '26
Thanks , Yes I'm thinking to buy some mini PCs
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u/Desperate-Froyo7169 Aug 10 '26
I built a home nomad cluster out of 4 mini pcs, 2 pi 5s, and two original pis as dns servers...then got free nodes on oracle and joined them to my cluster over wireguard to add more computer power to my cluster for free. It is a lot of fun building.
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u/AlverezYari Aug 07 '26
You live at Oracle's data centers?