Home on Ifesinachi's HomeLab https://mikeosude.com/ Recent content in Home on Ifesinachi's HomeLab Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 Ifesinachi Osude Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Ripping out Ceph: an overnight ODF to Longhorn migration https://mikeosude.com/posts/blog-odf-to-longhorn-migration/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mikeosude.com/posts/blog-odf-to-longhorn-migration/ Turning Six Raspberry Pi CM4s Into an OpenStack Cloud https://mikeosude.com/posts/blog-openstack-on-cm4/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mikeosude.com/posts/blog-openstack-on-cm4/ Upgrading OpenShift Data Foundation to 4.22 https://mikeosude.com/posts/blog-okd-odf-4-22-upgrade/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mikeosude.com/posts/blog-okd-odf-4-22-upgrade/ Secondhand parts, real lessons: diagnosing a dead control-plane node https://mikeosude.com/posts/blog-cp02-hardware-investigation/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mikeosude.com/posts/blog-cp02-hardware-investigation/ The database 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