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Bootstrap sidero cluster

Below is some basic notes on how i setup and tested sidero on a local laptop

First steps

Read the docs https://www.sidero.dev/docs/v0.4/ and https://www.talos.dev/docs/v0.14/ and understand a bit on the concepts.
Grab the binaries - https://www.sidero.dev/docs/v0.4/getting-started/prereq-cli-tools/. Install talosctl, clusterctl. You probs have kubectl. Clusterctl is awesome for creatin ga local docker cluster for instant testing, and talosctl is what you use to talk to talos via api (talosctl -n <nodeip> dmesg | reboot | logs)

Don't grab your clusterctl from arch AUR, its not the right version!

Figure out your desired baremetal structure. From your git it looks like you have a pi-master - welcome to level 1000. Im running one just fine, but it does increase the complexity/bullshittery. Probs grab some tissues or stand up amd64 nodes first.
Now to setup dhcp for dual booting. If you do amd64 its not so bad as its one config, but with pi you need to config it to

Setup Kubernetes cluster in minutes using Talos

1. Get talosctl

Download and install talosctl binary

wget https://github.com/talos-systems/talos/releases/download/v0.8.1/talosctl-linux-amd64

How to passthrough SATA drives directly on VMWare EXSI 6.5 as RDMs

There aren't many tutorials about this, the only tutorials I've found were about passing through entire PCIe cards to VMs, or refered to old ESXI versions (below 6.5) that used a more comprehensive desktop client instead of the web app. In v6.5, the web app was introduced and the desktop client was deprecated. You used to be able to setup RDMs in the desktop client, but with the introduction of the web console, this is no longer the case. This tutorial shows you how to pass SATA HDDs to the virtual machine on VMWare ESXI 6.5. This tutorial is partially based on VMWare's own KB and the now deprecated Forza IT blog post.

A word about VMWare ESXI 6.7

There is now an option while editing your VM's settings to add a New raw disk when you click `Add ha

Installing Python 3.6 on Raspbian

As of January 2018, Raspbian does not yet include the latest Python release, Python 3.6. This means we will have to build it ourselves, and here is how to do it. There is also an ansible role attached that automates it all for you.

Install the required build-tools (some might already be installed on your system).

Here are several different ways to test a TCP port without telnet.

BASH (man page)

$ cat < /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/22
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.3
^C

$ cat &lt; /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/23

	/*****************************************************************************
	This sketch is based on the following sketch from Adafruit but has been adapted to FastLED by Chemdoc77:

	https://learn.adafruit.com/random-spooky-led-eyes/assembly?view=all

	Random Eyes sketch for WS2801 pixels
	W. Earl 10/16/11
	For Adafruit Industries

	Creates randomized pairs of WS2801 led pixels that look like eyes peering

	- name: this is a play at the top level of a file
	hosts: pre-ip
	remote_user: root
	tasks:
	- name: say hi
	tags: foo
	shell: echo "hi..."

	#!/bin/bash
	# This file must be executable to work! chmod 755!
	#
	# The LUKS key must exist as a file at /etc/.keys/${device}.key
	# Protect this directory: root as user/group, 400 as permissions
	#
	# Edit your autofs master file to include something like
	# /mnt/crypt /etc/auto.luks --timeout=600
	#
	# Then you can access your LUKS encrypted disk with

	function Escape-JSONString($str){
	if ($str -eq $null) {return ""}
	$str = $str.ToString().Replace('"','\"').Replace('\','\\').Replace("`n",'\n').Replace("`r",'\r').Replace("`t",'\t')
	return $str;
	}

	function ConvertTo-JSON($maxDepth = 4,$forceArray = $false) {
	begin {
	$data = @()
	}