The decision to go to Kubernetes (managed deployment on Digital Ocean) was so that I could also free my home-server and eventually shut it down. There I hosted the Windows-based Ivideon server, on a Windows VM running on Proxmox. The internet in Romania being broadband helped a lot. I’m actively using Ivideon to record activity around the properties we hold.
Though in need of one for a quick deployment, I couldn’t find a HELM chart or something already done. On the other hand, the server itself is pretty stateless and just needs a configuration file and a PV to hold the archive, so not too big of a challenge to write a deployment file for it.
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