Global Architecture

Network Diagram

                🌐 Home Network (192.168.1.x)
                          |
                    (WiFi interface)
                          |
               💻 MAAS Controller Machine
               (Ubuntu + Dual Network)
                ├── WiFi → Internet
                └── Ethernet → 10.0.0.1
                          |
                       🔌 Switch
                          |
        ┌───────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────┐
        ↓               ↓               ↓               ↓
  🖥 set-hog      🖥 fast-skunk     🖥 fast-heron    🖥 star-kitten
  10.0.0.2        10.0.0.4         10.0.0.7         10.0.0.8

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MAAS Dashboard — 4 Machines Deployed

All 4 machines show status Deployed with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, each with 8 cores, ~15.9 GiB RAM, and 512 GB storage.

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Node Summary

Node	IP Address	Role (k3s)	Model
set-hog	10.0.0.2	Control Plane	ThinkPad T15 Gen 1
fast-skunk	10.0.0.4	Worker	ThinkPad T490
fast-heron	10.0.0.7	Worker	ThinkPad T490
star-kitten	10.0.0.8	Worker	ThinkPad T490

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MAAS Controller Role

The MAAS controller machine sits between:

• The home WiFi network (internet access)
• The isolated cluster network (10.0.0.0/24)

It acts as the gateway, DHCP server, DNS server, and provisioning engine for all cluster nodes.