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SYSTEM CORE DIAGNOSTICS
0.02
Host Load Average
K3s
Cluster Orchestrator
Active
Ingress Route
Let's Encrypt
TLS Certificate
nbucking@oracle-arm-k3s-node-01:~
$systemctl status nbucking-playground.service
● nbucking-playground.service - Nicholas Buckingham Personal Laboratory Portal
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/nbucking-playground.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2026-06-27 23:14:08 MST; 4h ago
$kubectl get pods -n production -o wide
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS IP NODE
nbucking-web-84f9b8c4d2-abc12 1/1 Running 0 10.42.0.73 oracle-node-1
nbucking-web-84f9b8c4d2-xyz98 1/1 Running 0 10.42.0.74 oracle-node-1
$

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