Setting Up MicroCloud at Home is Easier Than You Think!

I’m diving into Canonical’s MicroCloud — a lightweight, self-hosted, production-ready private cloud built on Ubuntu that can scale up to 50 nodes! It bundles LXD, MicroCeph, and MicroOVN into a single automated stack, giving you scalable compute, distributed storage, and virtual networking without the headaches of OpenStack or Kubernetes. Canonical sponsored this video, but they asked for a fully honest, standard 2GuysTek review — pros, cons, and everything in between. And that’s exactly what you’ll get. I’ll cover what MicroCloud is, how it works, the hardware you’ll need, how to deploy it, how to scale it, how to use it through the LXD UI, and how to spin up your first instances. Everything you need to get started with Canonical MicroCloud — today. Special Thank You! to Canonical for sponsoring this video! Check out https://canonical.com/microcloud for more! **GET SOCIAL AND MORE WITH US HERE!** Get help with your Homelab, ask questions, and chat with us! 🎮 https://discord.gg/5TcfBWBB7S **Check out HomeLab Gear for all your homelab needs!** 💿 https://homelabgear.shop/ Subscribe and follow us on all the socials, would ya? 📸 https://instagram.com/2guystek 💻 https://facebook.com/2guystek Find all things 2GT on our website! 🌍 https://2guystek.tv/ More of a podcast kinda person? Check out our Podcast here: 🎙️ https://www.buzzsprout.com/1852562 Timestamps: 0:00 Into 1:08 What is Canonical MicroCloud? 2:36 Hardware requirements for MicroCloud 4:18 Planning out your network for MicroCloud 5:00 How to install Canonical MicroCloud 9:10 How to add additional nodes to Canonical MicroCloud 11:36 How to access the MicroCloud user interface 12:41 Walking through the LXD UI for Canonical MicroCloud 17:34 How to turn on Dark Mode in the LXD UI for Canonical MicroCloud 17:52 How to create an instance in MicroCloud 21:20 Final thoughts on Canonical MicroCloud 24:31 Closing! Thanks for watching!