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• Linux fu: getting started with systemd

  For self-hosting I've found https://k3s.io to be really good from the SUSE people. Works on basically any Linux distro and makes self-hosting k8s not miserable. - Source: Hacker News / 14 days ago

• 15 Options To Build A Kubernetes Playground (with Pros and Cons)

  K3S: is a lightweight distribution of Kubernetes that is designed for resource-constrained environments. It is an excellent option for running Kubernetes on a virtual machine or cloud server. - Source: dev.to / 3 months ago

• K3s Traefik Ingress - configured for your homelab!

  I recently purchased a used Lenovo M900 Think Centre (i7 with 32GB RAM) from eBay to expand my mini-homelab, which was just a single Synology DS218+ plugged into my ISP's router (yuck!). Since I've been spending a big chunk of time at work playing around with Kubernetes, I figured that I'd put my skills to the test and run a k3s node on the new server. While I was familiar with k3s before starting this project,... - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

• Building a no-code Helm UI with Windmill - Part 1

  I’ve created a local cluster with K3S and installing Windmill could not be simpler with just one chart to configure, which already has sane defaults to get started. For this demo we will also configure workers to passthrough environment variables to our scripts so that they have access to the Kubernetes API server for later. - Source: dev.to / 5 months ago

• Highly scalable Minecraft cluster

  You should be familiar with Kubernetes and have set up a Kubernetes cluster. I recommend k3s. - Source: dev.to / 6 months ago

• Deploying an object detection application to the cloud using Kubernetes and Helm

  Before deploying our application with Helm, we need a Kubernetes cluster. There are many options to deploy a Kubernetes cluster. You can use Minikube to do it locally, K3s or you can create a cluster in AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. - Source: dev.to / 7 months ago

• Ask HN: Options for K8s On-Prem

  You could do that with Ansible, there's kubespray [0] from the official project to do that. You may want to read [1] starting with [2]. There's also k3s [0] and k0s [4]. I've written about my setup here [5] also if you are interested. [0]: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray [2]: https://www.tauceti.blog/posts/kubernetes-the-not-so-hard-way-with-ansible-the-basics/ [3]: https://k3s.io/ [4]:... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Ask HN: Am I Doomed as a Dev?

  Get a few RPis and get https://k3s.io/ running on them. Get familiar with kubectl. Deploy a few apps to your cluster, tail some logs, restart containers, scale them, etc. Install Prometheus, get monitoring working, make some dashboards with Grafana. This point is to gain familiarity with "modern" cloud infrastructure, but in a low stakes environment where nothing can go wrong. Then, you can talk about your... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Kubernetes Exposed: One YAML Away from Disaster

  > I moved to docker swarm and love it. It's so much easier, straight forward, automatic ingress network and failover were all working out of the box. I'll stay with swarm for now. I've had decent luck in the past with the K3s distribution, which is a bit cut down Kubernetes: https://k3s.io/ It also integrates nicely with Portainer (aside from occasional Traefik ingress weirdness sometimes), which I already use for... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Implementing TLS in Kubernetes

  A Kubernetes distribution: You need to install a Kubernetes distribution to create the Kubernetes cluster and other necessary resources, such as deployments and services. This tutorial uses kind (v0.18.0), but you can use any other Kubernetes distribution, including minikube or K3s. - Source: dev.to / 9 months ago

• Ask HN: Best solution for homelab service monitoring?

  Personally I use kubernetes, k3s is kind of lightweight, with the Prometheus operator. https://k3s.io/ https://prometheus-operator.dev/ Kubernetes is not for everyone and is far from perfect but you already use Docker and you seem to seek many features offered by Kubernetes. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Are there any dedicated linux distros that come out of the box with k8s?

  Easily create multi-node Kubernetes clusters with K3s, and enjoy all of K3s's features. Source: 11 months ago

• Distributing containers to run locally?

  Or a bare metal option would be to use k3s which will install all dependencies (no docker required). Source: 12 months ago

• Ask HN: How should I start my own home lab?

  - Installed https://k3s.io/ on them. One master node and one agent/worker. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Run kubernetes on potato

  If you’re trying to learn usage of kubernetes like kubectl then its exactly what you need. If you’re trying to learn how to install and configure a cluster, then you shouldn’t be using your local PC anyways lol. K3s is great, check out the website. (I’m not affiliated with k3s in any way). Source: about 1 year ago

• Is K8s the right tool for my use case? 1 physical server, containers needing 1 GPU each.

  Take a look at k3s, can be used to run a single node kubernetes. Installer will setup dependencies like containerd. Source: about 1 year ago

• Trying (and failing) to expose a service using MetalLB + NGINX Ingress Controller

  I recently built a HA cluster with LoadBalancer support. I'm using k3s and kube-vip. The latter was originally built to provide a virtual IP for the control plane and worked in concert with MetalLB, for load balancing. Now it can do both. Source: about 1 year ago

• Time-scheduling containers (cron) - What technologies can I use?

  At work we use Amazon EKS. For my personal stuff I use k3s. Source: about 1 year ago

• Dell T320 vs T620 Idle Power

  If you're interested in Kubernetes, K3s is a great lightweight version that'll run on anything from a 4GB RPi4 to a full-fledged x64 server. Since most configuration for Kubernetes is done via YAML files, I opted for a GitOps approach so that I can point the cluster at GitHub and let Flux configure the environment for me and keep my images up to date. Couple that with the System Upgrade Controller and Kured and it... Source: about 1 year ago

• Does Rancher Desktop come with Minicube included?

  No, Rancher Desktop doesn't come with minikube. Rancher Desktop uses k3s, a light weight Kubernetes distribution, instead. Please refer to this Rancher Desktop high level architecture diagram to know more about what's under the hood. Source: about 1 year ago

• Docker + portainer vs k8. EILI5

  It is worth noting Kubernetes is not an operating-system. If installing a Kubernetes cluster on your own you will need to install it on nodes running a Linux distro (for example Ubuntu Server). Then you can set up the Kubernetes cluster on your nodes using a tool like Kubeadm. For homelab use and edge deployments, installing K3s is a popular choice (this is a lightweight Kubernetes distribution). There are videos... Source: about 1 year ago