k3sup

I used this for a bit a few years ago but eventually needed something that was hard or impossible in k3sup and just went to using the k3s tools directly. My deployment script actually got simpler after removing k3sup. Also, fun fact, k3sup is pronounced "ketchup" according to the README[0] [0]: https://github.com/alexellis/k3sup/blob/master/README.md

A great companion to k3s is k3sup. https://github.com/alexellis/k3sup

I'm a big fan of K3s, however managed Kubernetes from a large cloud vendor with a track record has a lot to offer when it comes to reducing management and the need for an SRE for K8s itself. Folks might also be interested in two free resources: 1 - K3sup https://github.com/alexellis/k3sup - the author mentions HA K3s - K3sup is an easy way to get that using SSH. It's also a good pairing for K3s with Raspberry Pi 2 - Kubernetes at the Edge with K3s (CNCF / LF course) - I was commissioned to write this and I talk a lot about the differences and also the origin story of K3s and what Darren was aiming for. Have fun with Kubernetes - whichever flavour you go for.

For those like me who are a great deal fainter of heart than the author, there's always k3s [1] (installed e.g. via k3sup [2]) to take care of the "hard" Kubernetes part, at least until something breaks, though I've been lucky so far. Will run great on a Pi 4 and decently well on a 3/3+. The only big issue I've had so far was finding 32-bit armv7 images (I'm running Raspbian; I hear Ubuntu can do 64bit just fine), most projects only ever publish arm64 ones. [1] https://k3s.io/ [2] https://github.com/alexellis/k3sup

The k3sup project [1] takes this a step further and makes installing k3s even easier. k3s has been the most useful piece of infra I run at home. It gives me all the benefits of k8s with none of the complexity. [1] https://github.com/alexellis/k3sup