k3s: Kubernetes Dashboard + load balancer

In my post about first experience with k3s I blogged about setting up my k3s based cluster on Raspberry PI’s. Since that post I have added two more nodes Raspberry Pi’s and also updated to the 0.3.0 version of k3s. pi@k3s-master-1:~ $ kubectl get nodes NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION k3s-master-1 Ready master 4h11m v1.13.5-k3s.1 k3s-node-1 Ready node 129m v1.13.5-k3s.1 k3s-node-2 Ready node 118m v1.13.5-k3s.1 k3s-node-3 Ready node 119m v1.13.5-k3s.1 pi@k3s-master-1:~ $ Next step for me was getting the Kubernetes Dashboard up and running. I used the information from Web UI (Dashboard) First downloaded I the kubernetes-dashboard.yaml ...

April 8, 2019 · 3 min · 503 words · Jurgen Allewijn

k3s: Lightweight Kubernetes Distribution first experience

Rancher introduced alsmost week ago k3s, a lightweight Kubernetes Distribution. In the YouTube video below you hear Shannon Williams and Darren Shepherd from Rancher talk about K3S, what it is, the usecases and demo of K3S. https://youtu.be/5-5t672vFi4 k3sis a fully compliant, production-grade Kubernetes distribution that maintains an absolutely tiny footprint. Weighing in at less than 40 MB, it only needs 512 MB of RAM to run. This means it’s perfect for all kinds of computing that requires a minimal about of memory and space. ...

March 6, 2019 · 5 min · 928 words · Jurgen Allewijn

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