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Welcome to the k3s-experiments wiki!

Here, I'd like to document my journey to container land using only freely available tools.

My aim is building lightweight Kubernetes clusters using amd64 and arm cpus.

Rancher Labs have built a slimmed down version of Kubernetes, called k3s, that is using only a fraction of the resources of a full blown K8s distribution. And they have built a tiny Linux distribution, called k3os, that is just enough OS to run the K3s kubernetes environment. For me, both are the ideal tools to learn about Kubernetes and containerized applications.

01 rancher2

Recipes for installing the Rancher 2.4 cluster management application. on k3OS.

02 mosquitto

Recipes for installing the MQTT broker Mosquitto on k3OS.

1. run a standalone MQTT broker for experiments with smart devices
   (e.g. ESP8266 chips, IOT gadgets, ...)
2. create a home cloud, using mosquitto, node-red and home-assistant

03 jitsi-meet

Recipes for installing the video conference system Jitsi Meet on k3OS.

04 harbor

Recipes for installing the container image registry Harbor on k3OS.

05 netbox

Recipes for installing the IPAM and DCIM management tool NetBox on k3OS.

06 dokuwiki

Recipes for installing the lean blogging and documentation tool DokuWiki on k3OS.

07 nextcloud

Recipes for installing the self-hosted private cloud Nextcloud on k3OS.