kairos
:penguin: The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes. (by kairos-io)
harvester
Open source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software (by rancher)
| kairos | harvester | |
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| 21 | 62 | |
| 940 | 3,539 | |
| 5.5% | 1.9% | |
| 9.7 | 9.4 | |
| 4 days ago | 3 days ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
kairos
Posts with mentions or reviews of kairos.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-11.
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K3s – Lightweight Kubernetes
I've been eyeing Kairos [1] which is an OS lifecycle management system for k3s which looks like a nice way to deploy k3s.
[1]: https://github.com/kairos-io/kairos
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Introducing Kairos 2.2.0: extended ARM support!
https://github.com/kairos-io/kairos updates!
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Are there any dedicated linux distros that come out of the box with k8s?
kairos.io – Turn your existing distro into an immutable OS with k8s. It is the logical successor of what k3os intended (kind of).
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What's the state of immutable distros? Do you use them?
Check out this TNS blog and Kairos blog about the Kairos project. It is a meta distribution, which addresses the issues around immutable distros at a more fundamental level while providing much more flexibility.
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How to create cluster?
Kairos could fit the bill here - I don't think it supports Windows but it does have a cool Network Boot project called AuroraBoot.
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(help) best minimal distro for master nodes
kairos.io
- Run Kubernetes easily on your homelab
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Poll ! What is your OS of choice to run k8s ON PREM ?
Did you heard about https://github.com/kairos-io/kairos ? It supports any base OS (Fedora, openSUSE, Alpine, Rockylinux, Ubuntu, ..), and follows strongly the same K3OS principles. It is immutable, with an A/B upgrading mechanism and it is container based so it is easy to customize to fit your needs. It is community-driven, with no strings attached to any distribution or vendor.
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Suggest container Linux distro go to deploy Kubernetes on a Bare Metal Server
Yes Kairos. KaiOS is a mobile Linux distribution unrelated to Kubernetes.
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Introducing Kairos 1.5: A Smarter, More Secure Way to Manage Your Infrastructure
up to now we have MetalLB and Kubevirt, but here is a list of the ones that were brought up by the community (and planning to add): https://github.com/kairos-io/kairos/issues/592, feel free to add your feedback and tell what you would like to see there!
harvester
Posts with mentions or reviews of harvester.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-28.
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TrueNAS virtualization using Harvester and Kubevirt
At Harvester v1.1.2, it seems virtual machines on some AMD platforms cannot detect nested virtualization. This might relate to Harvester issue #3900, but that issue is categorized as a user interface bug only. Besides, I can run virtual machines on my Ryzen 5600G node normally (with SVM, IOMMU, and SR-IOV enabled, while /sys/module/kvm_amd/parameters/nested returns 1).
- Are there any dedicated linux distros that come out of the box with k8s?
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🔧I tried out Harvester HCI for the homelab, and it is an interesting solution
With this being nowhere documented, I dived into GitHub issues and found #1479. I learned the bootstrap password is admin, which then allowed me to log in.
- Self hosting our Startup, where do we begin?
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proxmox in docker or vagrant
Or with Hyper-converged infrastructure https://harvesterhci.io/
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Any easy to use gui to create/deploy/monitor k8s for a devops newbie?
Have a look at Harvester if you have a unused pc. It can create a k3s cluster in vms automatically. TechnoTim has done a video about it, looks really easy. Also combines with rancher and longhorn for managing cluster a storage.
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Has anyone used Harvester?
Im currently using proxmox and I want to what the community's feelings towards Suse Harvester. What are your experiences and is it worth trying out?
- Can you do infrastructure as code on non-cloud assets?
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3 node kubernetes cluster - All masters?
This seems like the route, thank you for your response. u/happyColoradoDave pointed me towards harvester which should make VM management easier. Going to go with that to run VMs now.
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Is anyone using kubevirt, oVirt or some "kubernetes VM" solution to fire up Windows (not linux) VM's in any reasonable number?
I assume you mean https://harvesterhci.io/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kairos and harvester you can also consider the following projects:
homelab - Monorepo for my personal homelab
homelab - Fully automated homelab from empty disk to running services with a single command.
talos - Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.
kubevirt - Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.
kubespray - Deploy a Production Ready Kubernetes Cluster
rancher - Complete container management platform
proxmox-k8s
longhorn - Cloud-Native distributed storage built on and for Kubernetes
k3os - Purpose-built OS for Kubernetes, fully managed by Kubernetes.
slim - Build and run tiny vms from Dockerfiles. Small and sleek.
elemental-toolkit - :snowflake: The toolkit to build, ship and maintain cloud-init driven Linux derivatives based on container images
Flatcar - Flatcar project repository for issue tracking, project documentation, etc.