kairos
:penguin: The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes. (by kairos-io)
microshift
A small form factor OpenShift/Kubernetes optimized for edge computing (by openshift)
| kairos | microshift | |
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| 21 | 9 | |
| 940 | 631 | |
| 5.5% | 1.1% | |
| 9.7 | 9.9 | |
| 4 days ago | 5 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!
microshift
Posts with mentions or reviews of microshift.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-28.
- Microshift: Small form factor OpenShift/Kubernetes
- new MicroShift releases [4.12.x]!
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Running Kubernetes on Raspberry Pi 4 8GB
Another good option is Microshift: https://github.com/openshift/microshift
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Install k8s on single node bare metal
RPM RHEL derivatives I recommend: https://microshift.io
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Manage Multiple Kubernetes Clusters with ArgoCD
If you are moving to edge you can try microshift (https://microshift.io/). There is also option to run a single node ocp (https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.9/installing/installing_sno/install-sno-installing-sno.html).
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OpenShift is open source, is OpenShift Local too?
There is also microshift. https://microshift.io/
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How many use snap on fedora?
I use one snap, but not on Fedora, instead with RHEL. It is the only way to use Microk8s, which is a quite full-featured distribution of Kubernetes that has a small footprint. Red Hat recently came out with an early offering called MicroShift, but it's not really ready yet. When it can satisfy my needs, you'll bet I'm switching.
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MicroShift
This is an open source project from the start (as most things red hat creates), you can find the coffee here: https://github.com/redhat-et/microshift
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Aperçu de Microshift, une implémentation légère d’OpenShift …
GitHub - redhat-et/microshift: A small form factor OpenShift/Kubernetes optimized for edge computing
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kairos and microshift you can also consider the following projects:
homelab - Monorepo for my personal homelab
Openshift Origin - Conformance test suite for OpenShift
talos - Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.
microk8s - MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for datacenters and the edge.
kubespray - Deploy a Production Ready Kubernetes Cluster
okd - The self-managing, auto-upgrading, Kubernetes distribution for everyone
proxmox-k8s
microk8s - MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for developers, IoT and edge. [Moved to: https://github.com/canonical/microk8s]
k3os - Purpose-built OS for Kubernetes, fully managed by Kubernetes.
kubeedge - Kubernetes Native Edge Computing Framework (project under CNCF)
elemental-toolkit - :snowflake: The toolkit to build, ship and maintain cloud-init driven Linux derivatives based on container images
runtime - Kata Containers version 1.x runtime (for version 2.x see https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers).