kube-ps1 VS kubespray

I meant bash/zsh PS1 prompt. Not PowerShell :) Check this out https://github.com/jonmosco/kube-ps1

I use kube-ps1 to put cluster info in my shell prompt.

kube-ps1: Kubernetes prompt for bash and zsh

kube-ps1 🥇 ⌛ - ZSH plugin for kubectl that adds current context and namespace.

This is the PS1 I've been using for a long time. Note it needs the git-prompt.sh script (usually comes with the bash-completion) package, and the kube-ps1 script: https://github.com/jonmosco/kube-ps1

It will show you the current kubernetes profile and namespace, user@host, current directory and git branch if you're in a git repo.

When it came to deployment, I had several options, and I chose the hard way: deploying Kubernetes on bare metal nodes using KubeSpray. Troubleshooting bare metal Kubernetes deployments honed my skills in pinpointing issues. This hands-on experience provided a deep understanding of how each component, like the Control Plane, kubelet, Container Runtime, and scheduler, interacts to orchestrate containers.

Worth noting that if you like ansible, Kubespray has had documented air-gap installation since 2018 https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/commit/963c3479...

calico v3.7.3 kubernetes v1.16.0 installed via kubespray https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray

About 1yr ago I ran k8s with 300 nodes using kube spray https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray . Never had any real issue with it. We did finally move to the cloud though.

I would highly recommend https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray

We build our own distro called Compliant Kubernetes, and we use (a fork of) kubespray to install the base Kubernetes layer. Our distro is entirely open source, so you can use it as a reference, if you want.

If you want to run Kubernetes on VM's you can look into kubespray and play around with the options for installing and checking the configuration after the fact.