microk8s VS k0s

Compare microk8s vs k0s and see what are their differences.

microk8s

MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for developers, IoT and edge. [Moved to: https://github.com/canonical/microk8s] (by ubuntu)

k0s

k0s - The Zero Friction Kubernetes (by k0sproject)
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microk8s

Posts with mentions or reviews of microk8s. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-21.
  • How to enable startup probe on GKE 1.16?
    1 project | /r/codehunter | 23 Jun 2023
    FROM postgres:11CMD sleep 30 && postgres I'm reusing this example from the same issue with microk8s where I could solve it by changing the kubelet and kubeapi-server configuration files (see https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/issues/770 in case you're interested). I assume this is not possible with GKE clusters as they don't expose these files, probably for good reasons.
  • How to configure kubernetes (microk8s) to use local docker images?
    1 project | /r/codehunter | 3 Apr 2023
    $ kubectl get podsNAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGEbackend-deployment-66cff7d4c6-gwbzf 0/1 ImagePullBackOff 0 18s Before that it was ErrImagePull. So, my question is, how to tell it to use local docker images? Somewhere on the internet I read that I need to build images using microk8s.docker but it seems to be removed.
  • I was so excited to join this community
    2 projects | /r/kubernetes | 21 Mar 2023
    There's a whole community of hobbyists building Raspberry Pi clusters, porting things to work on various Arm processors, exploring and contributing to minimalist distros like k0s and microk8s, etc.
  • no persistent volumes available for this claim and no storage class is set
    1 project | /r/codehunter | 21 Sep 2022
    same pvc worked fine on "GKE" (Google Kubernetes Engine) but failing in my local cluster using microk8s
  • Is Kubernetes Still Just an Ops Topic?
    4 projects | dev.to | 16 Jun 2022
    Local Kubernetes Clusters: It is now possible to run Kubernetes on local machines with tools such as Kubernetes in Docker (kind), minikube or MicroK8s. This allows developers to run their first experiments completely isolated from others and with low risk and low cost.
  • Kubernetes Development Environments – A Comparison
    5 projects | dev.to | 16 Jun 2022
    Local Kubernetes clusters are clusters that are running on the individual computer of the developer. There are many tools that provide such an environment, such as Minikube, microk8s, k3s, or kind. While they are not all the same, their use as a development environment is quite comparable.
  • Local Cluster vs. Remote Cluster for Kubernetes-Based Development
    5 projects | dev.to | 16 Jun 2022
    Since the developer is the only one who has to access this cluster for development, local clusters can be a feasible solution for this purpose. Over time, several solutions have emerged that are particularly made for running Kubernetes in local environments. The most important ones are Kubernetes in Docker (kind), MicroK8s, minikube and k3s. For a comparison of these local Kubernetes options, you can look at this post.
  • The Journey of Adopting Cloud-Native Development
    9 projects | dev.to | 16 Jun 2022
    Another very important distinction of this level is that developers have direct access to Kubernetes for the first time. While it is not strictly necessary, the standard case for the Kubernetes access with these tools is to use a local Kubernetes cluster, i.e. a Kubernetes cluster started with tools such as minikube, kind or MicroK8s on the local computer of the developer.

k0s

Posts with mentions or reviews of k0s. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-09.
  • Seeking Guidance for Transitioning to Kubernetes and SRE/DevOps for traditional infrastructure team
    3 projects | /r/kubernetes | 9 Dec 2023
    I am myself studying it and going through the official documentation and toying with k8s flavors like kind, k3s and k0s.
  • I was so excited to join this community
    2 projects | /r/kubernetes | 21 Mar 2023
    There's a whole community of hobbyists building Raspberry Pi clusters, porting things to work on various Arm processors, exploring and contributing to minimalist distros like k0s and microk8s, etc.
  • Blog: KWOK: Kubernetes WithOut Kubelet
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Mar 2023
  • KWOK : mettre en place un cluster de milliers de nœuds en quelques secondes …
    9 projects | dev.to | 20 Nov 2022
    root@localhost:~# curl -sSLf https://get.k0s.sh | sudo sh Downloading k0s from URL: https://github.com/k0sproject/k0s/releases/download/v1.25.4+k0s.0/k0s-v1.25.4+k0s.0-amd64 k0s is now executable in /usr/local/bin root@localhost:~# k0s install controller --single root@localhost:~# k0s start root@localhost:~# k0s status Version: v1.25.4+k0s.0 Process ID: 1064 Role: controller Workloads: true SingleNode: true Kube-api probing successful: true Kube-api probing last error: root@localhost:~# k0s kubectl cluster-info Kubernetes control plane is running at https://localhost:6443 CoreDNS is running at https://localhost:6443/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/services/kube-dns:dns/proxy To further debug and diagnose cluster problems, use 'kubectl cluster-info dump'. 443/TCP 97s root@localhost:~# k0s kubectl get nodes -o wide NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION INTERNAL-IP EXTERNAL-IP OS-IMAGE KERNEL-VERSION CONTAINER-RUNTIME localhost Ready control-plane 100s v1.25.4+k0s 172.105.131.23 Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS 5.15.0-47-generic containerd://1.6.9 root@localhost:~# curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.25.4/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl && chmod +x kubectl && mv kubectl /usr/bin/ % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 42.9M 100 42.9M 0 0 75.2M 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 75.3M root@localhost:~# k0s kubeconfig admin > ~/.kube/config root@localhost:~# type kubectl kubectl is hashed (/usr/bin/kubectl) root@localhost:~# kubectl get po,svc -A NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE kube-system pod/kube-proxy-clxh7 1/1 Running 0 3m56s kube-system pod/kube-router-88x25 1/1 Running 0 3m56s kube-system pod/coredns-5d5b5b96f9-4xzsl 1/1 Running 0 4m3s kube-system pod/metrics-server-69d9d66ff8-fxrt7 1/1 Running 0 4m2s NAMESPACE NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE default service/kubernetes ClusterIP 10.96.0.1 443/TCP 4m20s kube-system service/kube-dns ClusterIP 10.96.0.10 53/UDP,53/TCP,9153/TCP 4m8s kube-system service/metrics-server ClusterIP 10.98.18.100 443/TCP 4m2s
  • vcluster as a Service
    4 projects | /r/kubernetes | 18 Oct 2022
    I use k0s btw ,and it is fantastic.
  • Any Kubernetes provider you could recommend me?
    5 projects | /r/kubernetes | 17 Jun 2022
    Here is link number 1 - Previous text "k0s"
  • Some thoughts on cert-manager moving from Bazel to Make
    2 projects | /r/kubernetes | 25 Apr 2022
    So for example, in my own personal infra repos and for projects I do, Make orchestrates Pulumi, dnscontrol (Holy shit is that tool underrated), ansible, k0s/k0sctl (I run that distro), and all the kubernetes stuff.
  • Is the Synology NAS able to run a Kubernetes Cluster ?
    2 projects | /r/synology | 28 Feb 2022
    I wasn’t able to run Kubernetes in NAS last time I tried it. https://github.com/k0sproject/k0s/issues/1184. As for public access you don’t want to do it for security reasons and instead rely on vpn. Tailscale and ZeroTier are easy to setup.
  • Kubernetes at Home With K3s
    1 project | /r/kubernetes | 5 Dec 2021
    I prefer k0s, https://k0sproject.io/ .
  • Cloudflare Uses HashiCorp Nomad
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Oct 2021
    actually that is not really true - i strongly urge you to try out http://k3s.io/ or https://k0sproject.io/

    these are full-fledged, certified k8s distributions that run on raspberry pi as well as all the way in production.

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=raspberry+pi+k3...

What are some alternatives?

When comparing microk8s and k0s you can also consider the following projects:

microshift - A small form factor OpenShift/Kubernetes optimized for edge computing

k3s - Lightweight Kubernetes

rancher - Complete container management platform

k3d - Little helper to run CNCF's k3s in Docker

microk8s - MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for datacenters and the edge.

docker - Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems [Moved to: https://github.com/moby/moby]

kind - Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes

Gravitational Teleport - The easiest, and most secure way to access and protect all of your infrastructure.

liqo - Enable dynamic and seamless Kubernetes multi-cluster topologies

istio - Connect, secure, control, and observe services.