What's a cheap way to setup your own Kubernetes cluster locally or remote?

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  • k3sup

    bootstrap K3s over SSH in < 60s 🚀

  • k3s installed with k3sup, longhorn for storage, kube-vip for API VIP, and MetalLB for service load balancer using local subnet, and of course Rancher.

  • kind

    Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes

  • I use kind to test Helm charts: https://kind.sigs.k8s.io

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  • talos

    Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.

  • Talos Linux, really easy, minimal Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.

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