A Home Lab for trying Kubernetes

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/kubernetes

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  • atomic-cluster

    Running a k3s Kubernetes cluster on the adorable and affordable Atomic Pi.

  • microk8s

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

  • If you want to have a working Kubnetes up in 5 minutes or less, try microk8s. Works great on arm64, armhf and x86.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • k0s

    k0s - The Zero Friction Kubernetes

  • K0s might work for you, if you want to just try Kubernetes.

  • okteto

    Develop your applications directly in your Kubernetes Cluster

  • Maybe try a "Namespace as a Service". It's far from a full k8s experience, but might be a nice place to experiment with basic deployments/services/etc. Okteto has the best dev tier that I'm aware of - up to 10 pods, 5GB of memory, 3 namespaces. Enough room to do a bit of experimentation. If you are just wanting to learn Kubernetes from a developer side, this would be an excellent option.

  • TJs-Kubernetes-Service

    Enable enthusiasts and administrators alike to easily provision highly available and production-ready Kubernetes clusters on Proxmox VE.

  • This is how I deploy K8s into my Proxmox homelab: https://github.com/zimmertr/TKS

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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