Techno Tim | HIGH AVAILABILITY k3s (Kubernetes) in minutes! @TechnoTim | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Have you been thinking about running Kubernetes but don't know where to get started? Let's start with k3s! k3s is a highly optimized distribution of Kubernetes that can run on ARM, IoT, Raspberry Pis, or even x86 hardware. It's small, lightweight, and gives you all the features in Kubernetes! Join me as we set up k3s for your homelab or production use!

Looking for the etcd version? Check it out here youtube.com/watch?v=CbkEWcUZ7zM

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00:00 - Intro
00:23 - What are we going to do today?
00:50 - What is k3s?
01:37 - What are the requirements for k3s?
02:16 - k3s operating system requirements
02:23 - What are k3s data store options?
02:35 - Fixed registration address for k3s
02:52 - Load balancer for k3s
03:13 - What is the k3s architecture?
03:48 - Setting up k3s servers
04:25 - Setting up MySQL for k3s
05:14 - Create an NGINX load balancer for k3s
06:51 - k3s Gotchas
07:14 - Run the k3s Server install on our servers
08:41 - Taint vs Affinity
09:53 - Test our k3s server
10:37 - Run the k3s Agent install on our servers
10:56 - Get our k3s kubernetes token
11:25 - k3s agent install command
12:01 - Checking all of our k3s agents
12:17 - Get our k3s kube config and copy to our dev machine
13:27 - Install the kubernetes dashboard on k3s
14:22 - Kubernetes dashboard tour
14:47 - Deploy a workload deployment to our k3s servers
15:46 - exec into our pod to test it
16:05 - Scale our pods up to 20 on k3s!
17:30 - Delete deployment on k3s
17:37 - What do you think of k3s?
18:20 - Stream Highlight - Pass the inspiration on!

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