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k3s - 5 less than k8s
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Lightweight Kubernetes. Easy to install, half the memory, all in a binary less than 40mb.
Great for:
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* Edge
* IoT
* CI
* ARM
* Situations where a PhD in k8s clusterology is infeasible
What is this?
---
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k3s is intended to be a fully compliant Kubernetes distribution with the following changes:
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1. Removed most in-tree plugins (cloud providers and storage plugins) which can be replaced
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with out of tree addons.
2. Add sqlite3 as the default storage mechanism. etcd3 is still available, but not the default.
3. Wrapped in simple launcher that handles a lot of the complexity of TLS and options.
4. Minimal to no OS dependencies (just a sane kernel and cgroup mounts needed). k3s packages required
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dependencies
* containerd
* Flannel
* CoreDNS
* CNI
* Host utilities (iptables, socat, etc)
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Documentation
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-------------
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Please see [the official docs site](https://rancher.com/docs/k3s/latest/en/) for complete documentation on k3s.
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Quick-Start - Install Script
--------------
The k3s `install.sh` script provides a convenient way for installing to systemd or openrc,
to install k3s as a service just run:
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```bash
curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | sh -
```
A kubeconfig file is written to `/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml` and the service is automatically started or restarted.
The install script will install k3s and additional utilities, such as `kubectl`, `crictl`, `k3s-killall.sh`, and `k3s-uninstall.sh`, for example:
```bash
sudo kubectl get nodes
```
`K3S_TOKEN` is created at `/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/node-token` on your server.
To install on worker nodes we should pass `K3S_URL` along with
`K3S_TOKEN` or `K3S_CLUSTER_SECRET` environment variables, for example:
```bash
curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | K3S_URL=https://myserver:6443 K3S_TOKEN=XXX sh -
```
Manual Download
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---------------
1. Download `k3s` from latest [release](https://github.com/rancher/k3s/releases/latest), x86_64, armhf, and arm64 are supported.
2. Run server.
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```bash
sudo k3s server &
# Kubeconfig is written to /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
sudo k3s kubectl get nodes
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# On a different node run the below. NODE_TOKEN comes from
# /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/node-token on your server
sudo k3s agent --server https://myserver:6443 --token ${NODE_TOKEN}
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```