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In the past, yes k3s did exclude all those legacy, alpha, non-default features from Kubernetes source as you can see in https://github.com/rancher/k3s/pull/113. But not anymore. As you can see in the source code, most of legacy/alpha/non-default features is available in k3s, and misleading README should be updated. But please, don't get me wrong. I'm actually glad to see those features enabled in k3s. :) Reference: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/compare/v1.16.3...rancher:v1.16.3-k3s.1
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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.
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Great for:
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* Edge
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* IoT
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* CI
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* ARM
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* Situations where a PhD in k8s clusterology is infeasible
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What is this?
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---
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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.
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2. Add sqlite3 as the default storage mechanism. etcd3 is still available, but not the default.
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3. Wrapped in simple launcher that handles a lot of the complexity of TLS and options.
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4. Minimal to no OS dependencies (just a sane kernel and cgroup mounts needed). k3s packages required
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dependencies
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* containerd
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* Flannel
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* CoreDNS
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* CNI
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* 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
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The k3s `install.sh` script provides a convenient way for installing to systemd or openrc,
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to install k3s as a service just run:
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```bash
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curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | sh -
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```
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A kubeconfig file is written to `/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml` and the service is automatically started or restarted.
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The install script will install k3s and additional utilities, such as `kubectl`, `crictl`, `k3s-killall.sh`, and `k3s-uninstall.sh`, for example:
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```bash
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sudo kubectl get nodes
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```
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`K3S_TOKEN` is created at `/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/node-token` on your server.
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To install on worker nodes we should pass `K3S_URL` along with
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`K3S_TOKEN` or `K3S_CLUSTER_SECRET` environment variables, for example:
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```bash
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curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | K3S_URL=https://myserver:6443 K3S_TOKEN=XXX sh -
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```
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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.
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2. Run server.
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```bash
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sudo k3s server &
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# Kubeconfig is written to /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
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sudo k3s kubectl get nodes
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# On a different node run the below. NODE_TOKEN comes from
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# /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/node-token on your server
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sudo k3s agent --server https://myserver:6443 --token ${NODE_TOKEN}
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```
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