I wanted to test a new kind of experiment and lab that could be available for everyone to reproduce and train their skillset or simply a production cluster, all for free.
I will split the articles in different parts :
- The choice of the Cloud Provider - Oracle Cloud, Always Free Plan (Pros and Cons)
- The choice of the OS and Kubernetes distribution - Kairos OS Alpine Version with k0s (For MAXIMUM performances with limited ressources)
- Install a Highly-Available cluster with Kairos OS and k0s on Oracle Cloud using Terraform / OpenTofu
- Secure Kairos OS according to the NIST’s recommendations in the Application Container Security Guide
- Installing Flux CD to integrate within your CI/CD Pipeline
- Tools to make your life easier - Lens, K0smotron, k0rdent, k9s and others
- Build Custom Images for your Kubernetes Cluster
- Automations for your Kubernetes Cluster
Once all the articles will be finished the whole project details and results will be published in the Projects section.