What does it take to build a Kubernetes cluster on bare metal?
In this episode of KubeFM, you will learn how to plan and execute a successful setup for a bare-metal Kubernetes cluster.
You will follow Mathias' journey as he rebuilt his cluster several times and learn how to:
- Identify dependencies and priorities between components to avoid incidents in the future.
- Leverage FluxCD to have a predictable and documented setup.
- Secure the nodes from external traffic with firewalls and Cilium cluster-wide network policies.
- Use Talos to have a self-contained Kubernetes operating system.
Mathias also shared tips and advice for other engineers embarking on the same process.
Find all the links and info for this episode here: kube.fm/bare-metal-kubernetes...
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CHAPTERS
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00:00 Intro
00:31 Three must-have tools
01:04 Mathias background
03:20 Learning Kubernetes
04:44 Personal projects
07:16 Bare metal vs managed services
08:27 Planning a bare metal cluster
10:58 Choosing the right tool
11:25 Talos
13:42 Cilium
16:34 Ingress, cert-manager, external-dns
17:03 FluxCD vs ArgoCD
18:43 Lessons learned
20:17 Was it a good idea?
21:58 Recommendation for on-prem
23:22 The response from the community
24:37 What's next?
26:00 Outro
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