K8s can actually run VMs as well (kube-virt) so you can theoretically align on a common platform for both VMs and Containers. In practice most people just use

K8s can actually run VMs as well (kube-virt) so you can theoretically align on a common platform for both VMs and Containers. In practice most people just use their cloud provider's implementation of K8s. It's complex but if I had to run on bare-metal I'd probably look in that direction vs playing for an equally complex proprietary solution.