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Is there something like a k1s? What I’d love is “run this set of containers on this machine. If the machine goes down, I don’t care—I will fix it.” If it wired

by teeray 3y ago

Is there something like a k1s? What I’d love is “run this set of containers on this machine. If the machine goes down, I don’t care—I will fix it.” If it wired into nginx or caddy as well, so much the better. Something like that for homelab use would be wonderful.

eropple 3y ago
You've basically described k3s, I think. I run it in my homelab (though I am enough of a tryhard to have multiple control planes) as well as on a couple of cloud servers as container runtimes (trading some overhead for consistency). k3s really hammers home the "kubernetes is a set of behaviors, not a set of tools" stuff when you realize you can ditch etcd entirely and use sqlite if you really want to, and is a good learning environment.
szszrk 3y ago
That's basically just a docker-compose. If you want something crazy all-in-one for homelab check out https://github.com/azukaar/Cosmos-Server https://github.com/azukaar/Cosmos-Server
silverquiet 3y ago
Docker Compose probably fits the bill for that. They also have a built in minimalist orchestrator called Swarm if you do want to extend to multiple machines. I suppose it's considered "dead" since Kubernetes won mindshare, but it still gets updates.
morbicer 3y ago
For homelab, Docker compose should be enough For something more production oriented https://github.com/basecamp/kamal https://github.com/basecamp/kamal
pheatherlite 3y ago
Docker bare bones or docker compose. Run as systemd services and have docker run the container as a service account. Manual orchestration is all you need. Anything else like rancher or whatever are just fluff.
7sidedmarble 3y ago
That's called docker compose
blopker 3y ago
I run all my projects on Dokku. It’s a sweet spot for me between a barebones VPS with Docker Compose and something a lot more complicated like k8s. Dokku comes with a bunch of solid plugins for databases that handle backups and such. Zero downtime deploys, TLS cert management, reverse proxies, all out of the box. It’s simple enough to understand in a weekend and has been quietly maintained for many years. The only downside is it’s meant mostly for single server deployments, but I’ve never needed another server so far. https://dokku.com/ https://dokku.com/
- josegonzalez 3y ago
  Just a note: Dokku has alternative scheduler plugins, the newest of which wraps k3s to give you the same experience you’ve always had with Dokku but across multiple servers.
- boxed 3y ago
  Dokku really is a game changer for small business. It makes me look like a magician with deploys in < 2m (most of which is waiting for GitHub Actions to run the tests first!) and no downtime.

by teeray 3y ago

eropple 3y ago

You've basically described k3s, I think. I run it in my homelab (though I am enough of a tryhard to have multiple control planes) as well as on a couple of cloud servers as container runtimes (trading some overhead for consistency). k3s really hammers home the "kubernetes is a set of behaviors, not a set of tools" stuff when you realize you can ditch etcd entirely and use sqlite if you really want to, and is a good learning environment.

szszrk 3y ago

That's basically just a docker-compose. If you want something crazy all-in-one for homelab check out https://github.com/azukaar/Cosmos-Server https://github.com/azukaar/Cosmos-Server

silverquiet 3y ago

Docker Compose probably fits the bill for that. They also have a built in minimalist orchestrator called Swarm if you do want to extend to multiple machines. I suppose it's considered "dead" since Kubernetes won mindshare, but it still gets updates.

morbicer 3y ago

For homelab, Docker compose should be enough For something more production oriented https://github.com/basecamp/kamal https://github.com/basecamp/kamal

pheatherlite 3y ago

Docker bare bones or docker compose. Run as systemd services and have docker run the container as a service account. Manual orchestration is all you need. Anything else like rancher or whatever are just fluff.

7sidedmarble 3y ago

That's called docker compose

blopker 3y ago

I run all my projects on Dokku. It’s a sweet spot for me between a barebones VPS with Docker Compose and something a lot more complicated like k8s. Dokku comes with a bunch of solid plugins for databases that handle backups and such. Zero downtime deploys, TLS cert management, reverse proxies, all out of the box. It’s simple enough to understand in a weekend and has been quietly maintained for many years. The only downside is it’s meant mostly for single server deployments, but I’ve never needed another server so far. https://dokku.com/ https://dokku.com/

josegonzalez 3y ago
Just a note: Dokku has alternative scheduler plugins, the newest of which wraps k3s to give you the same experience you’ve always had with Dokku but across multiple servers.
boxed 3y ago
Dokku really is a game changer for small business. It makes me look like a magician with deploys in < 2m (most of which is waiting for GitHub Actions to run the tests first!) and no downtime.