I just got myself some mini PC’s and want to set up a k8s lab to strengthen my skills, I was laid off 8mo ago and haven’t been able to find a new job.
I want to automate everything I can while building this and was just looking for input on how people might recommend I do it.
I was thinking of using pxeboot to install Debian using preseed to automate the installation.
Then maybe install k8s on VMs on the servers, but I’m not sure if I should do that or just keep it on the hosts themselves. They’re decently specced. AMD Ryzen 3 2200 CPUs with 24gb ram and an SSD/NVME combo.
So, any advice for where I should start or tips/tricks?
I’d highly recommend Talos for this if you haven’t already decided. It’s entirely API driven and immutable. It can be bootstrapped from PXE and truly feels like a local cloud environment.
Talos is amazing and if you want to start from a fully automated setup (GitOps, Renovate), I highly recommend using https://github.com/onedr0p/cluster-template
This is the way. They have a image generator too