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 think I’d install proxmox on all machines because there is a proxmox provider for Terraform. Then, manually create the VMs, and to learn the barebones, use kubeadm to set everything up, and kubectl to manage it. Once comfortable and knowledgeable with that, start messing around with Terraform and Ansible.