https://ryanorban.com/categories/k3s/Recent content in K3s on Ryan OrbanHugoen-usme@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)Ryan OrbanFri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://ryanorban.com/notes/rancher-k3s-proxmox/Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)https://ryanorban.com/notes/rancher-k3s-proxmox/<h3 id="summary" class="scroll-mt-8 group"> Summary <a href="#summary" class="no-underline hidden opacity-50 hover:opacity-100 !text-inherit group-hover:inline-block" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this heading" tabindex="-1"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" class="lucide lucide-link w-4 h-4 block" viewBox="0 0 24 24" > <path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71" /> <path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71" /> </svg> </a> </h3> <p>This Better Programming guide walks through deploying K3s — Rancher Labs&rsquo; lightweight Kubernetes distribution — inside Proxmox LXC containers rather than full virtual machines. The setup is popular in homelab communities because Proxmox provides efficient container virtualization (LXC is lower overhead than KVM VMs), and K3s is a single-binary Kubernetes distribution that runs on resource-constrained hardware.</p>