Discussion
I'm like aiming for the stars 🤩 but ending up in black holes 🕳️ all the time lol
Folks, if you know about *building* #Kubernetes (not just deploying prebuilt components or distros like Rancher, Talos, k3s etc), please reach out - I have a pipe dream that you could be part of:
A pile of cute little pile of boxes booting from 0 to k8s in less than 10 seonds.
(I ought to visualize it)
Think about it. It will be excellent for personal use.
No hacks, no gimmicks; a fully trustwortjy local platform.
@littlefox It is a multi-faceted project; quick summary:
- https://github.com/u-root/k4s (kuties) is the attempt to build Kubernetes with u-root utilities; we're not fully there yet
- https://github.com/racklet tried to build a minituarized platform akin to hyperscaler infra; the idea was to use SBCs, but eventually, we got stuck / it was too much
- https://linuxboot.org/ can shrink down boot time as a UEFI PI retrofit, but it also means a lot of effort
- firmware from the ground up is also a lot
@littlefox So here is stubborn me not willing to give up.
I see the firmware matter as an issue of finding the most suitable targets.
And the k4s project ought to be similar to Talos et al, but built from scratch and easier to customize.
The goal is really the full stack integration.
I am willing to spend a lot more time on all of this. :)
@CyReVolt you might want to see Alex Ellis k3tsup. It does exactly a fast boot (in 1 minute)