Hereโs exactly how I run mine for daily learning and real-world practice.
๐ฅ๏ธ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ญ: ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ Start with an old laptop. 4 GB of RAM minimum. Add nodes later if you need them. ๐ก Used thin clients work great for extra nodes and cost around 200$. Avoid surprise cloud bills by running everything local.
โ๏ธ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ: ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ Begin with k3s. It is lightweight and simple. Move to full Kubernetes when you are ready. Add GitOps with Flux or Argo. Set up basic monitoring from day one.
๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฏ: ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ Deploy one important service first. Document everything in Git. Focus on security basics. Automate small tasks one by one.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฐ: ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด Keep your control plane separate from your worker nodes. Add redundancy when you need it. Take proper backups. Monitor your resource usage closely.
๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฑ: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด Break things on purpose. Practice troubleshooting until it feels natural. Try new tools and see what works. Share what you learn, it sticks better.
The key is to start small and expand based on real needs. Most important of all: use it every day.
Mischa van den Burg
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ.
Hereโs exactly how I run mine for daily learning and real-world practice.
๐ฅ๏ธ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ญ: ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ
Start with an old laptop. 4 GB of RAM minimum.
Add nodes later if you need them.
๐ก Used thin clients work great for extra nodes and cost around 200$.
Avoid surprise cloud bills by running everything local.
โ๏ธ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ: ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ
Begin with k3s. It is lightweight and simple.
Move to full Kubernetes when you are ready.
Add GitOps with Flux or Argo.
Set up basic monitoring from day one.
๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฏ: ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
Deploy one important service first.
Document everything in Git.
Focus on security basics.
Automate small tasks one by one.
๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฐ: ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Keep your control plane separate from your worker nodes.
Add redundancy when you need it.
Take proper backups.
Monitor your resource usage closely.
๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฑ: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Break things on purpose.
Practice troubleshooting until it feels natural.
Try new tools and see what works.
Share what you learn, it sticks better.
The key is to start small and expand based on real needs.
Most important of all: use it every day.
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