Own the Kubernetes By Deploying It
8 min readSep 28, 2024
Let’s take the matter into our own hands and master the basics of Kubernetes by deploying a personal, single-node cluster for side projects on the cheapest VPS you can find.
As the great, Admin Mickiewicz (1798–1855), in the “Ode to Juniors” wrote:
Down from the Cloud where the Vendor locks
A self-thought DevOps drops.
He is his own rudder, sailor, and vessel.
Oh… so you mean OWN the cluster, like literally?
FROM note:latest as introduction
This article is based on my personal notes on building a single-node Kubernetes cluster. It’s one of those you-don’t-need-it projects, primarily for educational purposes.
This is the first part of the series and covers:
- Installation of Kubernetes
- Manual import of Docker image to cluster, then integrating cluster with GHCR
- Finally, the deployment of a Hello World service