Examples
This section contains various examples, how-to and tutorial to use Kairos
Welcome to the examples section of the Kairos documentation! Here, you will find a variety of examples that demonstrate how to use Kairos to create and manage Kubernetes clusters on bare metal.
Getting Started
- Quick Start Guide: This guide will walk you through the process of installing Kairos and creating your first Kubernetes cluster on bare metal.
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting common issues: This page provides solutions to some common issues that you may encounter while using Kairos.
Multi Node k3s cluster
This section describe examples on how to deploy Kairos with k3s as a multi-node cluster
Single Node k3s cluster
This section describe examples on how to deploy Kairos with k3s as a single-node cluster
High Availability K3s deployments
This section contains instructions how to deploy Kairos with a High Available control-plane for K3s
How to Create an Airgap K3s Installation with Kairos
This section describe examples on how to use AuroraBoot and Kairos bundles to create ISOs for airgapped installs
Bundles
This section describe examples on how to use a Kairos bundle to deploy MetalLB on top of K3s
LocalAI
This section describe examples on how to deploy Kairos with k3s and LocalAI
MetalLB
This section describe examples on how to deploy Kairos with k3s and MetalLB
Using Kairos Core Images as an Installer
Core images serve as the foundation for creating downstream images or as an installer for deploying other images during the installation process. In this guide, we’ll take a closer look at using Kairos core images as an installer to deploy other container images.
Intel Open AMT Registration
This bundle configures Intel AMT devices during Kairos installation.
P2P multi-node cluster with AuroraBoot
Full end to end example to bootstrap a self-coordinated cluster with Kairos and AuroraBoot
Configuring Automatic High Availability in Kairos
Kairos makes it easy to configure automatic High Availability (HA) in your cluster by using cloud-config. With just a few simple steps, you can have a fully-functioning HA setup in your cluster.
Deploying a High-Availability K3s Cluster with KubeVIP
This guide walks through the process of deploying a highly-available, P2P self-coordinated k3s cluster with KubeVIP, which provides a high available Elastic IP for the control plane.
P2P multi-node cluster
Install Kairos with p2p support, on a multi-node cluster
P2P single-node cluster
This documentation page provides instructions on how to install Kairos with P2P support on a single-node cluster
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