K3s Ansible

Features

Configuration Playbook Execution - Utilizes idempotent Ansible playbooks to automate the deployment and system configuration of lightweight Kubernetes clusters.
Lightweight Cluster Provisioning - Provides automated deployment of lightweight K3s Kubernetes environments across multiple Linux nodes.
Node Software Provisioning - Prepares both control-plane and worker nodes by installing required dependencies and networking stacks.
Cluster Lifecycle Management - Manages the full operational lifecycle of the cluster, including version upgrades and administrative access control.
Container Cluster Deployments - Automates the initial installation and configuration of lightweight container orchestration environments across multiple nodes.
Control Plane Deployment Tools - Automates the bootstrapping of the primary orchestration control plane on designated servers using roles and playbooks.
High Availability Clustering - Coordinates multiple server nodes to ensure continuous cluster availability and fault tolerance.
Cluster Orchestrators - Provides a configuration system to orchestrate multi-server high-availability K3s clusters.
Embedded Datastore High Availability - Implements high-availability configurations using an embedded etcd datastore across multiple server nodes.
Kubernetes Deployments - Automates the installation and configuration of lightweight Kubernetes environments across server and agent nodes.
Ansible Provisioners - Provides a specialized Ansible-based framework to configure and install Kubernetes components across Linux nodes.
Worker Node Management - Automates the integration and configuration of additional machines as worker nodes within an existing cluster.
Infrastructure Role Assignments - Defines node roles via static Ansible inventory files to create flexible cluster topologies without manual per-node configuration.
Role-Based Server Targeting - Uses static inventory files to assign server or agent roles to specific nodes, controlling the distribution of cluster tasks.
External Datastore Configurations - Supports connecting the cluster to an external datastore for centralized state management.
Local Binary Distributions - Provides a mechanism to distribute installation binaries and container images from a local controller to nodes for air-gapped setups.
High Availability Clusters - Configures multi-server clusters with embedded etcd for high availability and automatic failover.
Air-Gapped Deployments - Supports the installation of clusters in restricted environments by providing specific configurations for air-gapped deployments.
Rolling - Provides a mechanism to apply cluster-wide software updates in a rolling fashion via a single variable.
Cluster Network Orchestration - Includes utilities to apply service and network configurations to ensure reliable communication between cluster nodes.
Multi-Architecture Support - Ensures compatibility across diverse CPU architectures and Linux distributions through a conditional task abstraction layer.
Cluster Version Updaters - Enables rolling software updates across all cluster nodes by updating a single version string in the configuration.

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