Light, simple and fast
September 28, 2022
Light, simple and fast
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with K3s Lightweight Kubernetes
We use K3s Lightweight Kubernetes as a local Kubernetes cluster distribution for local development and when installing Kubernetes virtual clusters. We either use K3s Lightweight Kubernetes with rancher-desktop or k3d running on our workstations or through vcluster when we want to deploy virtual Kubernetes clusters for ephemeral clusters or for testing Kubernetes versions that are not supported by the managed Kubernetes service from the Cloud Provider.
- Virtual clusters
- IoT devices
- Local development
- Raspberry Pi
- Option to deploy a self managed k3s in the cloud
- Support to deploy it with kubeadm
- Integration with prometheus & grafana
- Engineers have been able to run more microservices locally with K3s Lightweight Kubernetes instead of Minikube, which is more resources hungry
We have mostly used kind, minikube, and Docker Desktop Kubernetes for local development. Only kind has lower resource requirements, but K3s Lightweight Kubernetes seems to be even lighter. It is a big benefit to be able to deploy a K3s Lightweight Kubernetes cluster in seconds locally in our workstation, there is no cost, and it makes it easy to redeploy from scratch no matter how many times we want. The removal of deprecated APIs or CRDs also makes it more secure since it reduces unnecessarily exposed attack vectors.
Do you think K3s Lightweight Kubernetes delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with K3s Lightweight Kubernetes's feature set?
Yes
Did K3s Lightweight Kubernetes live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of K3s Lightweight Kubernetes go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy K3s Lightweight Kubernetes again?
Yes