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k3sk3s.ioK3s is a lightweight, certified Kubernetes distribution built for edge computing and IoT workloads, designed for production use in unattended, resource-constrained, remote locations or IoT appliances. It is packaged as a single <70MB binary to simplify installation, operation, and auto-updates, and it is optimized for ARM with binaries for ARM64 and ARMv7 and multi-arch images. The project provides a server/agent architecture with straightforward installation steps to download and run K3s, enabling easy deployment of Kubernetes clusters on edge devices.
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K3s (by Rancher) is a fully compliant, lightweight Kubernetes distribution designed for edge and low-resource environments.
K3s is usually the first recommendation. It's a lightweight, CNCF-certified Kubernetes distribution that bundles many components into a simpler installation
