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Talos Linux on Proxmox: The Immutable Kubernetes Dream (and its Nightmares)

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In one of my previous posts about the state of my home cluster, I briefly touched on why I decided to use Talos Linux. When deciding on how to set up your Kubernetes cluster, you have what feels like infinite choices. There are over 60 available Certified Kubernetes Distributions, some of which are tailored towards corporate use (I am looking at you OpenShift and your what-feels-like-infinite pricing), while others are tailored for single-node development environments.

State of the Cluster: Embracing Talos Linux

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If you’ve followed my philosophy for this website—no trackers, no cookies, no unnecessary bloat—it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I hold my home infrastructure to the same standard. Recently, I have finally managed to finish the basic setup of my k8s cluster using Talos Linux.

Why Talos?

There is a chance you may ask yourself why I am using Talos Linux instead of something like OKD (which is like the Fedora of Openshift), or something like MicroK8s. The reason is actually quite simple as OKD is overkill and has much more out of the box than I require on my somewhat limited homelab. Talos has the advantage over full Linux Distros like Ubuntu or OpenSuse that is is tailored for using it as a k8s distribution.