HomeLab - Install k3d

Introduction

• Install a k3d cluster

Prerequisites

• (Docker)[]
• (kubectl)[]

Installing k3d

• Install using wget or curl

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | bash

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | bash

• To install a specific release

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | TAG=v5.0.0 bash

• Verify the installation

k3d version

Configuring the Cluster

• Create a cluster

k3d cluster create mycluster

• Check the kubernetes nodes

kubectl get nodes

Cleanup

• Steps to delete the application and cluster to free up resources.

kubectl cluster delete mycluster

rm -f $(which k3d)

Conclusion

• We installed k3d and configured a cluster.
• Once the installation and configuration was sucessful, we delete the cluster and remove k3d.