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K3S - for local machine

Try Unifie with K3S in 5 min on a local machine or small linux server. If you don’t have a Kubernetes cluster, you can use K3s on your local machine or a small virtual server.

What is K3s?​

K3s is a lightweight Kubernetes distribution that's production-ready, easy to install, and uses half the memory. It’s packaged into a binary smaller than 100 MB.

Perfect for:​

  • 🌍 Edge computing
  • 🌐 IoT applications
  • 🔄 CI pipelines
  • 🛠️ Development environments
  • 🖥️ ARM architecture
  • 🧩 Embedding Kubernetes

For more details, check the K3s GitHub page.

Installing K3s​

The install.sh script provides a simple way to download and set up K3s as a systemd or OpenRC service.

Steps to Install:​

Run the following command:

curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | sh -

The installation script will:

  • Write a kubeconfig file to /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml.
  • Automatically start or restart the service.
  • Install additional utilities like kubectl, crictl, k3s-killall.sh, and k3s-uninstall.sh.

Verify your cluster:​

sudo kubectl get nodes

Add cluster to unifie

Add cluster to unifie

Step 2 - get installation code and run it with kubectl apply command

get installation code and run it with kubectl apply

(Optional, you can do it later) Select software that you want to install into the cluster

Select software that you want to install

Now we have a cluster, you can see the nodes in this cluster. And use it as you wish.

Now we have a cluster, you can see the nodes in this cluster. And use it as you wish.