Kubernetes Without the Overwhelm: Free Sample (Building the Cluster)

A free sample of Kubernetes Without the Overwhelm: k3s, Helm, Ingress, Storage and GitOps for a Homelab Cluster You Can Actually Run.

Inside: the cover and full table of contents, and all of Chapter 2, "Building the Cluster": why three servers, an etcd majority explained, three VMs from a cloud-init template, pinning the k3s version, the config file instead of flags, the first server with cluster-init, a fixed API address with kube-vip, joining the other servers and agents, a kubeconfig on your workstation, what k3s installs for you, and a test that the cluster survives a dead node, with the diagrams and the real commands.

The full 82-page book (PDF and EPUB, 24 diagrams) is $19 at https://payhip.com/b/uyY03

The full book is also in a bundle: Everything Bundle: every ebook in the store, $89 · Homelab Bundle, $59.