README.md

k3d

k3s in docker

k3s is the lightweight Kubernetes distribution by Rancher: rancher/k3s

This repository is based on @zeerorg's zeerorg/k3s-in-docker, reimplemented in Go by @iwilltry42 in iwilltry42/k3d, which is now rancher/k3d.

Requirements

• docker

Install

You have several options there:

• use the install script to grab the latest release:
  • wget: wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/k3d/master/install.sh | bash
  • curl: curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/k3d/master/install.sh | bash
• Grab a release from the release tab and install it yourself.
• Via go: go install github.com/rancher/k3d

or...

Build

1. Clone this repo, e.g. via go get -u github.com/rancher/k3d/releases
2. Inside the repo run
   • make to build for your current system
   • go install to install it to your GOPATH
   • make build-cross to build for all systems

Usage

Check out what you can do via k3d help

Example Workflow: Create a new cluster and use it with kubectl

1. k3d create to create a new single-node cluster (docker container)
2. export KUBECONFIG=$(k3d get-kubeconfig) to make kubectl to use the kubeconfig for that cluster
3. execute some commands like kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
4. k3d delete to delete the default cluster