Open Source Summit + ELC North America 2020

Cheap DevOps CI/CD Kubernetes cluster in a box (or two) on your desk. Based on cost effective ARM single board computers that can be easily extended on the cheap. This development cluster allows an organization on a small hardware procurement (cheaper than a laptop) to have their multi-agent cluster without the need of a data center or monthly cloud provider bill. But what if you do want to deploy to the cloud after?

BuzzCrate demonstrates how to make a Rancher k3s-based kubernetes cluster in a shoebox, utilizing simple to understand deployment tools, then expands upon that for deploying to cloud providers like Linode. The focus will be allowing a basement lab concept to move into the cloud, as one may outgrow their ARM hardware or physical space at home, with the same level of ease.

BuzzCrate will take people from a cluster of ARM boards to a cloud provider simply and easily. Using configuration management, we’ll give a similarly easy method to deploy to Linode. Once completed, the challenge of multiple architecture support and how to publish the containers to a project with GitLab will be demystified.