MetalK8s
An opinionated Kubernetes distribution with a focus on long-term on-prem deployments
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<a href="https://github.com/scality/metalk8s/blob/development/127.0/artwork/generated/metalk8s-logo-wide-black-400.png" rel="nofollow"></a>An opinionated Kubernetes distribution with a focus on long-term on-prem deployments
Integrating
MetalK8s offers a set of tools to deploy Kubernetes applications, given a set of standards for packaging such applications is respected.
For more information, please refer to the Integration Guidelines.
Building
Prerequisites are listed here.
To build a MetalK8s ISO, simply type
./doit.sh.For more information, please refer to the Building Documentation.
Contributing
If you'd like to contribute, please review the Contributing Guidelines.
Testing Requirements
Bootstrapping a local environment
# Install virtualbox guest addition plugin vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
End-to-End TestingBootstrap a platform on a vagrant environment using
./doit.sh vagrant_up
To run the test-suite locally, first complete the bootstrap step as outlined above, then:
# Run tests with tox tox -e tests
Documentation RequirementsBuilding
To generate HTML documentation locally in
docs/_build/html, run the following command:# Generate doc with tox tox -e docs
MetalK8s version 1 is still hosted in this repository but is no longer maintained. The last release is MetalK8s 1.3.
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