[sreevisakh]

I use Kubernetes within an LXD container with Btrfs backing storage. This isn't anything special. But it has two advantages. The first is that you could try out multi-node K8s clusters on a single system. The second is that the containers can be deleted and rebuilt easily without affecting the host system. Both are very useful when you're learning multi-node K8s. I plan to expand my homelab to true multi-node setup. However, I will probably retain K8s inside LXD. It is useful to run certain applications that demand full control of the system - like PiHole or MailInABox. There are probably better ways of hosting them. However, LXD gives me a lot of flexibility to experiment and make mistakes.

[MuffinFlavored]

> The first is that you could try out multi-node K8s clusters on a single system.

Why can't you do this without BTRFS/LXD and just with Docker/OCI?

[sreevisakh]

Yes, that's certainly possible - especially with tools like kind. However, the reason I prefer LXD over Docker/OCI is that the former behaves more like a full OS. LXD containers are system containers which are like VMs except for the lack of guest kernel. So it allows me to experiment with some K8s deployment configurations that's needed on a proper cluster.

[MuffinFlavored]

> LXD containers are system containers which are like VMs except for the lack of guest kernel.

How is this different than a Docker/OCI container/cgroup thingie?

[zekrioca]

Do you have instructions (e.g., tutorial or documentation) on what needs to be done to have this setup? There are many configurations that would need to make it work properly. Thanks!