[lillecarl]

Tinkerbell / MetalKube, ClusterAPI, Rook, Cilium?

A control plane makes controlling machines easier, that's the point of a control plane.

[esseph]

I'm not debating the control plane, I'm responding to the question about "are people running it themselves in production?” (non-managed on-prem infra)

It can be challenging. Lots and lots of knobs.