Platforms
Container orchestration, virtualisation, and cloud platforms for running and managing modern infrastructure.
Comparing alternatives? For Kubernetes on bare metal, Talos Linux provides an immutable, API-driven OS purpose-built for K8s, while K3s is ideal for edge and lightweight deployments. For virtualisation, Proxmox VE is a popular open-source alternative to VMware ESXi, especially for homelabs. Harvester bridges both worlds by running VMs on top of Kubernetes. If Kubernetes feels too complex, Nomad offers a simpler orchestration model.
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Container Orchestration
Kubernetes (K8s)
Industry-standard container orchestration platform for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerised applications.
Talos Linux
Minimal, immutable Linux OS designed specifically for Kubernetes. API-managed with no SSH, shell, or package manager for maximum security.
K3s
Lightweight certified Kubernetes distribution by Rancher, optimised for edge, IoT, and resource-constrained environments.
Nomad
HashiCorp workload orchestrator that deploys containers, VMs, and non-containerised applications with a simpler model than Kubernetes.
Containers
Virtualisation
Proxmox VE
Open-source virtualisation platform combining KVM hypervisor and LXC containers with a powerful web management interface.
VMware ESXi / vSphere
Enterprise-grade bare-metal hypervisor and virtualisation suite for running and managing virtual machines at scale.
Harvester
Open-source hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solution built on Kubernetes, combining VMs and containers on a single platform.