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                   JOURNAL FOR SATURDAY 15TH NOVEMBER, 2025
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SUBJECT: How-To: Build Kubernetes Clusters
   DATE: Sat 15 Nov 22:35:50 GMT 2025

A while ago I said I was busy having fun building and working with Kubernetes
clusters. Actually there was a lot of frustration involved as well. Finally,
after getting everything to work properly, I can spin up a working, multi-node
cluster in minutes using a small script. Now you can too! :)

I have taken everything I learned and boiled it down into a small BASH script,
less than 650 lines of code. The script and a how-to are now available in the
annex: ../../../annex/building-kubernetes-clusters.html

Producing the script and how-to took a little longer than anticipated. Helm 4
was officially launched at KubeCon North America. Debian also released Trixie
13.2 today. This resulted in a lot of last minute cluster builds and testing.

The script was initially written for my own use. However, after I mentioned
it, people showed interest. A lot of polishing, testing and documenting ensued
in order to make the script as simple as possible for a wider audience to use.

The script is released under the very permissive MIT license. I encourage you
to take the script, modify it, hack on it and make it your own.

If you have difficulties running the script, or have comments or ideas on
improving the how-to or the script, drop me an email! diddymus@wolfmud.org

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Diddymus


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