Single-node
limactl start template://k8s
export KUBECONFIG=$(limactl list k8s --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/copied-from-guest/kubeconfig.yaml')
kubectl create deployment nginx --image nginx:alpine
kubectl create service nodeport nginx --node-port=31080 --tcp=80:80
Modify templates/k8s.yaml to change
the kubeadm configuration.
See also https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubeadm/.
limactl start template://k3s
export KUBECONFIG=$(limactl list k3s --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/copied-from-guest/kubeconfig.yaml')
kubectl create deployment nginx --image nginx:alpine
kubectl create service nodeport nginx --node-port=31080 --tcp=80:80
See also https://docs.k3s.io.
limactl start template://k0s
export KUBECONFIG=$(limactl list k0s --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/copied-from-guest/kubeconfig.yaml')
kubectl create deployment nginx --image nginx:alpine
kubectl create service nodeport nginx --node-port=31080 --tcp=80:80
See also https://docs.k0sproject.io/.
limactl start template://experimental/rke2
export KUBECONFIG=$(limactl list rke2 --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/copied-from-guest/kubeconfig.yaml')
kubectl create deployment nginx --image nginx:alpine
kubectl create service nodeport nginx --node-port=31080 --tcp=80:80
See also https://docs.rke2.io/.
limactl start template://experimental/u7s
export KUBECONFIG=$(limactl list u7s --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/copied-from-guest/kubeconfig.yaml')
kubectl create deployment nginx --image nginx:alpine
# NodePorts are not available by default in the case of Usernetes
kubectl port-forward deployments/nginx 8080:80
Multi-node
A multi-node cluster can be created by creating multiple VMs connected via the lima:user-v2 network.
As of Lima v2.0, the built-in k8s template is designed to support multi-node mode.
limactl start --name k8s-0 --network lima:user-v2 template:k8s
limactl shell k8s-0 sudo kubeadm token create --print-join-command
# (The join command printed here)
limactl start --name k8s-1 --network lima:user-v2 template:k8s
limactl shell k8s-1 sudo bash -euxc "kubeadm reset --force ; ip link delete cni0 ; ip link delete flannel.1 ; rm -rf /var/lib/cni /etc/cni"
limactl shell k8s-1 sudo <JOIN_COMMAND_FROM_ABOVE>