# Deploying K8 cluster in Proxmox

I was lately tinkering with Kubernetes with the intention of getting myself some hands-on experience and eventually get certified as a **CKA** on the way. 

Initially I was playing with [Kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/) and virtual machines in the laptop. Then I ended up purchasing a used *i7* with *32g* for few hundreds and deployed my clusters in [Proxmox](https://proxmox.com/en/). 

It was all fun until I destroyed my cluster 🔥  and had to rebuilt all over again. It was too many steps and I couldn't find any end to end automation that I could use to make the new cluster creation quicker.

Therefore I decided to automate everything with `Terraform` and `Ansible` 🤖

Its nothing fancy but works end to end and creates a three node cluster within 5-6 minutes ( depending on your hardware ) 😊

[The repo is here and hope it helps someone who is travelling the same path and tinkering with Kubernetes in a home lab setup](https://github.com/jayanath/k8-cluster-in-proxmox).

Until the next time! 👋