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Rancher’s K3S Joins CNCF Sandbox as First Kubernetes Distribution

Rancher’s K3S, a slimmed-down Kubernetes distribution for resource-constrained environments such as edge deployments, joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) today at the sandbox level. When we first built K3S, we built this idea that you could build a fully compliant, fully certified Kubernetes distribution that was lightweight and small enough to run on single node type deployments – edge devices and people’s laptops.

Historically, we thought of Kubernetes as this great way to balance workloads and maximize utilization and deal with infrastructure failure, but as we standardize, it becomes a really great way to run a single machine,” said Williams.

The idea of a slimmed-down Kubernetes appears to call into question what exactly constitutes Kubernetes, and to this Williams referred to the Kubernetes API as the core component.

If it walks like Kubernetes and sounds like Kubernetes and runs like Kubernetes, and you’re exposing the Kubernetes capabilities, you’re Kubernetes.