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# k3sa
adamant-kite-43734
10/04/2025, 4:14 PMThis message was deleted.
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creamy-pencil-82913
10/04/2025, 6:03 PMno. hosts are either server or agent. You cannot run both on one host.
creamy-pencil-82913
10/04/2025, 6:04 PMservers also include kubelet and containerd, so they are usable as a normal Kubernetes node. they just run more components than an agent.
creamy-pencil-82913
10/04/2025, 6:04 PMPlease reference the architecture docs on the website.
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flat-angle-74908
10/04/2025, 8:35 PMI have been using this guide. Should I be using another one?
https://docs.k3s.io/
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creamy-pencil-82913
10/04/2025, 10:58 PMThat's the correct page yes
creamy-pencil-82913
10/04/2025, 10:58 PMWhat did you see that gave you the impression that you could run both server and agent on a single node?
creamy-pencil-82913
10/04/2025, 10:58 PMCheck out https://docs.k3s.io/architecture
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flat-angle-74908
10/04/2025, 11:05 PMOh I must have not phrased my question correctly. I have 3 nodes that have a master label, and 3 nodes labeled as workers.
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creamy-pencil-82913
10/04/2025, 11:39 PMI'm confused, you said you only have 3 physical devices. That should give you 3 nodes.
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flat-angle-74908
10/04/2025, 11:42 PMI have 3 physical devices that I am running vms on with k3s installed. I have 6 total nodes running on 6 vms that are split onto those physics devices. 3 vms are labeled master and 3 vms are labeled workers.
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creamy-pencil-82913
10/05/2025, 2:17 AMHmm. I'm not sure what advantage that gives you if each pair of servers and agents is on the same underlying hardware but sure.
creamy-pencil-82913
10/05/2025, 2:18 AMTo answer your question about rebalancing things if something starts using more resources, no. Kubernetes does not do that
creamy-pencil-82913
10/05/2025, 2:18 AMYou might look at https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler
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flat-angle-74908
10/05/2025, 6:14 PMWill check it out. Thanks for the links, and thank you for answering my most likely silly questions. I am very green when it comes to docker or kubernetes. By day I am a senior network engineer and have been doing networking for a living for almost 2 decades. By night I know just enough docker and python to be dangerous and am almost lost on my journey to learn kubernetes. Off to read the architecture one. Have a great day and I appreciate your attention.
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