Hi I want to deploy k3s on ubuntu , install all cluster resources and then make an iso of that fully deployed cluster, then load that iso on a vm (vmware in my case) Is it possible ? Any tips ?

That's a bad idea. Every VM you start from that prebuilt cluster will have the same CAs which means a kubeconfig or auth token from one will be valid on all the others as well.

Hmm Yeah I do agree regarding putting everything in manifests , but then i will need to wait for the resources to be deployed, and that is what I am trying to avoid. Like save the waiting time needed to deploy the k8s resources. Regarding the CAs , that is fine. Because this VM will be up for 5 minutes in the CI pipeline , run the tests and then deleted. There will be a builder vm that build the iso every night ( nightly) But my question was more focused on what paths I should include in the iso builder scripts that k3s uses For example you mentioned /var/lib/rancher/k3s Where can I find all paths that k3s uses?

I think you’ll find that it’s more maintainable if you just package k3s and the deployment manifests. Maybe preload the images in an airgap tarball too if your pulls take a while. Just starting things up shouldn’t take very long at all. There are a bunch of folks using t K3s that way. We do all our CI tests that way, it starts up in seconds.

I will try that and compare both approaches, Thanks for your help.