From Laptop to Hybrid Cloud: Building a Modern and Frugal Kubernetes Network with Cilium ClusterMesh
Ever had that moment when your ambitious tech experiments start making your laptop question its life choices? Well, buckle up, because that’s exactly where this story begins. After our adventures in Blog 1 (where we cobbled together a basic Kubernetes cluster) and Blog 2 (where we made it actually useful with Cilium’s networking magic), I got a bit… let’s say “inspired.”
The plan was simple: I wanted to play with Cilium’s ClusterMesh using more single-node clusters. My laptop, however, had other ideas. At the mere suggestion of running additional VMs, it started making sounds that reminded me of a small aircraft preparing for takeoff. So, like any reasonable engineer with questionable judgment, I decided to solve this problem by making it more complicated — by building a hybrid cloud setup instead!
We’re going to create a “home-to-cloud” bridge using Wireguard, deploy K3s clusters, and connect them all with Cilium’s ClusterMesh. Think of it as building a bridge between your laptop and the cloud, except this bridge is made of encrypted packets and developer dreams (and maybe a few tears).
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