Curated deployment solutions ready to use

Productive K3S Profiles

Productive K3S Profiles gives you curated deployment solutions that Productive K3S Infra can execute over different platforms.

Use this repository to choose recommended solution paths such as existing on-prem infrastructure over SSH or a simple AWS single-node evaluation, while Infra keeps the orchestration layer and Core keeps the base installation contract.

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Why it exists

CURATED PATHS

Teams want ready-to-use solution paths instead of rebuilding the same deployment decisions every time.

SEPARATE LAYERS

The solutions should evolve without forcing the deployment engine and the base installation layer to absorb all the change.

Productive K3S Profiles is the curated solution layer in the ecosystem.

Keep Core as the base installation contract
Keep Infra as the orchestration engine
Let curated solution paths evolve on their own cadence

Recommended paths

  • On-prem basic: deploy over existing hosts reachable through SSH
  • AWS single-node: evaluate a simple cloud path on EC2
  • Multipass: validate a local multi-node path before going further
  • ARM path: keep an explicit public route for smaller ARM targets

Design principles

  • Curated over ad hoc: publish solution paths that feel ready to use, not disconnected fragments
  • Keep orchestration separate: Infra executes the solutions, but does not own the solution catalog
  • Keep the contracts visible: defaults, helper scripts, and packaging metadata should remain reviewable

How it fits

  • Start here when you want to choose a curated solution path
  • Continue to Infra when you want that path executed on a platform
  • Continue to CLI when you want the simplest and recommended operator interface
  • Remember that this repository owns the solution definitions, not the deployment engine

What it is not

  • Not the deployment engine
  • Not the base Kubernetes installation layer
  • Not a claim that every public path is already the final form for every production need

It is the curated solution layer for Productive K3S deployments.