K3s Has a Free API — Lightweight Kubernetes in 40MB

K3s is a certified Kubernetes distribution in a single 40MB binary. Perfect for edge, IoT, ARM, and development — fully compatible with standard Kubernetes. What Is K3s? K3s is Kubernetes stripped down to the essentials. It uses SQLite instead of etcd by default and includes a built-in load balancer, ingress, and storage. Features: Single binary (40MB) Certified Kubernetes SQLite, etcd, MySQL, PostgreSQL backends Built-in Traefik ingress ARM64 and ARMv7 support Auto-TLS Quick Start # Install K3s (30 seconds) curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | sh - # Check it works kubectl get nodes Kubernetes API # All standard kubectl commands work kubectl create deployment nginx --image = nginx kubectl expose deployment nginx --port = 80 --type = LoadBalancer kubectl get pods kubectl get services # REST API curl -k https://localhost:6443/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $( cat /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/token ) " Use Cases Edge computing — Kubernetes on resource-constrained dev