An Open-source HCI Platform Built on Kubernetes
summary
Project Harvester is an open-source HCI platform built on Kubernetes that claims to replace proprietary HCI APIs with a unified Kubernetes API; the demo shows a three-node Harvester 0.2 beta cluster installed via ISO/PXE using k3os + k3s, runs VMs on KVM, provides distributed block storage with Longhorn backups to S3/NFS, supports VLANs and live migration, and can provision Kubernetes clusters via Rancher-driven cluster creation — backup/restore and VM lifecycle operations complete successfully in the demo.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:17What is HCI
- 1:10HCI Software
- 3:04Harvester
- 3:54Kubernetes
- 4:17Harvest
- 4:59Harvest Architecture
- 6:02Logging in
- 6:46Dashboard
- 7:30Host
- 7:43Virtual Machine
- 8:12Network
- 9:07Advanced Options
- 10:39VM Console
- 12:37VM Backup
- 14:21Network Section
- 14:52Network Essential Keys
- 17:10Create Kubernetes cluster with Harvester
- 19:36Roadmap
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