A flash mob Kubernetes cluster

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Oct. 31, 2021 - PRLog -- Today, Sidero Labs Inc. (previously Talos Systems) announced it is aiming to create the "most distributed" Kubernetes cluster ever, and that anyone can join the Flash Mob global Kubernetes cluster that is being created Wednesday, Nov 3rd, 2021. Anyone that joins the cluster is also in the running to win a Raspberry Pi, and T Shirts.

"Because KubeSpan, part of Talos Linux, make it simple to securely add worker nodes running anywhere to an existing cluster, we're trying to make the most distributed Kubernetes cluster ever," said Andrew Rynhard, CTO of Sidero Labs. "We're getting members of our community to join a cluster running on Equinix Metal. We'll have people joining with worker nodes on AWS, GCP, in their datacenters, even Raspberry Pi's at their homes. All joining securely and simply."

"We're opening this up to anyone in the world. All anyone needs is a computer (physical or virtual, cloud or local) that they can install Talos Linux on. Then they can just register at https://www.siderolabs.com/a-global-kubernetes-cluster/ and we will send them the config file that is all they need to securely join this cluster - no matter where their node is," said Rynhard.

"KubeSpan is such an amazing feature, we figured we'd have some fun with it and see how many different people we can have joining a single cluster. Normally to run a distributed cluster like this would require a huge amount of work to configure encryption and firewall settings both at each worker, and the control plane. KubeSpan takes care of all that just by setting a single configuration flag," said Steve Francis, CEO of Sidero Labs. "Plus it's fun to give stuff away, so we are giving away a Raspberry Pi and several shirts to some lucky people that join the cluster."

KubeSpan (https://www.siderolabs.com/kubespan/) is available now, as part of the open source Talos Linux, from Sidero Labs. For further information, see our blog post on KubeSpan and multi-cloud kubernetes (https://www.siderolabs.com/blog/kubespan-and-multi-cloud-kubernetes/).

About Sidero Labs Inc.: Sidero Labs is a B2B company that offers a modern platform for mixed infrastructure management. Founded in 2019 as Talos Systems, Sidero Labs develops Talos OS, Sidero Metal (Bare metal lifecycle management), and Arges (Multi-platform Kubernetes management) to give small to large teams a streamlined, secured, and simple way to manage complex Kubernetes systems.