Kubernetes (k3s)
Runs your applications and services on a single-node k3s cluster you can operate yourself instead of relying on a managed platform.
Rathsted
How It Works
Stack, workflow, and control
Rathsted Foundations is a single-node k3s baseline that gives you a clear path for change, policy checks, and verification.
Rathsted Foundations is a validated single-node k3s baseline on a supported Linux host. Multi-node HA is not part of the product.
Teams need to know what is protected, how it is enforced, and who controls the important parts of the system. Rathsted Foundations makes those answers visible in the system itself.
Most teams build first and sort out controls later. That leads to messy reviews, delayed approvals, and expensive cleanup. Rathsted Foundations puts the rules and review points in first.
Stack
Flux
Applies changes from Git so updates follow a written, reviewable path instead of ad hoc changes on live systems.
Policies
Check and enforce important rules before new workloads run, so the policy baseline is enforced, not just documented.
Release records and software inventory
Create records that show what was shipped, what it contains, and where it came from.
Workflow
- You define the system and its rules in Git.
- Flux applies that desired state to the cluster in a repeatable way.
- Policies check new workloads before they are allowed to run.
- Release records and software inventory help show what changed and what is running.
The repo covers cluster setup, rule enforcement, and verification for a single-node k3s deployment on a clean Linux host. Your team still decides where the system runs, who controls it, and how the surrounding environment is managed.