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I've been doing the same for over a year. I think single node kubernetes is very underrated, both for running a single project or for multiple.
What are the advantages of running Kubernetes on a single node versus not using kubernetes at all (which seems simpler to me).
If you fought with cgroup to tame resource (memory, cpu) consumption you know.
You get also controlled rollout for free.
Likewise, it’s also a platform so you get installation receipts of third party software’s for free.
You install the Prometheus operator and, bam, you get declarative monitoring as code for free.
The ticket entry is not free but once you got it, it’s repeatable and durable.
I use most of this chart:
https://github.com/combostrap/kubee#list-of-kubee-charts
There is more but it asks a real blog.