An 'easy' way to deploy a cluster could be using kubeadm. Then you'll need a CNI like Calico to get Pod networking up-and-running. However, you'll want to install a bunch of other software on said cluster to monitor it, manage logs,...
Given you're running on physical infrastructure, MetalK8s [1] could be of interest (full disclosure: I'm one of the leads of said project, which is fully open-source and used as part of our commercial enterprise storage products)
Care to share an "easy" recipe, because I haven't found one that actually works. It always falls apart for me with the networking.
Let's say I have a cluster of 8 physical nodes and a management node available in my data center and I want to set up k8s for use by my internal users. I'm a solo admin with responsibilty for ~250 physical servers so any ongoing management necessary will be very much a task among many.
Is this blog post a good guide? Is there a better one?