--- title: Building a Kubernetes Cluster as a Service platform on... description: A detailed guide to building a Kubernetes Cluster-as-a-Service platform on bare metal infrastructure using KubeVirt for VM management and ClusterAPI for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-kubernetes-cluster-as-a-service-platform-on-baremetal-using-kubevirt-and-clusterapi-w1rv27p3m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building a Kubernetes Cluster as a Service platform on BareMetal using KubeVirt and ClusterAPI | daily.dev og:description: A detailed guide to building a Kubernetes Cluster-as-a-Service platform on bare metal infrastructure using KubeVirt for VM management and ClusterAPI for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-kubernetes-cluster-as-a-service-platform-on-baremetal-using-kubevirt-and-clusterapi-w1rv27p3m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/w1RV27p3M.png og:image:alt: Building a Kubernetes Cluster as a Service platform on BareMetal using KubeVirt and ClusterAPI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building a Kubernetes Cluster as a Service platform on BareMetal using KubeVirt and ClusterAPI **[ITNEXT](https://daily.dev/sources/itnext)** · 16 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A detailed guide to building a Kubernetes Cluster-as-a-Service platform on bare metal infrastructure using KubeVirt for VM management and ClusterAPI for cluster lifecycle automation. The setup enables self-service provisioning of isolated workload clusters running as VMs on shared physical hardware. Key components include Kube-OVN CNI for VM live migration support, MetalLB for load balancing, KubeVirt for virtualization, ClusterAPI with KubeVirt provider, and the KubeVirt Cloud Controller Manager for service integration. The guide covers installation steps, VM image creation with Packer, cluster class configuration for standardization, and demonstrates deploying a workload cluster with Cilium CNI and testing load balancer functionality. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Metal3 meets KubeVirtBMC: Provisioning KubeVirt VMs like bare metal](https://daily.dev/posts/metal3-meets-kubevirtbmc-provisioning-kubevirt-vms-like-bare-metal-wxeu7wz7k) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Finding the Path for Integrating Kubernetes With Existing VMs](https://daily.dev/posts/finding-the-path-for-integrating-kubernetes-with-existing-vms-g3liuaywp) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hosting and scaling EKS hybrid nodes with KubeVirt and Kube-OVN CNI](https://daily.dev/posts/hosting-and-scaling-eks-hybrid-nodes-with-kubevirt-and-kube-ovn-cni-snalwzpbd) · ITNEXT · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-kubernetes-cluster-as-a-service-platform-on-baremetal-using-kubevirt-and-clusterapi-w1rv27p3m) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Building a Kubernetes Cluster as a Service platform on BareMetal using KubeVirt and ClusterAPI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-kubernetes-cluster-as-a-service-platform-on-baremetal-using-kubevirt-and-clusterapi-w1rv27p3m","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-kubernetes-cluster-as-a-service-platform-on-baremetal-using-kubevirt-and-clusterapi-w1rv27p3m"},"datePublished":"2026-01-19T12:42:59.014Z","dateModified":"2026-01-19T12:43:26.296Z","description":"A detailed guide to building a Kubernetes Cluster-as-a-Service platform on bare metal infrastructure using KubeVirt for VM management and ClusterAPI for...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1ac06dfe18db4230b52b801aa473c5f0?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1ac06dfe18db4230b52b801aa473c5f0?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ITNEXT","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ITNEXT","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/itnext2","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/itnext"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-kubernetes-cluster-as-a-service-platform-on-baremetal-using-kubevirt-and-clusterapi-w1rv27p3m","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"kubernetes,infrastructure","timeRequired":"PT16M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ITNEXT","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/itnext"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Building a Kubernetes Cluster as a Service platform on BareMetal using KubeVirt and ClusterAPI"}]} ```