Ready to build a bulletproof Kubernetes cluster that laughs in the face of failures? This comprehensive guide walks you through deploying RKE2 in true high availability mode with multi-tier load balancing using HAProxy.

Today, I want to walk you through the architectural blueprint for a highly available Kubernetes cluster I recently designed using RKE2, with a special twist for maximum uptime. This post will focus on the why and the what of the setup. We'll explore the components, the traffic flow, and the reasoning behind the design. We’ll save the nuts-and-bolts installation guide for a follow-up post.