diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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-.*
-*
-!docker-entrypoint.sh
-!k0s
-!k0s-arm
-!k0s-arm64
-!k0s-amd64
-
diff --git a/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/.gitignore b/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/.gitignore
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-footloose.yaml
diff --git a/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/Dockerfile b/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/Dockerfile
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-FROM quay.io/k0sproject/bootloose-ubuntu18.04
-
-ADD k0s.service /etc/systemd/system/k0s.service
-
-RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 --retry 5 --retry-all-errors -Lfo /usr/local/bin/kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.31.1/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl && \
-    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl
-
-ENV KUBECONFIG=/var/lib/k0s/pki/admin.conf
diff --git a/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/Makefile b/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/Makefile
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-
-.PHONY: build
-build:
-	$(MAKE) -C ../../ build tmpdir=/tmp/k0s-build
-
-.PHONY: create-cluster
-create-cluster: build
-	docker build --progress=plain -t k0s-bootloose .
-	envsubst < bootloose.yaml.tpl > bootloose.yaml
-	bootloose create
-
-.PHONY: delete-cluster
-delete-cluster:
-	bootloose delete
-	docker volume prune -f
diff --git a/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/README.md b/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/README.md
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-# k0s HA controllers with bootloose
-
-> This example is targeted for development use
-
-## Setup
-
-* Install [bootloose](https://github.com/k0sproject/bootloose)
-* Start a cluster: `make create-cluster`
-* Now you can exec into running nodes, for example: `bootloose ssh root@controller0`
-* Within a node there is a config file (`/etc/k0s/config.yaml`) and systemd service (`k0s`) available for easier testing.
-
-## Teardown
-
-* Teardown a cluster: `make delete-cluster`
diff --git a/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/bootloose.yaml.tpl b/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/bootloose.yaml.tpl
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-cluster:
-  name: k0s
-  privateKey: ~/.ssh/id_rsa
-machines:
-- count: 3
-  backend: docker
-  spec:
-    image: k0s-bootloose:latest
-    name: controller%d
-    privileged: true
-    volumes:
-    - type: bind
-      source: /lib/modules
-      destination: /lib/modules
-    - type: bind
-      source: $PWD/../../k0s
-      destination: /usr/local/bin/k0s
-    - type: bind
-      source: $PWD/k0s.yaml
-      destination: /etc/k0s/config.yaml
-    - type: volume
-      destination: /var/lib/k0s
-    portMappings:
-    - containerPort: 22
-      hostPort: 9222
-    - containerPort: 6443
-      hostPort: 6443
-    - containerPort: 8080
-      hostPort: 8080
diff --git a/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/k0s.service b/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/k0s.service
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-[Unit]
-Description=k0s
-
-[Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/k0s server --config /etc/k0s/config.yaml
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/k0s.yaml b/examples/bootloose-ha-controllers/k0s.yaml
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-apiVersion: k0s.k0sproject.io/v1beta1
-kind: ClusterConfig
-metadata:
-  name: k0s-etcd
-spec:
-  storage:
-    type: etcd
-    # etcd:
-    #   peerAddress: ""
diff --git a/examples/bootloose-mysql/README.md b/examples/bootloose-mysql/README.md
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-# k0s in bootloose with mysql
-
-In this example we're gonna use bootloose to simulate 2-node control plane setup using mysql as the storage.
-
-**Note:** All the config files are more like examples, you WILL need to finetune them to fit your env.
-
-## Prep work
-
-1. Install docker
-2. Get bootloose from https://github.com/k0sproject/bootloose
-3. Build k0s bin: Run `make build` at repo root
-
-## Mysql
-
-Let's run mysql in docker:
-
-```shell
-docker run --name k0s-mysql -p 3306:3306 -e MYSQL_DATABASE=k0s -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=k0srocks -d mysql:latest
-```
-
-Let's see which IP address docker gave the container:
-
-```shell
- docker inspect -f {{.NetworkSettings.Networks.bridge.IPAddress}} k0s-mysql
-```
-
-Fix the mysql address in `k0s.yaml` config file.
-
-## k0s control plane
-
-First we need to bootup the control plane nodes:
-
-```shell
-bootloose create
-```
-
-This will start two nodes for us: `controller0` and `controller1`. There's a bind-mount of the whole repo so we easily get the compiled bin into the nodes.
-
-### Controller0
-
-`controller0` will be our "primary" controller node so let's bootstrap it first.
-
-SSH into the node with:
-
-```shell
-bootloose ssh root@controller0
-```
-
-Bootstrap the controlplane:
-
-```shell
-cd /root/k0s
-./k0s controller
-```
-
-Yes, really. It's that easy. In less than a minute we'll have the control plane up-and-running.
-
-### Get the join token for second controller
-
-To be able to join a second controller into the cluster we'll need a "join token". In `controller0` run a command:
-
-```shell
-k0s token create --role controller
-```
-
-This will output the token we'll need in the next step.
-
-### Join controller1 into control plane
-
-SSH into the node with:
-
-```shell
-bootloose ssh root@controller1
-```
-
-Bootstrap the controlplane:
-
-```shell
-cd /root/k0s
-./k0s controller --join-address https://<controller0 IP>:9443 "that_long_token"
-```
-
-And voilà, our second controller node is up-and-running in no time.
diff --git a/examples/bootloose-mysql/bootloose.yaml b/examples/bootloose-mysql/bootloose.yaml
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-cluster:
-  name: k0s
-  privateKey: ~/.ssh/id_rsa
-machines:
-- count: 2
-  backend: docker
-  spec:
-    image: quay.io/k0sproject/bootloose-ubuntu18.04
-    name: controller%d
-    privileged: true
-    volumes:
-    - type: bind
-      source: /lib/modules
-      destination: /lib/modules
-    - type: bind
-      source: /home/jussi/go/src/github.com/k0sproject/k0s
-      destination: /root/k0s
-    - type: volume
-      destination: /var/lib/k0s
-    portMappings:
-    - containerPort: 22
-      hostPort: 9222
-    - containerPort: 6443
-      hostPort: 6443
-    - containerPort: 8080
-      hostPort: 8080
diff --git a/examples/bootloose-mysql/k0s.yaml b/examples/bootloose-mysql/k0s.yaml
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-apiVersion: k0s.k0sproject.io/v1beta1
-kind: ClusterConfig
-metadata:
-  name: foobar
-spec:
-  storage:
-    type: kine
-    kine:
-      dataSource: mysql://root:kine@tcp(172.17.0.4)/kine
-  api:
-    address: 172.17.0.2 # Address where the k8s API is accessed at (nodes public IP or LB)
-