All the Tools in the Kubernetes Toolbox

Show: 4

Show Description: Brian and Tyler discuss the broad range of tools that are available to deploy, operate and manage Kubernetes environments. There are lots of options...

Show Notes:

• PodCTL #4 - Transcribed
• Kubernetes: A Little Guide to Install Options
• Monitoring OpenShift: Three Tools for Simplification
• Rolling Updates to Kubernetes - At MacQuarie Bank [video]

Segment 1 - [News of the Week]

• VMware, Google and Pivotal announced a packaged version of the Kubo project, called Pivotal Container Service (PKS). 
• CNCF continues to be the center of Enterprise IT with VMware, Pivotal joining

Segment 2 - Why do Open Source Projects often end up with so many installers?

Segment 3 - What are some of the common types of tools for kubernetes installations?

• Install on your laptop (e.g. Minikube, Minishift, etc.)  
• Public Services (OpenShift Online, GKE, Azure Container Service, etc)
• Quickstart installer on a public cloud (e.g. Heptio, DO, kops, etc.)
• Kubernetes-specific installers (kubeadm, kubicorn, kargo, etc.)  
• Deployment scripts and variations on “runbooks” (e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.)

Segment 4 - What are some of the Day 2 tools that are used with Kubernetes?

• Upgrade tools (e.g. 1-click, Operators, etc.) 
• Monitoring & Management (e.g. Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, Zabbix, SysDig, CoScale) - https://blog.openshift.com/monitoring-openshift-three-tools/ 
• Logging  (e.g. EFK, Loggly, etc.) 
• Application Frameworks - Save that for future shows!

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