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by lima 3055 days ago
Most teams shouldn't install Kubernetes from scratch, but use a PaaS distribution like OpenShift, preferably with commercial support.

You need much more than Kubernetes: a secure (!) container registry, a container build system, deployment, log management, metrics...

It's fun to set up k8s from scratch, but there's little business value in reinventing the wheel all over again. Just like you wouldn't build your own Linux distro, you shouldn't do it with Kubernetes.

I've seen startups waste SO much time reinventing basic infrastructure instead of focusing on their product.
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falcolas 3055 days ago
Honestly, I'm not even talking about startups here - it's established companies who have grown too big for the PaaS offerings, or who have specialized needs that PaaS providers don't offer. Such as an HTTPS enabled Redis cluster in AWS. Just recently started to become available, after years of our insistence for it.

Not to mention, the costs for PaaS providers don't scale up well (if they can even handle the load). They're great for startups on VC, but deadly for companies who want positive cash flow.

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