[xur17]

> You are assuming k8s is already setup and running, right?

I've only used Google's managed k8s solution, but setting up the actual cluster is another 30 seconds of clicking 2 buttons on a website.

> Say I want to deploy my application via k8s to bare-metal, Google, and Amazon (so I am not dependent on one provider)...what does that look like?

As with any other multi-cloud solution, you need to decide how you're going to handle your dbs and other persistent data stores, but it's as simple as spinning up a cluster (rather than a vm) on each service, and then deploying to each.

With a little bit of upfront work, you get a ton of extra features. I've used Elastic Beanstalk on AWS, and running an app on Kubernetes is easier, even including the cluster setup time, and as a bonus, your deployment configurations aren't tied to a single vendor (you can pickup your k8s configs and more to another provider if needed).