[crdoconnor]

Kubernetes has a definite whiff of NoSQL - a massively hyped tool/technique originating from Google with oversold benefits.

I tried it about 6 months back with the intent of using it in a corporate prod environment and getting set up was... a massive pain in the ass to say the least - compared to the existing ansible set up. It was supposed to solve headaches, not cause them.

I wasn't impressed. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being "Angular 1.0" to someone else's react.

[y4mi]

i set up a kubernetes cluster 1 year ago at work and a private one last weekend.

last year took, i think 2 days. my private one was up and running within ~1h, including writing the ansible role to first install binaries/dependencies and join the cluster as a worker node.

either you didn't use kubeadm to set it up or ... i have no idea how you could've possibly failed.

its pretty much

    (all) ${packagemanager} install docker-ce kubectl kubelet kubeadm
    (master) kubeadm init -> prints token
    (node) kubeadm join ${token}

[colonelpopcorn]

Jeff Geerling even wrote an Ansible role to do all of the heavy lifting for you. I've used it alongside vagrant to spin up a three node cluster in ~15 minutes.

https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-kubernetes

[mcguire]

I've used OpenStack a good bit, but not Kubernetes directly, and I have never set it up. Is there an up-to-date, in-depth tutorial around?

[geggam]

https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

https://github.com/kubernetes/kops

Be aware of this bug at scale ... its interesting

https://blog.quentin-machu.fr/2018/06/24/5-15s-dns-lookups-o...

[jkmcf]

He's written so many useful and maintained ansible roles.

[crdoconnor]

I didn't fail, I just couldn't see a strong ROI after doing a spike.

I did use kubeadm. It required considerably more than just 3 simple steps required to get a basic working cluster up. Two days was more like it.

[zinclozenge]

Managing kubernetes yourself is a headache and why I more or less only consider managed services like Google Kubernetes Engine for real use-cases. That's why the original article showing that you could install and run it on a set of 3 micro preemptible instances for ~5 month was so compelling to me.

[codegladiator]

https://github.com/kubernetes/kops

[cdelsolar]

how does kubeadm take two days. I had to rebuild my cluster recently and it literally took me 20 minutes.

[y4mi]

I didn't use it last time. It was marketed as beta iirc