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by 3np 1216 days ago
I'd say go for Nomad! As for getting started...

- Single-server and non-secure (no mTLS; no ACLs) clusters are super easy to set up and a great way to try out things before committing.

- ...However, enabling especially ACLs but also TLS on running clusters is going to be more hassle than simply setting up a fresh, properly bootstrapped cluster.

- Their minimum and recommended resource requirements are hugely inflated, you can generally get good mileage out of way less

- ...However: Do follow their advice on keeping nodes single-responsibility (ie don't run a consul server and nomad server on the same node; generally keep your servers dedicated and not running jobs)

- Consul and Vault integrations are generally rock solid.

- ...However: Nomad native service discovery is not yet (wrt consistency and template rewrites). Consul Connect may or may not have edge (it's some time since last we seriously tried it).

- learn.hashicorp.com has material for most things you want to do.

- Put all your ACL configuration in Terraform (or whatever else you have for the same purpose)

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Thank you for this list, very much appreciated! I'll keep those things in mind.