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Yes. Though I should emphasize that I'm using GKE. So it's zero config, zero ops. I am running a single n1-standard-2 node on GKE for a smallish app right now.

Yes. Though I should emphasize that I'm using GKE. So it's zero config, zero ops. I am running a single n1-standard-2 node on GKE for a smallish app right now. Comes to 30-40 dollars a month all in (egress traffic, cloud storage, other services). I am working hard on getting people to use this app, and it's great to know that scaling will be best-in-class if I succeed. But I stress it's not about the scaling. It's about the features even at a single node. I wouldn't be spending time writing this stuff had it not been revelatory for me. PS. If you're not able to try it on GKE, there's also https://github.com/kubernetes/kops https://github.com/kubernetes/kops. GKE is great for trying, at least, though. Just get a cluster running and get rolling with the concepts. Then you'll know what it's all about. There isn't that much to it, and what there is to it is great and well documented with a great community.

Axsuul 9y ago
Yet with a Docker Swarm setup, you could get away with probably 10 dollars/month. K8s likely taking more resources than your app containers is why k8s may not be the best option for single node deployments. I've personally tried both orchestration options and much prefer Swarm to smaller deployments. Sure k8s could prepare you better for the future if your app takes off to the moon but that's just premature optimization.
- linkmotif 9y ago
  This might all very well be true, but Swarm doesn’t let you connect cloud disks directly to your containers, to my knowledge. Also I challenge the $10 because what cloud instances plus ancillary services add up to $10? I’m talking 2 CPUs and 7.5gb RAM.
  - Bgd1 9y ago
    It does. Check out Docker volume plugins like: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-aws/persistent-data-volumes/ https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-aws/persistent-data-volum... https://github.com/thecodeteam/rexray https://github.com/thecodeteam/rexray
  - Axsuul 9y ago
    A Digital Ocean droplet @ 1 GB runs at $10/mo which I have Docker Swarm + my app containers running on.

Axsuul 9y ago

Yet with a Docker Swarm setup, you could get away with probably 10 dollars/month. K8s likely taking more resources than your app containers is why k8s may not be the best option for single node deployments. I've personally tried both orchestration options and much prefer Swarm to smaller deployments. Sure k8s could prepare you better for the future if your app takes off to the moon but that's just premature optimization.

linkmotif 9y ago
This might all very well be true, but Swarm doesn’t let you connect cloud disks directly to your containers, to my knowledge. Also I challenge the $10 because what cloud instances plus ancillary services add up to $10? I’m talking 2 CPUs and 7.5gb RAM.
- Bgd1 9y ago
  It does. Check out Docker volume plugins like: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-aws/persistent-data-volumes/ https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-aws/persistent-data-volum... https://github.com/thecodeteam/rexray https://github.com/thecodeteam/rexray
- Axsuul 9y ago
  A Digital Ocean droplet @ 1 GB runs at $10/mo which I have Docker Swarm + my app containers running on.