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I am very much hunting for a cli, automatable method to do: - app installs - orchestration of same across multiple boxes in a cluster - cluster monitoring: d

I am very much hunting for a cli, automatable method to do: - app installs - orchestration of same across multiple boxes in a cluster - cluster monitoring: detect when a task or box goes down running the service(s) elsewhere in the cluster It seems like kubernetes is incomplete with respect to these needs. Kubernetes depends on docker but neither does orchestration. In the context of this HN post what do I need. I am doing golang on 100pct Linux. Other than toolng I need for app installs the boxes themselves are provisioned by others. Here I am focused on app installs only. Any help much, much appreciated.

dankohn1 7y ago
Take a look at Kubernetes, Helm, and the Cluster API.
- Terretta 7y ago
  Can’t tell if grandparent post wants to manage apps on a cluster (see below) or apps that are a cluster (see https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/ https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/) If it’s letting a dev manage apps on a cluster someone else let them put apps on, while staying in dev mode, maybe devs could appreciate the cluster provisioning SREs enabling app devs with so-called GitOps or AutoDevOps approaches, prescriptivist ways of leveraging Docker, K8s, and Helm, such as: https://www.weave.works/blog/what-is-gitops-really https://www.weave.works/blog/what-is-gitops-really https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/autodevops/index.html https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/autodevops/index.html
MadWombat 7y ago
Kubernetes is pretty feature complete, but its focus is on containers, not naked apps. If you are willing to pack your apps into docker, kubernetes will solve the orchestration and monitoring problems. If you are not, you might want to look for something else. In particular, take a look at Nomad (https://www.nomadproject.io/ https://www.nomadproject.io/). I am not affiliated with the project in any way and at my workplace we went the kube route, but Nomad does provide an ability to orchestrate arbitrary processes across multiple hosts.

dankohn1 7y ago

Take a look at Kubernetes, Helm, and the Cluster API.

Terretta 7y ago
Can’t tell if grandparent post wants to manage apps on a cluster (see below) or apps that are a cluster (see https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/ https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/) If it’s letting a dev manage apps on a cluster someone else let them put apps on, while staying in dev mode, maybe devs could appreciate the cluster provisioning SREs enabling app devs with so-called GitOps or AutoDevOps approaches, prescriptivist ways of leveraging Docker, K8s, and Helm, such as: https://www.weave.works/blog/what-is-gitops-really https://www.weave.works/blog/what-is-gitops-really https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/autodevops/index.html https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/autodevops/index.html

MadWombat 7y ago

Kubernetes is pretty feature complete, but its focus is on containers, not naked apps. If you are willing to pack your apps into docker, kubernetes will solve the orchestration and monitoring problems. If you are not, you might want to look for something else. In particular, take a look at Nomad (https://www.nomadproject.io/ https://www.nomadproject.io/). I am not affiliated with the project in any way and at my workplace we went the kube route, but Nomad does provide an ability to orchestrate arbitrary processes across multiple hosts.