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A minimal immutable VM image which is finely tuned and hardened is the exact approach we're taking with https://on-premises.com https://on-premises.com - except
by alexwilliamsca 7y ago
A minimal immutable VM image which is finely tuned and hardened is the exact approach we're taking with https://on-premises.com https://on-premises.com - except we haven't focused on k8s workloads. We've found that customers would much rather import a VM than "install" something, however there are valid use-cases which require special monitoring tools and other customizations which are not possible on an immutable system. Gravity is interesting and seems to meet that demand.
- moondev 7y agoThis look interesting, is there a way to try out meta without being funneled into the sales pipeline? What is the workflow for baking a machine? Are you using packer under the covers or some other tooling? What on-prem machine image formats are supported?
- alexwilliamsca 7y agoThere's still a bit of "manual" work to get someone up and running on our Meta appliance, so unfortunately you would have to go through our sales process. However if you just want a video or screen recording of how it works then I can put something online in the next hour or two. For baking the machine, we use Ansible under the covers and have a set of Lisp scripts to manage everything. As for image formats: qcow2, raw, vhd (and vmdk in the .ova file). Not trying to hijack Gravitational's thread, please contact me (email in profile, or 'aw-' on FreeNode) if you want to discuss more.