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Useful Kubernetes Tools for 2020

26 points by sharjeelsayed 6y ago

gtirloni 6y ago
I've been in contact with Kubernetes (either following development or actively managing clusters) since the 1.0 days and all I can think when I read a list like this is: wake me up in a year or two when consolidation is over because it's simply too much for a single person.
- WnZ39p0Dgydaz1 6y ago
  It's just a bad list. It includes hosted Kubernetes solutions, application unrelated to Kubernetes (which may run on top, think Postgres), deployment options, built-in metrics, and lots of other random things. It's as if someone googled Kubernetes and copy & pasted and first 20 pages without any understanding or theme. This looks like some PR person hired a a low-cost freelance writer to "write something about Kubernetes because it's hot and we need traffic, deliver it tomorrow" - It's like someone writing "50+ useful Python packages" and just listing 50 completely random packages. I've been operating Kubernetes clusters for years now, and most of these are completely irrelevant to me, dead, or I've never heard of them. Don't equate bad lists with complexity.
  - eska 6y ago
    Thanks for the insight. Do you happen to be able to recommend a better resource?
  - Just1689 6y ago
    Would you consider sharing some of the tooling you have found useful for your context?
raesene9 6y ago
Although it says that this list is "for 2020" it seems pretty outdated at a glance through. They've got items like Twistlock which got bought by Palo Alto in July 2019, and another one in the security section they mention hasn't been updated since October 2018.
Mizza 6y ago
This is too much, but I'd love to hear any specific recommendations from HN'ers. What makes your lives better? Me, I'm looking for something to help optimize pod resource allocations, and visualize utilization of both pods and hosting instances at the same time.
- WnZ39p0Dgydaz1 6y ago
  > visualize utilization of both pods and hosting instances at the same time Kubernetes already exposes all the metrics, so if you run Prometheus + Grafana you get that for free. You can also find pre-built Grafana dashbaords for that by searching a bit on Github (the official Grafana dashoard sharing page sucks).
ataubay 6y ago
I would add Kind (https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/ https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/) as an alternative to Minikube. I use it and I would recommend it for local development. Run `kind create cluster` and you're ready. Extra: A 2019-12 comparision (https://brennerm.github.io/posts/minikube-vs-kind-vs-k3s.html https://brennerm.github.io/posts/minikube-vs-kind-vs-k3s.htm...)
throwaway4good 6y ago
I love that it is "50+ tools". For, you know, your streamlined and simplified devops ...
- Traubenfuchs 6y ago
  The lack of reasonable defaults and reliance on countless competing third party tools leads to staggering complexity and highly individual, company specific "devops" setups. Some operations guys died and became garbage men. The clever ones adapted by creating incomprehensible systems, calling themselves devops and becoming unfireable once again.
- Traubenfuchs 6y ago
  It came out 6 years ago... I doubt the situation will improve. Heroku and its competitors are the best we have, because they lack all this crazy customization. But as long as Kubernetes offers as much freedom as it does, it will never become simpler than it is now. All we get is more and more abstractions.
calind 6y ago
Clickbait
Thev00d00 6y ago
Low effort outdated rubbish.
a012 6y ago
A lot of them are redundant, like there's minikube, kubeadm, but no k3s; and tail tools too. Also, people running k8s with service mesh, security, but without backup/restore?
benve 6y ago
https://k9scli.io/ https://k9scli.io/ is missing
- poisoned 6y ago
  Yep, was also wondering. One of my most used tools.
- devn0ll 6y ago
  Before I even went to the article I thought to myself: If this list is missing k9s and kubectx/kubens, then the whole article is basically a fluff piece. lo and behold... It's a fluff piece. And stolen from another source.
robjan 6y ago
This article seems to be copied word for word from this article from February with a few other things added. https://medium.com/faun/10-useful-kubernetes-tools-ddffa62089cc https://medium.com/faun/10-useful-kubernetes-tools-ddffa6208...
majewsky 6y ago
Low-effort clickbait. Flagged.

26 points by sharjeelsayed 6y ago

I've been in contact with Kubernetes (either following development or actively managing clusters) since the 1.0 days and all I can think when I read a list like this is: wake me up in a year or two when consolidation is over because it's simply too much for a single person.

WnZ39p0Dgydaz1 6y ago
It's just a bad list. It includes hosted Kubernetes solutions, application unrelated to Kubernetes (which may run on top, think Postgres), deployment options, built-in metrics, and lots of other random things. It's as if someone googled Kubernetes and copy & pasted and first 20 pages without any understanding or theme. This looks like some PR person hired a a low-cost freelance writer to "write something about Kubernetes because it's hot and we need traffic, deliver it tomorrow" - It's like someone writing "50+ useful Python packages" and just listing 50 completely random packages. I've been operating Kubernetes clusters for years now, and most of these are completely irrelevant to me, dead, or I've never heard of them. Don't equate bad lists with complexity.
- eska 6y ago
  Thanks for the insight. Do you happen to be able to recommend a better resource?
- Just1689 6y ago
  Would you consider sharing some of the tooling you have found useful for your context?

raesene9 6y ago

Although it says that this list is "for 2020" it seems pretty outdated at a glance through. They've got items like Twistlock which got bought by Palo Alto in July 2019, and another one in the security section they mention hasn't been updated since October 2018.

Mizza 6y ago

This is too much, but I'd love to hear any specific recommendations from HN'ers. What makes your lives better? Me, I'm looking for something to help optimize pod resource allocations, and visualize utilization of both pods and hosting instances at the same time.

WnZ39p0Dgydaz1 6y ago
> visualize utilization of both pods and hosting instances at the same time Kubernetes already exposes all the metrics, so if you run Prometheus + Grafana you get that for free. You can also find pre-built Grafana dashbaords for that by searching a bit on Github (the official Grafana dashoard sharing page sucks).

ataubay 6y ago

I would add Kind (https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/ https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/) as an alternative to Minikube. I use it and I would recommend it for local development. Run `kind create cluster` and you're ready. Extra: A 2019-12 comparision (https://brennerm.github.io/posts/minikube-vs-kind-vs-k3s.html https://brennerm.github.io/posts/minikube-vs-kind-vs-k3s.htm...)

throwaway4good 6y ago

I love that it is "50+ tools". For, you know, your streamlined and simplified devops ...

Traubenfuchs 6y ago
The lack of reasonable defaults and reliance on countless competing third party tools leads to staggering complexity and highly individual, company specific "devops" setups. Some operations guys died and became garbage men. The clever ones adapted by creating incomprehensible systems, calling themselves devops and becoming unfireable once again.
Traubenfuchs 6y ago
It came out 6 years ago... I doubt the situation will improve. Heroku and its competitors are the best we have, because they lack all this crazy customization. But as long as Kubernetes offers as much freedom as it does, it will never become simpler than it is now. All we get is more and more abstractions.

calind 6y ago

Clickbait

Thev00d00 6y ago

Low effort outdated rubbish.

a012 6y ago

A lot of them are redundant, like there's minikube, kubeadm, but no k3s; and tail tools too. Also, people running k8s with service mesh, security, but without backup/restore?

benve 6y ago

https://k9scli.io/ https://k9scli.io/ is missing

poisoned 6y ago
Yep, was also wondering. One of my most used tools.
devn0ll 6y ago
Before I even went to the article I thought to myself: If this list is missing k9s and kubectx/kubens, then the whole article is basically a fluff piece. lo and behold... It's a fluff piece. And stolen from another source.

robjan 6y ago

This article seems to be copied word for word from this article from February with a few other things added. https://medium.com/faun/10-useful-kubernetes-tools-ddffa62089cc https://medium.com/faun/10-useful-kubernetes-tools-ddffa6208...

majewsky 6y ago

Low-effort clickbait. Flagged.