RZrzzzt·Dec 19, 2017
CoreOS' Tectonic looks like a good candidate for bootstrapping a bare metal cluster: https://github.com/coreos/tectonic-installer
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Install a Kubernetes cluster the CoreOS Tectonic Way: HA, self-hosted, RBAC, etcd Operator, and more
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Install a Kubernetes cluster the CoreOS Tectonic Way: HA, self-hosted, RBAC, etcd Operator, and more
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| Mar 2017 | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 2017 | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2017 | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2017 | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2017 | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Aug 2017 | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 2017 | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Dec 2017 | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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8 sourcesWhat do you dislike about it being a grey box?
We built a Kubernetes platform installer[1] using Terraform which works fairly well and I think is more white box because it uses Terraform directly. However, we are still dealing with some of the necessary Terraform language repetition in our modules.
[1] https://github.com/coreos/tectonic-installer
In Bootstrapping Kubernetes Google Cloud Platform without scriptsI want to thank Microsoft and all of our beta testers who helped get this release out the door enabling Azure, Network Policy via Calico, Prometheus application monitoring and a number of other features. Also, I want to thank the Terraform community who has been gracious in helping merge our PRs and debug issues as we worked on the Tectonic Installer[1] to support this release.
Another important feature of this release is automated updates from Kubernetes 1.6 to Kubernetes 1.7 which works across the various platforms Tectonic supports. This is all part of CoreOS's mission to ensure people can easily run the latest most secure software in their environment.
Let us know if you have any questions!
[1] https://github.com/coreos/tectonic-installer
In CoreOS launches Tectonic 1.7.1 with support for Microsoft Azure cloudHappy to report that the Tectonic docs are open source and we would love to review your PRs: https://github.com/coreos/tectonic-installer/tree/master/Doc...
Any topics that stick out as needing the most attention? Glad you're enjoying your interaction with our engineers :)
(Product manager for Tectonic)
In Kubernetes at GitHubTectonic is Enterprise Kubernetes. We start with pure upstream Kubernetes at the core and install it in a production ready setup with the Tectonic Installer[1] across clouds or bare metal. On top of those basics Tectonic provides things most organizations need:
- Authentication backed by LDAP/SAML/etc
- One-click automated updates of the entire cluster
- Pre-configured cluster monitoring/alerting
There is a bunch more in there and in the roadmap too but that gives you a taste.
The other thing is that we provide professional services, training, and support to customers on the whole stack from the VM or machine on up to the Kubernetes API. We have done neat collaborations with customers like the ALB Ingress Controller[2] too.
[1] https://github.com/coreos/tectonic-installer
[2] https://github.com/coreos/alb-ingress-controller
In Kubernetes at GitHubThis is part of the vision that we have with CoreOS Tectonic. Checkout the Tectonic Installer which helps to install to various cloud platforms[1] using Terraform and then Tectonic[2] helps to automate operational toil like upgrades, etc.
[1] https://github.com/coreos/tectonic-installer
[2] https://coreos.com/tectonic
In Azure Container InstancesIf you're using (or want to use) Terraform and consider running k8s on AWS take a look at tectonic-installer[1] and its `vanilla_k8s` setting.
My opinion is that it's far better than kops `-target=terraform` output.
It's also using CoreOS rather than Debian which seems reasonable.
[1] https://github.com/coreos/tectonic-installer
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