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Getting started with Kubernetes is pretty easy and I wrote a guide to quickly run it on your local machine: https://www.cloudgear.net/blog/2015/5-minutes-kubern

by geku 11y ago

Getting started with Kubernetes is pretty easy and I wrote a guide to quickly run it on your local machine: https://www.cloudgear.net/blog/2015/5-minutes-kubernetes-setup/ https://www.cloudgear.net/blog/2015/5-minutes-kubernetes-set... It's not up to date with Kubernetes 1.0.0 but I'll update the images as soon as the final version 1 is tagged.

TheIronYuppie 11y ago
I definitely don't want this to come off as a sales pitch, but you can get started in one click using Google Container Engine (and $300 in free credit) as well. Full disclosure: I work at Google on Kubernetes
- gtaylor 11y ago
  We were looking at this, but noticed that you have to one run cluster per availability zone. Any plans for being able to run a cluster across an entire region within GCE?
  - sarnowski 11y ago
    Kubernetes Cluster Federation (proposal) "Ubernetes" "Today, each Kubernetes cluster is a relatively self-contained unit, which typically runs in a single "on-premise" data centre or single availability zone of a cloud provider (Google's GCE, Amazon's AWS, etc)." https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/release-1.0/docs/proposals/federation.md https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/relea...
    - juliangregorian 11y ago
      While cute, that name would make Kubernetes appear to be the KDE version of Ubernetes.
  - alex-mohr 11y ago
    Yes, we've heard from a number of people who want that and will improve regional support. Current ideas are either a single regional cluster or via federation of multiple zonal clusters. See eg https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/master/docs/proposals/federation.md https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/maste... for an proposal on the latter.
    - gtaylor 11y ago
      FWIW, I'd love to have Kubernetes clusters spanning a region with multiple regions/providers managed by Ubernetes. That would be the sweet spot for our particular usage case. This is only one point of data for you, of course.
  - benmccann 11y ago
    Agreed. That's the only reason we're not on Kubernetes right now. It really dramatically increases the amount of infrastructure we need to run when we're forced to run three Kubernetes clusters to run a single MongoDB replica set. But I love everything else Kubernetes is doing and so I'm very anxious to see that be addressed.
- teraflop 11y ago
  Except: "Sorry, you aren't eligible for a free trial at this time. The free trial is for new customers only." Apparently, the fact that I've been curious enough to experiment with other Google developer products in the past means I'm not part of the target audience.
  - pestaa 11y ago
    Or they assume your wallet is already open.
    - andybak 11y ago
      Then they are wrong. I actually find this a common issue with a presumed sales pipeline I encounter. They think: 1. He finds us. 2. He's interested and signs up for a trial 3. We hopefully convert before the trial is over What actually tends to happen 1. I find something that looks interesting 2. I sign up 3. Real work intervenes 4. Several months later I have some time to look again but my trial has expired. To be fair most companies respond to a quick email but they could be proactive and do the following: 1. If no activity is detected after the first day pause the trial 2. Some time later send an email saying "We've paused your trial. Please choose either: 1. to reactivate it, 2. be reminded in another x weeks or 3. never hear from us again.
      - andybak 11y ago
        (this would be more readable if Markdown was less idiotic)
        azernik 11y ago
        The problem isn't that Markdown is idiotic; the problem is that Hacker News doesn't use Markdown at all. GitHub and Reddit have conditioned us to think that any halfway decent discussion system must use it :-P
  - TheIronYuppie 11y ago
    Sorry about that! Free trials have a timeout :( Can you submit a support request and we'll see what we can do? Also, spinning up a cluster should be incredibly cheap if you just want to mess around for a little bit - we do billing by the minute :) Full disclosure: I work on Google on Kubernetes
- rspeer 11y ago
  Well, it's certainly not a sales pitch anymore, given the brilliant customer support on display here.

by geku 11y ago

TheIronYuppie 11y ago

I definitely don't want this to come off as a sales pitch, but you can get started in one click using Google Container Engine (and $300 in free credit) as well. Full disclosure: I work at Google on Kubernetes

gtaylor 11y ago
We were looking at this, but noticed that you have to one run cluster per availability zone. Any plans for being able to run a cluster across an entire region within GCE?
- sarnowski 11y ago
  Kubernetes Cluster Federation (proposal) "Ubernetes" "Today, each Kubernetes cluster is a relatively self-contained unit, which typically runs in a single "on-premise" data centre or single availability zone of a cloud provider (Google's GCE, Amazon's AWS, etc)." https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/release-1.0/docs/proposals/federation.md https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/relea...
  - juliangregorian 11y ago
    While cute, that name would make Kubernetes appear to be the KDE version of Ubernetes.
- alex-mohr 11y ago
  Yes, we've heard from a number of people who want that and will improve regional support. Current ideas are either a single regional cluster or via federation of multiple zonal clusters. See eg https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/master/docs/proposals/federation.md https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/maste... for an proposal on the latter.
  - gtaylor 11y ago
    FWIW, I'd love to have Kubernetes clusters spanning a region with multiple regions/providers managed by Ubernetes. That would be the sweet spot for our particular usage case. This is only one point of data for you, of course.
- benmccann 11y ago
  Agreed. That's the only reason we're not on Kubernetes right now. It really dramatically increases the amount of infrastructure we need to run when we're forced to run three Kubernetes clusters to run a single MongoDB replica set. But I love everything else Kubernetes is doing and so I'm very anxious to see that be addressed.
teraflop 11y ago
Except: "Sorry, you aren't eligible for a free trial at this time. The free trial is for new customers only." Apparently, the fact that I've been curious enough to experiment with other Google developer products in the past means I'm not part of the target audience.
- pestaa 11y ago
  Or they assume your wallet is already open.
  - andybak 11y ago
    Then they are wrong. I actually find this a common issue with a presumed sales pipeline I encounter. They think: 1. He finds us. 2. He's interested and signs up for a trial 3. We hopefully convert before the trial is over What actually tends to happen 1. I find something that looks interesting 2. I sign up 3. Real work intervenes 4. Several months later I have some time to look again but my trial has expired. To be fair most companies respond to a quick email but they could be proactive and do the following: 1. If no activity is detected after the first day pause the trial 2. Some time later send an email saying "We've paused your trial. Please choose either: 1. to reactivate it, 2. be reminded in another x weeks or 3. never hear from us again.
    - andybak 11y ago
      (this would be more readable if Markdown was less idiotic)
      - azernik 11y ago
        The problem isn't that Markdown is idiotic; the problem is that Hacker News doesn't use Markdown at all. GitHub and Reddit have conditioned us to think that any halfway decent discussion system must use it :-P
- TheIronYuppie 11y ago
  Sorry about that! Free trials have a timeout :( Can you submit a support request and we'll see what we can do? Also, spinning up a cluster should be incredibly cheap if you just want to mess around for a little bit - we do billing by the minute :) Full disclosure: I work on Google on Kubernetes
rspeer 11y ago
Well, it's certainly not a sales pitch anymore, given the brilliant customer support on display here.