Kontena Pharos (https://github.com/kontena/pharos-cluster) aims to make installation of Kubernetes as easy as possible. Works on any cloud or on-premises, also ARM64 supported.
It handles HA-setup, etcd member replacements, hardened configuration for enhanced security (follows NIST SP800-190 recommendations). You can easily extend the installation with addons of your own or from any Kubernetes ecosystem project
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Yes, backing up the database is one thing. After the setup you can just concentrate on your applications. Btw we are introducing hosted version of the Kontena platform soon, which will make the setup even easier. If you are interested in that option, you can join waiting list already: https://www.kontena.io/invite
Hi, I'm one of the co-founders of Kontena. Our target from day zero has been that you can start with small setup and scale up later if needed. So it's totally okay to run only one node with Kontena. Of course if you want to gain HA setup, minimum of 3 nodes is recommended.
Kontena does not replace Docker. It's a management and orchestration layer on the top of Docker. With Kontena you can manage and deploy your Docker applications.
Kontena applications can be described in YAML file (kontena.yml). Kontena.yml extends docker-compose.yml format by introducing some new attributes only supported in Kontena, for example scale of a service and deploy specific attributes.
A Service definition describes the container image, networking, scaling and stateful/stateless attributes for your application. Services may be linked together to create desired architecture. Each service is automatically assigned with internal DNS address that can be used inside your application for inter-Service communications.
I agree, some comparison is definitely needed. We will put some comparison not only to Deis and docker-compose but to other related services too to our website as soon as possible.
That's true. There are still lot's of hidden features that we should mention somewhere. We are currently improving our documentation, so hopefully things are better soon.
And thanks for feedback, it is always appreciated and motivating us to make it better!
Yes it does. Additionally if your service has more than 1 instance then Kontena will replace each instance one-by-one when deploying. You can even define that Kontena will wait for given port before moving to next instance.
I have used Asciinema couple of weeks now and I am very happy with it.
Our open source project contains a command line tool for Docker orchestration and Asciinema is a perfect solution to introduce its features and use cases (https://asciinema.org/~kontena).