Getting Started with a Production-Ready Clusters

Creating a Kubernetes cluster is not trivial. We have to make many choices, and we can easily get lost because of too many options. The number of permutations is getting close to infinite and yet, our clusters need to be configured consistently.

Cluster setup

Let’s compare Docker Swarm and Kubernetes for setting up a cluster.

Docker Swarm

Unlike Docker Swarm, which packs almost everything into a single binary, Kubernetes clusters require quite a few separate components running across nodes. Setting them up can be very easy, or it can become a challenge. It all depends on the choices we make initially. One of the first things we need to do is choose a tool that we’ll use to create a Kubernetes cluster.

If we decide to install a Docker ...