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Kubernetes: Docker cluster management by Google

by proppy on 6/10/14, 5:18 PM with 21 comments

• by rootbear on 6/10/14, 7:36 PM

  Interesting.. the name, kubernetes, is Greek for helmsman or pilot. It is the root of the English word governor, but also of the word cybernetics. This puts the whole Cyborg-Governor-Schwarzenegger-Terminator thing in a whole new light...

• by akerl_ on 6/11/14, 6:14 AM

  It's worth noting that this uses Salt as the underlying controller.

  To the Kubernetes devs: It's probably worth mentioning that somewhere in the Readme. I say that partially because as an end user it's nice to know you're building on solid building blocks that have stood the test of time, and also because it was moderately disheartening to learn about Kubernetes with no mention of Salt and then later learn that it was build partially on the hard work of the Salt team.

  Using their project as a building block is great, but give credit where it's due.

• by planckscnst on 6/10/14, 9:23 PM

  It seems that this is sort of a basic version of Omega (probably with Google-specific scheduling heuristics missing). I'd strongly recommend folks interested in this stuff to read the Omega paper [1] or to watch the Wilkes video [2].

  [1]: http://research.google.com/pubs/pub41684.html [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsXlm4wmB6o

• by sturadnidge on 6/10/14, 5:53 PM

  Interesting that this is written in Go - I think it's the first open source release from Google that I've seen written in their language.

  I wonder if anyone in here can comment on whether that is indicative of a trend inside Google - are people writing less Python / Java in there these days?

• by dkhenry on 6/10/14, 6:24 PM

  I am missing the utility here. Is this just a way to run docker on the google compute cloud.

• by nissimk on 6/10/14, 6:56 PM

  How does this compare to CoreOS?