crc vs snc

crc

CRC is a tool to help you run containers. It manages a local OpenShift 4.x cluster, Microshift or a Podman VM optimized for testing and development purposes (by crc-org)

Source Code

crc.dev

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snc

Single Node Cluster creation scripts for OpenShift 4.x as used by CodeReady Containers (by crc-org)

openshift-deployment openshift-cluster Openshift snc single-node-cluster codeready Podman

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crc		snc
	Project
14	Mentions	3
1,204	Stars	97
1.6%	Growth	-
9.6	Activity	8.6
7 days ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
Go	Language	Shell
Apache License 2.0	License	Apache License 2.0

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crc

Posts with mentions or reviews of crc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-09.

Openshift Local Checksum Mismatch
1 project | /r/openshift | 15 Mar 2023

The issue is currently being worked on here is the link with the workaround.
What's New in OpenShift 4.12
1 project | /r/openshift | 19 Jan 2023

Yessss . Just incase Git hub releases: https://github.com/crc-org/crc/releases
Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop
13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Nov 2022

You can try running https://github.com/crc-org/crc with the podman preset (!) to test it. It would not be exactly the same how podman machine will use it eventualky, but might help to give an idea of performance or issues we can imorove on first. We have seen a lot of users being more than content as it also works in a vpn environment. Note that the CRC tool primarily aims at OpenShift deployment... This is a different preset (resource intensive). Only available as an installer with our tray (sorry about this).
The driver we use is https://github.com/crc-org/vfkit and I am sure Christophe could share a method to just run the VM with our driver. HMU by email if you prefer.
OpenShift is open source, is OpenShift Local too?
5 projects | /r/openshift | 21 Jul 2022
Kunernetes alternative
2 projects | /r/Fedora | 27 May 2022
Introducing MicroShift
3 projects | /r/redhat | 30 Jan 2022

CodeReady Containers which allows you to spin up a reduced OpenShift node in a single VM on a desktop/laptop for getting familiar with the platform. It disables quite a few operators so it's not a full experience, but enough for a developer to get going. It doesn't have the lightest requirements but it works for the most part. By default it's recommended to have 4 cores, 12GB of memory and the disk expands to 35GB. These can be tweaked through the setup, though.
CRC on centos inside proxmox VM
1 project | /r/openshift | 24 Jan 2022

I'm having issues as described in https://github.com/code-ready/crc/issues/2945
Accéder à Red Hat CodeReady Containers dans Azure depuis Tailscale …
2 projects | dev.to | 8 Jan 2022

GitHub - code-ready/crc: Red Hat CodeReady Containers is a tool that manages a local OpenShift 4.x cluster optimized for testing and development purposes
Docker to start charging for Docker Desktop in companies with over 250 people or $10M revenue
5 projects | /r/docker | 31 Aug 2021

Appears to be possible but definitely more on the DiY side. https://github.com/code-ready/crc/issues/2480
Advice for Kubernetes Kn00b but seasoned linux and vmware admin on best setup to learn containers/Kub. MiniKube + KubeVirt? Let me provide some details. Thanks for your help
1 project | /r/redhat | 12 Jul 2021

snc

Posts with mentions or reviews of snc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-30.

Introducing MicroShift
3 projects | /r/redhat | 30 Jan 2022

Here is link number 1 - Previous text "SNC"
Deploying Openshift IPI through libvirt: CPU/memory/disk settings
4 projects | /r/openshift | 24 Apr 2021

You can use something like https://github.com/code-ready/snc/blob/master/snc.sh#L135-L139 before installation.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing crc and snc you can also consider the following projects:

Openshift Origin - Conformance test suite for OpenShift

gluster-kubernetes - GlusterFS Native Storage Service for Kubernetes

lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers

installer - Install an OpenShift 4.x cluster

nerdctl - contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...

s2i-php-container - PHP container images based on Red Hat Software Collections and intended for OpenShift and general usage, that provide a platform for building and running PHP applications. Users can choose between Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and CentOS based images.

kube-bench - Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark

freeipa-container - FreeIPA server in containers — images at https://quay.io/repository/freeipa/freeipa-server?tab=tags

microshift - A small form factor OpenShift/Kubernetes optimized for edge computing

multipass - Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances

Reloader - A Kubernetes controller to watch changes in ConfigMap and Secrets and do rolling upgrades on Pods with their associated Deployment, StatefulSet, DaemonSet and DeploymentConfig – [✩Star] if you're using it!

pods - Keep track of your podman containers