kompose VS kubernetes-the-hard-way

Install Kompose - a conversion tool that allows you to convert your Docker Compose code to Kubernetes configuration files Run kompose convert in the same directory as your docker-compose.yml to generate the config files for your Kubernetes cluster

Kubernetes (via kompose)

As stated on their homepage, with Kompose, you can now push the same file to a production container orchestrator!. The tool definitely covers a wide range of Kubernetes features, among which these are meaningless locally but crucial for kubernetes :

K3s is a small, open source, no nonsense, distribution of Kubernetes. I think you'll find it just as easy to setup as Swarm. The challenge will be that Kubernetes has an entirely different API compared to Docker/Docker Compose. This can be mitigated by a tool called kompose, but using this will limit what you can do on Kubernetes.

Although I recently moved my own services from docker compose to kubernetes using https://kompose.io/ and now the only thing I run with docker compose, currently, is my private docker registry but everything including in kube, are always in their own folders.

I haven't run into the need to do that, but there is the Kompose project that exists to help with the conversion (https://kompose.io/)!

Compose claims to do that. https://kompose.io and https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/translate-compose-kubernetes/

As I delved into the world of Kubernetes, I opted for what seemed like the scenic route—until reality hit. With determination and a sprinkle of naivety, I plunged into crafting a Kubernetes cluster from scratch. Little did I know, I was in for a wild ride of commands, configurations, and complexities. But fear not! With the guiding light of a course based on the notorious "Kubernetes The Hard Way" GitHub repository, albeit customized for AWS instead of Google Cloud, I embarked on my journey to build my digital fortress, one step at a time.

Another resource that I found pretty helpful was "Kubernetes the Hard Way" by Kelsey Hightower despite its complexity.

https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

I recently published Kubernetes the Harder Way, a guide loosely based on Kelsey Hightower's Kubernetes the Hard Way, but lenghtier, more explanatory, broader in scope, and - most importantly - harder, by targeting a local machine instead of Google Cloud Platform.

How about this? It will setup a kubernetes cluster on GCP with 3 worker nodes?

https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

Some costs here but click on the google cloud calc as it seems to have gone up since he wrote this:

If you wanna go all in: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

Oh, and both: "Kubernetes up and Running" and "Production Kubernetes" are great books.

Using Kubernetes The Hard Way is a great way to learn it deeply and quickly.

If you wanna learn it deeply and quickly, Kelsey Hightower's Kubernetes the hard way is fantastic!