kubespray VS kubeadm

Compare kubespray vs kubeadm and see what are their differences.

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kubespray kubeadm
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kubespray

Posts with mentions or reviews of kubespray. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-11.

kubeadm

Posts with mentions or reviews of kubeadm. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-02.
  • A local Kubernetes cluster in seconds with Kind
    3 projects | dev.to | 2 Feb 2023
    It works on top of KubeADM, you can also implement specific configuration about it.
  • Kubernetes from Scratch in 2022
    3 projects | dev.to | 25 Sep 2022
    Kubeadm is a more barebones tool, focusing on cluster node setup and Kubernetes component installation. It’s a command line tool that facilitates the various setup operations, but configuration needs to be done manually and per node.
  • Kubernetes production best practices
    2 projects | /r/kubernetes | 7 Sep 2021
    This is a useful guide on how to set them up (note: the version of HAProxy they specify is no longer being maintained, but you can upgrade it to a later version): Kubeadm - HA Considerations
  • What is the right AWS Kubernetes distribution for you?
    4 projects | dev.to | 10 Feb 2021
    Kubeadm is a cluster provisioning tool implementing the best-practices for creating Kubernetes clusters (following Kubernetes The Hard Way steps). Kubeadm performs the actions necessary to get a minimum viable and secure cluster. It follows Kubernetes operator architectural approach for cluster creation and management. What is also important, Kubeadm is an official Kubernetes SIG Lifecycle project - this is important because official Kubernetes SIG projects usually tent to have better community support and be more mature than their non-official counterparts.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing kubespray and kubeadm you can also consider the following projects:

k3s - Lightweight Kubernetes

rancher - Complete container management platform

minikube - Run Kubernetes locally

kops - Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and Management

rke2

helm - The Kubernetes Package Manager

cluster-api-provider-vsphere

ansible-role-k3s - Ansible role for installing k3s as either a standalone server or HA cluster.

kubernetes-the-hard-way - Bootstrap Kubernetes the hard way on Google Cloud Platform. No scripts.

talos - Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.

kube-state-metrics - Add-on agent to generate and expose cluster-level metrics.