Localkube

Dev tools

local kubernetes development

SHOW HN2016

173points
48comments
#176of 2,264 in 2016
Top 8%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

9 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.

Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Makes local Kubernetes setup very easy

    From 3 comments
    • I don't have a Google Container Engine account or kube cluster yet. So big props for making it easy to set one up locally. Because of this I had to hunt for how to install…
      nzoschke on HN
    • That's the trick. I was expecting some sort of message to tell me where to find the service. Mattermost, Postgres and Kubernetes set up in minutes. Great work.
      nzoschke on HN
    • Thanks for sharing. Kube is a direction we want to go with our servers and this looks to reduce the barrier to entry.
      timemachine on HN
  • Good Unix-style composable tooling

    From 2 comments
    • Nice! I love how you are building the spread tools as smaller composable parts and focusing on really practical use cases for experimenting, developing and deploying. It makes…
      nzoschke on HN
    • Nice work, Redspread team. Can't wait to play with your tools this summer (:
      mgallowa on HN

Objections

  • Name is easy to misread or has unfortunate connotations

    From 2 comments
    • The bad thing about this project name is, if just glancing, it can be misread in a funny way. Like an automotive startup or more questionable establishment.
      nickpsecurity on HN
    • You may be inclined to Google the string "define: cock"
      arthurcolle on HN
  • Layering on top of Docker and Kubernetes adds complexity

    From 1 comment
    • We have Docker. On top of it, we have docker-compose. On top of it, we have Kubernetes. On top of it, we have Spread. And it all goes on top of AWS or Google Cloud instances.…
      atemerev on HN
  • Install instructions for kubectl are missing and a load balancer message is confusing

    From 1 comment
    • I don't have a Google Container Engine account or kube cluster yet. So big props for making it easy to set one up locally. Because of this I had to hunt for how to install…
      nzoschke on HN

Requests

  • Document how to install kubectl in the readme

    From 1 comment
    • I don't have a Google Container Engine account or kube cluster yet. So big props for making it easy to set one up locally. Because of this I had to hunt for how to install…
      nzoschke on HN
  • Tooling to deploy images and define services to a running cluster

    From 2 comments
    • Basically tooling that takes you from a collection of images and service/replication controller definitions to a running stack. The main questions we ended up trying to answer…
      markbnj on HN
    • Yeah in many respects it is a general use framework, but there are gaps. Build tooling and automation to deploy images and update service and replication controller definitions…
      markbnj on HN

Questions

  • How does it differ from hack/local-up-cluster.sh

    From 1 comment
    • You should clarify how this is different from https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
      agelast on HN
  • What is the business model

    From 1 comment
    • This is really awesome! One question: what's redspread's business model?
      jupp0r on HN

Alternatives named

  • docker-compose-kubernetes

    From 1 comment
    • Another option is to use docker compose to start kubernetes https://github.com/vyshane/docker-compose-kubernetes
      mmgutz on HN
  • hack/local-up-cluster.sh

    From 1 comment
    • Yeah, there's a container. I've not had great luck with it, though -- every time I'd get a kernel panic after a few minutes. What I'm doing now, and what I recommend to others,…
      andrewstuart2 on HN
  • CoreOS Kubernetes Vagrant

    From 1 comment
    • I had good success with the CoreOS Kubernetes Vagrant boxes [1]. However, I switched once Kubernetes became usable via Docker because the latter gives me super fast setups and…
      vyshane on HN
  • Convox

    From 1 comment
    • This seems really similar to what Convox does for AWS, would I be right in saying that?
      tommoor on HN

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