Kubernetes raised the bar on the competition. Now a mature technology, organizations across the globe are increasingly embracing a software development strategy focused on container-oriented microservices.Because of its ability to meet the most diverse requirements and constraints an application can build, it’s firmly set as the most common open-source container orchestration framework. It has become the new norm for container orchestration. But with this, its management brings in profound challenges for enterprises and DevOps teams planning to implement Kubernetes architecture within their organization.
Here are 3 tools to manage a Kubernetes cluster. Take a look!
K9s
Who Let The Pods Out?
k9s is a terminal-based resource dashboard. It has only a command-line interface. Whatever you do on Kubernetes dashboard web UI, you can do the same using this terminal k9s dashboard utility also.
It keeps an eye on the Kubernetes cluster continuously and offers commands to work with defined resources on the cluster. Below are K9s features:
- Real-time tracking of the cluster
- Customize view using K9s skins
- Easy traversal through Kubernetes resources
- Drill down options to check cluster resource issues
- Provides extended plugins to create your own commands
Kubespray
Next on the list of Kubernetes management tools is Kubespray. Kubespray is an automation tool that can help automate the provisioning of Kubernetes with Ansible, an open-source IT automation engine. It enables quicker, more flexible and hassle-free deployment of Kubernetes clusters allowing customization of the implementation process.
Below are Kubespray features:
- Within Kubespray, tasks such as creating clusters, composing inventory files, and cluster deployment can all be automated.
- Kubespray can make the deployment process very easy as users may need to run just one Ansible playbook to deploy the K8s cluster.
- Based on the cluster requirements, additional components such as Ansible playbooks or provisioning tools can be plugged in.
Kubespray is one of the most effective options for organizations that run a hybrid environment with more than one public cloud on their premises.
Rancher
Rancher is an open-source container management platform that makes it easy for any enterprise to adopt Kubernetes. You can deploy and manage cloud-hosted Kubernetes clusters running in GKE (GCP), EKS (AWS), AKS (Azure), or you can just deploy Kubernetes on your choice of VMs or bare metal infrastructure.
Rancher simplifies all the operational responsibilities of the administrator, including:
- Monitoring the health of your clusters
- Setting up alerts and notifications
- Enabling centralized Logging
- Defining and applying global security policies
- Establishing authentication and enforcing our back policies
- Managing and scaling your infrastructure
Stay tuned for more information & recent updates on Kubernetes tools, in our upcoming blogs! Have a HAPPY Reading till then!😁