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Published inDec 2021
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ISBN-139781803230030
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Marc Boorshtein
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Marc Boorshtein

Marc Boorshtein has been a software engineer and consultant for 20 years and is currently the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Tremolo Security, Inc. Marc has spent most of his career building identity management solutions for large enterprises, U.S. Government civilian agencies, and local government public safety systems.
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Scott Surovich
Scott Surovich
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Scott Surovich

Scott Surovich has been involved in the industry for over 25 years and is currently the Global Container Engineering Lead at a tier 1 bank as the Global on-premises Kubernetes product owner architecting and, delivering cluster standards, including the surrounding ecosystem. His previous roles include working on other global engineering teams, including Windows, Linux, and virtualization.
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Using development clusters

Over the years, various tools have been created to install development Kubernetes clusters, allowing admins and developers to perform testing on a local system. Many of these tools worked for basic Kubernetes tests, but they often had limitations that made them less than ideal for quick, advanced scenarios.

Some of the most common solutions available are as follows:

  • Docker Desktop
  • Rancher Desktop
  • minikube
  • kubeadm
  • K3s

Each solution has benefits, limitations, and use cases. Some solutions limit you to a single node that runs both the control plane and worker nodes. Others offer multi-node support but require additional resources to create multiple virtual machines. Depending on your development or testing requirements, these solutions may not meet your needs completely.

It seems that a new solution is coming out every few weeks, and one of the newest options for creating development clusters is a project...

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Published in: Dec 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803230030

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Marc Boorshtein

Marc Boorshtein has been a software engineer and consultant for 20 years and is currently the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Tremolo Security, Inc. Marc has spent most of his career building identity management solutions for large enterprises, U.S. Government civilian agencies, and local government public safety systems.
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Scott Surovich

Scott Surovich has been involved in the industry for over 25 years and is currently the Global Container Engineering Lead at a tier 1 bank as the Global on-premises Kubernetes product owner architecting and, delivering cluster standards, including the surrounding ecosystem. His previous roles include working on other global engineering teams, including Windows, Linux, and virtualization.
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