Building Your First Certified Kubernetes Cluster On-Premises, Part 1

This is the first in a series of guest blog posts by Docker Captain Ajeet Raina diving in to how to run Kubernetes on Docker Enterprise. You can follow Ajeet on Twitter @ajeetsraina and read his blog at http://www.collabnix.com. 

There are now a number of options for running certified Kubernetes in the cloud. But let’s say you’re looking to adopt and operationalize Kubernetes for production workloads on-premises. What then? For an on-premises certified Kubernetes distribution, you need an enterprise container platform that allows you to leverage your existing team and processes. 

Enter Docker Kubernetes Service

At DockerCon 2019, Docker announced the Docker Kubernetes Service (DKS). It is a certified Kubernetes distribution that is included with Docker Enterprise 3.0 and is designed to solve this fundamental challenge.

In this blog series, I’ll explain Kubernetes support and capabilities under Docker Enterprise 3.0, covering these topics:

1. Deploying certified Kubernetes Cluster using Docker Enterprise 3.0 running on a Bare Metal System
2. Support of Kubernetes on Windows Server 2019 with Docker Enterprise 3.0
3. Implementing Persistent storage for Kubernetes workload using iSCSI
4. Implementing Cluster Ingress for Kubernetes
5. Deploying Istio Service Mesh under Docker Enterprise 3.0

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A First Look at Docker Desktop Enterprise

Delivered as part of Docker Enterprise 3.0, Docker Desktop Enterprise is a new developer tool that extends the Docker Enterprise Platform to developers’ desktops, improving developer productivity while accelerating time-to-market for new applications.

It is the only enterprise-ready Desktop platform that enables IT organizations to automate the delivery of legacy and modern applications using an agile operating model with integrated security. With work performed locally, developers can leverage a rapid feedback loop before pushing code or docker images to shared servers / continuous integration infrastructure.

\Imagine you are a developer & your organization has a production-ready environment running Docker Enterprise. To ensure that you don’t use any APIs or incompatible features that will break when you push an application to production, you would like to be certain your working environment exactly matches what’s running in Docker Enterprise production systems. This is where Docker Enterprise 3.0 and Docker Desktop Enterprise come in. It is basically a cohesive extension of the Docker Enterprise container platform that runs right on developers’ systems. Developers code and test locally using the same tools they use today and Docker Desktop Enterprise helps to quickly iterate and then produce a containerized service that is Continue reading