Deploying Kubernetes with SaltStack
The more I play around with Docker and Kubernetes the more I find myself needing to rebuild my lab. Config file changes are done all over the place, permissions change, some binaries are added or updated, and things get out of sync. I always like to figure out how things work and then rebuild ‘the right way’ to make sure I know what I’m talking about. The process of rebuilding the lab takes quite a bit of time and was generally annoying. So I was looking for a way to automate some of the rebuild. Having some previous experience with Chef, I thought I might give that a try but I never got around to it. Then one day I was browsing the Kubernetes github repo and noticed that there was already a fair amount of SaltStack files out in the repo. I had heard about SaltStack, but had no idea what it was so I thought I’d give it a try and see if it could help me with my lab rebuilds.
Make a long story short, it helps, A LOT. While I know I’ve only scratched the surface the Continue reading