Hi all!
I have a couple of months to create and deploy a small cluster for running docker containers.
The cluster will consist of 3 master nodes and some workers. When it is ready, it will consist of about 15 servers.
I have little experience with Docker (managing some containers on my home server), I have spent the last 4 or 5 weeks studying and testing with Kubernetes and I think it’s a little overkill for what it’s going to take. You run the risk of adding unnecessary complexity.
I am seeing that instead Docker Swarm seems easier to set up and manage.
To consider that I will be on my own to manage it.
What do you think?
Thanks!
Docker swarm is pretty easy to set up and use (and lets you use compose files directly!) and is probably more than enough average self-hosters/homelabbers, but if you want to do something super fancy related to clustering there’s a good chance you’ll hit functionality walls quickly.
Kubernetes is a pain to set up but is very flexible and ‘scalable’ to incredible levels, while being massive overkill for most applications.