This is nice and an interesting overview, but it still leaves me confused whether one should even use k8s. We currently use a docker-compose to set up and run multi-container services (django, celery & workers, nginx, cron/backup), yet I'm somewhat unconvinced of why we should invest in "upgrading" to kubernetes.
My understanding is that it will make the system deal automatically with failing containers, though docker-compose already does that for us. Load balancing is another strength, though that is currently not an issue for us. It might automate certain container managing scripts, but that is less of an issue right now
In other words, I currently don't see an actual benefit of k8s over even docker-compose (not docker-swarm, which I understand is the direct k8s alternative). Anyone able to elaborate?!
My understanding is that it will make the system deal automatically with failing containers, though docker-compose already does that for us. Load balancing is another strength, though that is currently not an issue for us. It might automate certain container managing scripts, but that is less of an issue right now
In other words, I currently don't see an actual benefit of k8s over even docker-compose (not docker-swarm, which I understand is the direct k8s alternative). Anyone able to elaborate?!