Kubernetes Operations (kOps) Project
Explore how to create and manage production-ready Kubernetes clusters using the kOps project, focusing on AWS. Understand why kOps offers simplicity, control, and automation for scalable cluster setups that are highly available and fault-tolerant, preparing you for hands-on cluster creation and management.
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What is Kubernetes Operations (kOps)?
If you visit the Kubernetes Operations (kops) project on GitHub, the first sentence you’ll read is that it is “The easiest way to get a production-grade Kubernetes cluster up and running.” This sentence is accurate only if we exclude Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). We prefer kOps since it provides a good level of simplicity without taking away the control of the process. It allows us to tweak the cluster more than we would be permitted with ...