On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 3:13 PM Alejandro Imass <aim...@yabarana.com> wrote:
> I made the title provocative for a flame but in good faith, so hear me out > ;-) > > Being a FreeBSD user for many years I perfectly understand why supporting > Docker is useless outside of virtualization or just for fun. I only put it > in the subject to get your attention. > > But can the same be said of Kubernetes? In the understanding that k8s > relies on some Linux specific things like namespaces and control groups > etc. but we have similar utilities that could be used, so not sure why no > serious effort to port k8s to BSD so far... > > Moreover, why is there not a serious alternative to Kubernetes-like, or a > FreeBSd native Kubernetes port, at this point in 2024 ? I've read comments > about Nomad but does it actually work with Bastille for example ? I mean we > have all the building blocks, and we invented "container" so wtf is there > no similar orchestration and auto scaling jail technology at our disposal > on FBSD so far ? > > What am I missing? > You're missing the fact that you could virtualize a Linux host and run all those Docker/k8s inside it and just proxy access to them. For example, I am running https://ushahidi.kictanet.or.ke/views/map inside an Ubuntu VM under bhyve. Apache on the FreeBSD host is doing the proxy. PS: I am lucky to be the 1st one to pour more fuel into your flame :-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
