If we are so opposed to Docker and Kubernetes, what is the real alternative on BSD?
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2024 12:12:43 UTC
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?