[kwlug-disc] I've discovered lens tool for kubernetes -> idea for Q&A event(s)

[Mark Steffen]

I saw this last week, look forward to checking it out!  I'm open to 
setting up multiple virtual machines on different physical hosts behind 
a load balancer if you guys want to move the KWLUG stuff to kubernetes.

Mark

On 2021-09-15 9:57 a.m., Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc wrote:
> I've discovered lens tool for kubernetes ( https://k8slens.dev/ ).
>
> lens seems to be a gui representation of what cli tool (kubectl) does. 
> This relationship reminds me pgAdmin and postgres. In both cases there 
> is deeper stuff, which you eventually do via text/script artifacts, 
> yet browsing tool may let you ask right questions, and/or give a warm 
> fuzzy feeling of having a grip on things.
>
> There is this minikube tool that essentially brings up cluster, 
> locally. It used virtualbox in my case, detected and created, all by 
> itself. lens, a local electron-based gui program, detected presence of 
> minikube cluster. We connect to cluster, and start to walk around, 
> look around, ask questions. Which leads to an idea for Q&A session.
>
> What do you think about the following format: I or someone is doing 
> screen share, going over lens, doing changes to cluster, showing 
> things and potentially asking questions that someone from us may 
> answer. Essentially, we need a commitment of folks with more k8s 
> experience to be around to take part. Who is willing to answer 
> novices' questions?
>
> We may potentially have a few of these events, as there can be many 
> nuances to discuss.
>
> We may do an exercise of putting kwlug stuff into kubernetes cluster.
>
> In my Docker Swarm talk a said that we should demand a complete stack 
> (docker compose) file, and just containers is no longer enough. 
> Browsing lens, there is "Apps" section with helm charts that 
> essentially give that promise of a simple to use, yet configurable 
> package. For example, here is a chart for wordpress. Is kwlug.org in 
> wordpress? We may disassemble some chart: what is it, how is it 
> created, etc.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
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