What Does Kind Do?
Kind also referred to as Kubernetes in Docker is a popular open-source tool used for running a Kubernetes cluster locally. Kind uses Docker containers as Cluster Nodes making it substantially faster than its alternatives like Minikube or Docker Desktop which uses a Virtual Machine. Kind is commonly used to test Kubernetes clusters on local machines. Kind is useful specifically when the user wants to create a multi-Node cluster since Minikube or Docker Desktop does not provide any such functionality. It can also be useful when the user wants to test his or her application when one Node goes down or when the application is shut down on one Node and restarts on another. Kind consists of the following packages and tools:
- Go packages implementing cluster creation, image build, etc.
- A command line interface (kind)
- Docker image(s) written to run systemd, Kubernetes, etc.
- quietest integration
For Linux users, Kind comes as a better option than Minikube also because of the reason that it does not create a Virtual Machine when used in Linux hence it is much more faster than Minikube. This is not the case for Windows and MacOS since they cannot run containers.
How To Use Kind To Deploy Kubernetes Clusters?
Kind also referred to as Kubernetes in Docker is a popular open-source tool used for running a Kubernetes cluster locally. Kind uses Docker containers as Cluster Nodes making it substantially faster than its alternatives like Minikube or Docker Desktop which uses a Virtual Machine. Kind is commonly used to test Kubernetes clusters on local machines. Kind is useful specifically when the user wants to create a multi-Node cluster since Minikube or Docker Desktop does not provide any such functionality. In this article we will learn about KinD and see how to use KinD for Deploying Kubernetes clusters.
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