kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way on Hacker News

…the hard way because the other working title for this was "Agents the Hard Way" (in the spirit of https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way )

comment by dhorthy · 2025-04-16 · in 12-factor Agents: Patterns of reliable LLM applications

You might be interested in this: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way It probably won't answer the "why" (although any LLM can answer that nowadays), but it will definitely answer the "how".

comment by laggyluke · 2025-02-15 · in We were wrong about GPUs

https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by bananapub · 2024-03-04 · in The hater's guide to Kubernetes

How about this? It will setup a kubernetes cluster on GCP with 3 worker nodes? https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way Some costs here but click on the google cloud calc as it seems to have gone up since he wrote this:…

comment by ranc1d · 2023-09-05 · in Ask HN: Is there a low cost way to learn real K8s, after exhausting minikube?

…to it. WordPress is a good start. Take a look at: roadmap.sh/kubernetes If you wanna go all in: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way Oh, and both: "Kubernetes up and Running" and "Production Kubernetes" are great…

comment by maxbrydak · 2023-06-20 · in Ask HN: How to Learn Kubernetes

i quite like "kubernetes the hard way" by Kelsey Hightower https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way not sure how up-to-date it is, but it really helped me understand how k8s works.

comment by fernandotakai · 2022-11-23 · in Learn Kubernetes with Google

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story by JordanTen · 2022-02-17 · 1 comment

For k8s, look into https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way - I did it using GCP, which would expose you to a little bit of that, too.

comment by c0l0 · 2021-11-17 · in Ask HN: What is the fastest way to ramp up on DevOps, k8 and GCP?

…your own k8s cluster is likely far more of a challenge [1] than Nomad as I understand it. [1] https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by jeffnappi · 2021-10-15 · in Nomad vs. Kubernetes

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story by kiyanwang · 2021-05-05 · 0 comments

…learning Hope this helps. --- 1. https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower/status/93525292372179353... 2. https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by lemarchr · 2021-04-08 · in The architecture behind a one-person tech startup

…the long route to ensure you understand each task required to bootstrap a Kubernetes cluster." https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by pjmorris · 2021-04-08 · in The architecture behind a one-person tech startup

…Found only one post[8] [0]: https://vadosware.io/post/fresh-dedicated-server-to-single-n... [1]: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way [2]: https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager [3]:…

comment by hardwaresofton · 2021-03-19 · in Unironically using Kubernetes for my personal blog

…etcd. https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/nomad/security-enable-... starts to look a lot like https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way/b... Vault is better than k8s secrets, but getting nomad working doesn't magically…

comment by justinsaccount · 2021-02-28 · in Take a look at Nomad before jumping on Kubernetes

…it's a great place to start. You can learn a lot of the parts of Kubernetes with running through https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way or reading https://www.amazon.com/Kubernetes-Running-Dive-Future-Infras... I'll…

comment by JustinGarrison · 2020-12-28 · in Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

Take a look at https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way . That’d be a great first step if the purpose is to learn Kubernetes. If, however, you want to set up a cluster for real use then you will need much more than bare…

comment by hartem_ · 2020-05-30 · in Why is Kubernetes getting so popular?

https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by hnarayanan · 2020-05-30 · in Why is Kubernetes getting so popular?

…despite how amazing k8s is. https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/63371#issuec... [2] https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by silviogutierrez · 2020-05-29 · in Why is Kubernetes getting so popular?

…https://www.facebook.com/kodekloudtraining Kubernetes The Hard Way https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way https://linuxacademy.com/course/kubernetes-the-hard-way https://napo.io/posts/kubernetes-the-real-h

comment by sharjeelsayed · 2020-05-05 · in A curated list for Kubernetes sources

…of my direct experience with Kubernetes has been on GKE, but I have been meaning to work through https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way to gain more appreciation for what is going on behind the scenes.

comment by spalas · 2020-03-09 · in Managed Kubernetes Price Comparison

The author is a Kubernetes expert, so perhaps you are the student and not the master? https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by peteforde · 2020-01-30 · in Monoliths Are the Future

…competition which means a better world for startups and those who consume hosting services. [0]: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way [1]: https://coreos.com/kubernetes/docs/1.2.2 [2]:…

comment by hardwaresofton · 2020-01-22 · in Kops – Kubernetes Operations

…and build my own terraform scripts from scratch to really understand how it works. Basically this: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way Really helped me, especially going through it multiple times.

comment by kodebrew · 2019-09-06 · in Ask HN: What are your biggest pain points working with Kubernetes?

…his opinion more than others just because he's probably seen more use cases than anyone else. [1] https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way [2] https://www.amazon.com/Kubernetes-Running-Dive-Future-Infras...

comment by shaklee3 · 2019-05-06 · in Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes

You would have to follow this the whole way: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by flurdy · 2019-04-05 · in Moving from Heroku to Google Kubernetes Engine

This is particularly well-liked for a more in-depth review of Kubernetes: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by dankohn1 · 2019-03-23 · in Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes

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story by gk1 · 2019-03-05 · 0 comments

Kubernetes the hard way: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way Gave me the necessary understanding of the core layers of a cluster. The Digital Ocean docs were already mentioned but they're also an exellent reference…

comment by alexeldeib · 2018-11-26 · in Ask HN: Which are the best written tutorials you have seen till now?

I've heard good things from Kelsey Hightower's https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by Enginerd3 · 2018-11-20 · in You might not need Kubernetes

https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way https://github.com/kubernetes/kops Be aware of this bug at scale ... its interesting https://blog.quentin-machu.fr/2018/06/24/5-15s-dns-lookups-o...

comment by geggam · 2018-10-04 · in Kubernetes for personal projects? No thanks

…which you can put together in a way to help.... or hurt, completely dependent on your abilities. https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by geggam · 2018-10-04 · in Kubernetes for personal projects? No thanks

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story by tekromancr · 2018-07-28 · 0 comments

…enough hosts to make sense. the great Kelsey Hightower's tutorials take advantage of the credits. https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way/b...

comment by jfoutz · 2018-06-19 · in GPUs as a service with Kubernetes Engine are now generally available

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story by mariuz · 2018-05-15 · 0 comments

…And although I never ran through Hightower's Kubernetes the Hard Way, it is like that. https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way After running through that as a kind of kata, it was easier to infer and troubleshoot things…

comment by hosh · 2017-10-30 · in Adding Kubernetes support to the Docker platform

…team was learning about Kubernetes we worked through Kelsey Hightower's "Kubernetes the Hard Way": https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way Obviously this much more complicated that using a tool such as kubeadm to deploy…

comment by rbradford · 2017-10-25 · in Ask HN: Are you learning Kubernetes/Docker? What resources are you using?

…Markdown and allows you to export to PDF with custom layouts. [1] https://www.gitbook.com [2] https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way [3] https://gumroad.com [4] https://stackedit.io

comment by quantumfoam · 2017-10-09 · in Ask HN: How do you author your eBooks in 2017?

…app image and signature to the cloud, allowing only this image access to the in-cloud secret [1] https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way/b...

comment by runeks · 2017-08-31 · in Bootstrapping Kubernetes Google Cloud Platform without scripts

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story by kelseyhightower · 2017-08-31 · 25 comments

…to get started with Kubernetes I'd recommend either, Kelsey Hightower's Kubernetes the hard way ( https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way ) which is a good way to start getting an understanding of the various components…

comment by raesene9 · 2017-08-20 · in Kubermesh: self-hosted/healing/provisioning, partial-mesh network K8s cluster

…Kelsey Hightower https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower at Google https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way And many others.

comment by derhorizont · 2017-07-10 · in Why I joined Microsoft

follow this guide: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by johnpython · 2017-07-07 · in Show HN: An online interactive Kubernetes playground

…tool you're using doesn't solve your use-case or decides to start charging a lot of money. [1] https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by irontoby · 2017-05-08 · in Kubernetes clusters for the hobbyist

I wonder how this stacks up against Kelsey Hightower's "Kubernetes the Hard Way." https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way Looks like bakeoff season...

comment by QuinnyPig · 2017-05-02 · in Tutorial: Set up a production-quality Kubernetes cluster on AWS

…Terraform -> SaltStack -> Kubernetes. [1] https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/ [2] https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way

comment by btmiller · 2017-02-16 · in The Basics: Kubernetes, Mesosphere, and Docker Swarm

I've deployed kubernetes on aws as if it were bare metal. Try to run through https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way translating what they do there to your particular setup(configure firewall, add routes to router, etc)

comment by vlad00 · 2016-12-13 · in Kubernetes 1.5.0 Released