I want to describe the challenges one have to face when learning kubernetes. It turns out that is not that easy to describe what kubernetes is.
After digging a little bit the internet, I wanted to try kubernetes. The number of options available is outrageous. By chance, I opted to use Red Hat Open Container Kit. I learned this is a streamlined version of OpenShift which is the enterprise version of kubernetes from redhat.
Red Hat Open Container also is a streamlined version for minishift.
minishift will create a VM with kubernetes and docker setup for you. You have two options to setup minishift with virtualization. Either you use VirtualBox driver or kvm/libvirt. I wanted to use kvm/libvirt in my laptop with Fedora 31. I realized libvirtd is broken in my fedora 31 setup. So I was forced to use Virtual Box driver.
I also noticed this version of CDK only supports openshift 3 while RH is already in Openshift v4.
What I found confusing is the use of docker in CDK. While RedHat is pushing the use of cri-o and podman instead of docker. Add to the confusion the okd project.
Anyway I think is a little bit oudated the use of CDK, but let’s give it a try as it looks as a good start to learn about kubernetes.
I found this link which helped me to understand better:
https://cloudowski.com/articles/10-differences-between-openshift-and-kubernetes/
So the first step is to download cdk-3.11.0-1-minishift-linux-amd64
