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Yiorgos [George] A.

DevOps Engineer

Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/28/2021

"An excellent replacement for minikube on Linux"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Canonical MicroK8s?

If you run on an Ubuntu Desktop, microk8s is the best introduction to "personal" Kubernetes. I can run my tests on it using a completely working kubernetes, minus the latency which of course is close to zero on a single machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canonical MicroK8s?

The fact that it feels like it kind of follows minikube in features. Both compete for the same audience in newcomers to Kubernetes and minikube still feels like the number one choice. I do not like the whole add-on philosophy that both minikube and microk8s use as it abstracts crucial knowledge from the end user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Canonical MicroK8s:

Dive in and use it! Especially if on Ubuntu desktop. And even if not! You can always spin a VirtualBox or multipass Ubuntu VM and run it from there. It is the ideal starting place for personal Kubernetes. And when you want to go to the next level using a couple of more nodes in your test environment. It is not something your Ops will use in production, but it something you want to use to LEARN. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canonical MicroK8s solving and how is that benefiting you?

I run my "personal" Kubernetes on my Ubuntu Desktop. It is an ubuntu kubernetes distribution running on Ubuntu. Hence the integration is seamless. Plus even when I launch a machine via VirtualBox or multipass I can run it inside the VM for experimentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.