• Repeatability • Isolation • Quality of service • Accounting • Visibility • Portability A fundamentally different way of managing applications Images by Connie Zhou
in containers: • Gmail, Web Search, Maps, ... • MapReduce, batch, ... • GFS, Colossus, ... • Even GCE itself: VMs in containers We launch over 2 billion containers per week.
“Helmsman”; also the root of the word “Governor” • Container orchestrator • Runs Docker containers • Supports multiple cloud and bare- metal environments • Inspired and informed by Google’s experiences • Open source, written in Go Manage applications, not machines
sealed application package (Docker) Pod: A small group of tightly coupled Containers example: content syncer & web server Controller: A loop that drives current state towards desired state example: replication controller Service: A set of running pods that work together example: load-balanced backends Labels: Identifying metadata attached to other objects example: phase=canary vs. phase=prod Selector: A query against labels, producing a set result example: all pods where label phase == prod
imperative: State your desired results, let the system actuate Control loops: Observe, rectify, repeat Simple > Complex: Try to do as little as possible Modularity: Components, interfaces, & plugins Legacy compatible: Requiring apps to change is a non-starter Network-centric: IP addresses are cheap No grouping: Labels are the only groups Cattle > Pets: Manage your workload in bulk Open > Closed: Open Source, standards, REST, JSON, etc.
state -> desired state Act independently APIs - no shortcuts or back doors Observed state is truth Recurring pattern in the system Example: ReplicationController observe diff act
a goal everywhere • simpler • composable • extensible Code-level plugins where possible Multi-process where possible Isolate risk by interchangeable parts Example: ReplicationController Example: Scheduler
for all master state Hidden behind an abstract interface Stateless means scalable Watchable • this is a fundamental primitive • don’t poll, watch Using CoreOS etcd
containers & volumes Tightly coupled Scheduling atom Shared namespace • share IP address & localhost Ephemeral • can die and be replaced Example: data puller & web server Pod File Puller Web Server Volume Consumers Content Manager
are routable • Docker default is private IP Pods can reach each other without NAT • even across nodes Pods can egress traffic • if allowed by cloud environment No brokering of port numbers Fundamental requirement • several SDN solutions
to a node, pods do not move • restart policy means restart in-place Pods can be observed pending, running, succeeded, or failed • failed is really the end - no more restarts • no complex state machine logic Pods are not rescheduled by the scheduler or apiserver • even if a node dies • controllers are responsible for this • keeps the scheduler simple Apps should consider these rules • Services hide this • Makes pod-to-pod communication more formal
to any API object Generally represent identity Queryable by selectors • think SQL ‘select ... where ...’ The only grouping mechanism • pods under a ReplicationController • pods in a Service • capabilities of a node (constraints) Example: “phase: canary” App: Nifty Phase: Dev Role: FE App: Nifty Phase: Dev Role: BE App: Nifty Phase: Test Role: FE App: Nifty Phase: Test Role: BE
of control loops Runs out-of-process wrt API server Have 1 job: ensure N copies of a pod • if too few, start new ones • if too many, kill some • group == selector Cleanly layered on top of the core • all access is by public APIs No ordinality or nominality • replicated pods are fungible Replication Controller - Name = “nifty-rc” - Selector = {“App”: “Nifty”} - PodTemplate = { ... } - NumReplicas = 4 API Server How many? 3 Start 1 more OK How many? 4
pods that act as one • group == selector Defines access policy • only “load balanced” for now Gets a stable virtual IP and port • called the service portal • soon to have DNS VIP is captured by kube-proxy • watches the service constituency • updates when backends change Hide complexity - ideal for non-native apps Portal (VIP) Client
DNS, etc. All run as pods in the cluster - no special treatment, no back doors Open-source solutions for everything • cadvisor + influxdb + heapster == cluster monitoring • fluentd + elasticsearch + kibana == cluster logging • skydns + kube2sky == cluster DNS Can be easily replaced by custom solutions • Modular clusters to fit your needs
sourced in June, 2014 Google just launched Google Container Engine (GKE) • hosted Kubernetes • https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/ Roadmap: • https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/blob/master/docs/roadmap.md Driving towards a 1.0 release in O(months)
Up Containers is a new way of working Requires new concepts and new tools Google has a lot of experience... ...but we are listening to the users Workload portability is important!
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