[kwlug-disc] Docker, k8s and a category error

[Mikalai Birukou]

> Saying "compare apples to apples" means "compare within the same
> category", else category error will echo.
>
> Docker is something you download and run your workloads on immediately.
>
> k8s is something else: set of abstractions, standards (?), etc.
>
> microkube, k3s, RKE, RKE2, microK8s are downloadable implementations,
> like Docker, something that is tangible.
>
> Compare Docker Swarm and k8s approaches, config formats, networking, etc.
>
> Compare microkube, k3s, RKE, RKE2, microK8s and Docker implementations.

Meaningful comparison looks something this:

<main>$ microk8s add-node

... _token_

<worker>$ microk8s join <main-addr>/_token_


with

<main>$ docker swarm join-token worker

... _token_

<worker>$ docker swarm join --token _token_ <main-addr>


Somehow this is no longer overwhelming.