The Square Hole

Abstract

We highlight the flexibility and standardization Kubernetes offers for deployment, and Argo CD’s role in automating and managing deployments to reduce human error.

We discuss leveraging Kubernetes for efficient CI/CD processes, exemplified through a live setup of a European Kubernetes cluster. We highlight the flexibility and standardization Kubernetes offers for deployment, and Argo CD’s role in automating and managing deployments to reduce human error.

Our demonstration includes creating a Kubernetes cluster using Omni & Talos, emphasizing the efficiency and geographic distribution of nodes across Europe. A distributed Daggerverse deployment from backup is used as a real-world use case. We also discuss cost comparisons, and the potential savings outside traditional cloud services like AWS EKS.

Here is a summary of the key points in our conversation: 1. Kick off an AWS EKS cluster deployment with Dagger 2. Provision a 5-node Kubernetes 1.29 cluster across VMs in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and Warsaw using Omni and Talos. This takes around 3 minutes. 3. Walk through installing Argo CD on the European cluster and use it to manage core components such as ingress-nginx, cert-manager, external-dns, kube-prometheus-stack etc. 4. Deploy a real-world stateful application - Daggerverse - and show how requests hit different nodes across the European locations. 5. Discuss cost, especially for data transfer/egress fees. 6. Highlight the improved tooling that enables more flexibility in running Kubernetes outside of major cloud providers.