Cluster-as-a-Service: Managing Bare Metal Nodes and Kubernetes for Performance and Agility

Explore a 27-minute conference talk that delves into the challenges and solutions for managing bare metal servers and Kubernetes clusters in a cloud-like manner. Learn how to bridge the gap between performance-oriented bare metal hosting and cloud agility using open-source CNCF approaches. Discover services for dynamic bare metal provisioning, on-demand Kubernetes cluster installation, and application deployment orchestration. Gain insights into managing hundreds of bare metal nodes distributed across different geographical locations worldwide. Understand how this solution can be applied to both private and public cloud deployments, enabling customers to benefit from infrastructure flexibility, application performance, and security without compromises. Additionally, explore how the application orchestrator facilitates distributed application deployment across multiple clouds.

Cluster-as-a-Service by Vyshak Srivatsa Raghavendra and Sachin Phogat