Investigate using Docker to run Kubernetes and Kubeflow locally

[jlewi]

Docker is adding support for running Kubernetes locally in Docker as a way to facilitate local app development.
https://www.docker.com/kubernetes

This seems like a potential alternative to using minikube to running Kubeflow locally.

From the link its not clear to me whether this is supported on linux or just mac and windows.

Does anyone have more info on how this compares to minikube?

[gaocegege]

minikube also supports running Kubernetes locally by --driver=none

[gaocegege]

FYI

The Docker for Mac Kubernetes page has instructions for getting an example app up and running

[dlorenc]

Hey,

Minikube TL here. We're currently working with Docker to figure out how to make sure Minikube and the Kubernetes installation in Docker For Mac|Windows behave as similarly as possible. Right now the main differences are around the OS used in the VM and customizations to Kubernetes itself.

Ideally Kubeflow should be able to support either without any additional work. Going forward, Minikube will likely support more versions of Kubernetes and more customizations to cluster configurations, but Docker will probably be the easier way to get started (assuming the users already have Docker installed).

I don't think Docker has plans to include Kubernetes in their Linux builds.

[gaocegege]

Hi @dlorenc

Thanks for your explanation, Does minikube support running Kubernetes in Docker for Mac or Windows now?

[pdmack]

See #238 for notes on Kubeflow and kube 1.9.2 inside Docker for Mac

[aronchick]

cc @garethr

[dlorenc]

Hi @dlorenc

Thanks for your explanation, Does minikube support running Kubernetes in Docker for Mac or Windows now?

Not sure I understand the question fully - minikube runs in it's own VM separate from the Docker for Mac/Windows ones.

[justincormack]

We don't have immediate plans to ship Kubernetes in Docker for Linux desktop. The underlying pieces are from https://github.com/linuxkit/kubernetes but they require some assembly, and minikube is definitely easier to use for Linux use cases.

[jlewi]

Thanks @justincormack @dlorenc

[aronchick]

Do we have any updates about running Docker nightly tests? Can anyone from Docker help out?

[rogaha]

The next Docker for Mac release will contain this patch (moby/vpnkit#432) which allows us to use Kubeflow locally without any problems.

[jlewi]

I think we can close this issue once

#1954 is submitted

The website is updated with instructions for using Docker for Mac.

[rogaha]

awesome, thanks for the heads up @jlewi.

[rogaha]

@jlewi can you share the link to those instructions? Thanks in advance.

[rogaha]

ping @jlewi

[rogaha]

@jlewi I've opened a ticket related to the documentation: kubeflow/website#318. I wasn't able to find the instructions you mentioned in #218 (comment).

[MatthiasHertel]

@jlewi
you wrote:

The website is updated with instructions for using Docker for Mac.

Has the documentation been updated / deployed?

I am also interested in the link, I can not find it on the website - Can you share the link to these instructions?