CoreOS rkt / Container Linux (project ended) vs. IBM Cloud Managed Istio

It is very well suited for local testing where one knows what is being worked on and knows all the dependencies of the software project. On the other hand, it would be less appropriate in situations where a simple chroot can do the trick without the overhead of running a Go application.

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It is a perfect application when you have multiple users and/or developers and you want to create rules and standards for access and the ability to change access levels. The reporting of usage is good, but adding more granularity into the metrics that have been used to measure are not specific enough. They provide detail but drilling into the detail would be more appropriate i.e. access to the baseline data.

Incentivized

• Running a secure container without messing up with low-level details
• Very clear and straightforward approach to building a container
• A way to go for new projects thinking of containers
• Comprehensive and well-written documentation compatible with UNIX keep it simple way of thinking

Incentivized

• Debug issues
• Monitoring
• allows many services form many different sources

• Market share, it's often very difficult to find new talent who use CoreOS rkt.
• Lack of wow features, CoreOS rkt doesn't necessarily offer any immediate advantages over other container solutions.

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• Still missing functionalities for a full usage as traffic director.

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Training and usage support available

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We evaluated CoreOS rkt and Docker when selecting software solutions for my department. We ended up using CoreOS rkt because of how well it fits with CoreOS and the choice of gRPC for the API. We provide a managed service that runs CoreOS on a bare metal server, CoreOS rkt was a logical choice for compatibility. We also found that developers were having better scusess interacting with gRPC than other container engines REST protocols. It was a close race but eventually there were just enough small benefits to push CoreOS rkt in front of the competition.

Incentivized

1) One-stop solution for all the complex network connectivity managed by [IBM Cloud Managed Istio]. 2) Nice dashboard to understand the flow. 3) Easy to troubleshoot the service if any one of the APIs is not responding. 4) We can integrate it with Azure Kubernetes service and other cloud provider Kubernetes services. 5) Monitoring the health of the pods can be easily configured and alerts can be triggered very accurately with this tool.

Incentivized

• Developers spend less time configuring and more time coding.
• Less time training developers as CoreOS rkt lets them use whatever hardware and operating system they want.
• Reduced our IT costs, solutions are containerized using CoreOS rkt meaning they can write one solution with many developers in mind.

Incentivized

• Management burden is reduced resulting in positive ROI.
• Application is being seamlessly instrumented with good impact on business.

Incentivized