Operator Framework

PodCTL - Enterprise Kubernetes

Show: 33
Show Overview: Brian and Tyler talk with Brandon Philips (@brandonphilips, Founder/CTO at @CoreOS, Member of Technical Staff at @RedHat) about the announcement of the Operators Framework, how the Operator SDK and Lifecycle Manager will help companies, as well as his experience at CoreOS of developing etcd, Prometheus and Vault operators. We also discussed how the broader ISV ecosystem is beginning to embrace the concept of Operators.
Show Notes:

• Introducing Operator Framework - Building Apps on Kubernetes
• Operator Framework (GitHub)
• CoreOS introduces Operators
• Operators Homepage and Overview
• Kubernetes Application Operator Basics
• Vault Operator
• Couchbase Operator
• List of Existing Operators (many companies and software)

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us about your role within the Kubernetes community, as well as your new role within Red Hat.

Topic 2 - Back at the original KubeCon in Seattle, you introduced the concept of Operators, as “human operational knowledge in software, to reliably manage an application”. Give us the basics of your original thinking behind Operators.

Topic 3 - What is being announced today at KubeCon with the Operator Framework?

Topic 4 - Let’s walk through the 3 core pieces of the Operator Framework

• Operator SDK
• Operator Lifecycle Management
• Operator Metering

Topic 5 - How will the broader community plan a role in Operator Framework?

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