What is Kind?
It is a tool for running local Kubernetes clusters using Docker container “nodes”. It was primarily designed for testing Kubernetes itself, but may be used for local development or CI.
Kind is a tool in the Container Registry category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Supports multi-node (including HA) clustersSupports building Kubernetes release builds from sourceSupport for make / bash / docker, or bazel, in addition to pre-published buildsSupports Linux, macOS and WindowsIt is a CNCF certified conformant Kubernetes installer
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Kind Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Kind?
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
Docker Compose
With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to be done to get it running.
Rancher
Rancher is an open source container management platform that includes full distributions of Kubernetes, Apache Mesos and Docker Swarm, and makes it simple to operate container clusters on any cloud or infrastructure platform.
