What is Kustomize?
It introduces a template-free way to customize application configuration that simplifies the use of off-the-shelf applications. Now, built into kubectl as apply -k.
Kustomize is a tool in the Container Registry category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Purely declarative approach to configuration customizationNatively built into kubectlManage an arbitrary number of distinctly customized Kubernetes configurationsAvailable as a standalone binary for extension and integration into other servicesEvery artifact that kustomize uses is plain YAML and can be validated and processed as such
Kustomize Pros & Cons
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Kustomize Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Kustomize?
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.
