#Reset docker and kubernetes environment how to#
#Reset docker and kubernetes environment for mac#

Virtual machines solve this problem nicely. While modern Linux is itself very, very stable (as in вЂњservers that run for years without a faultвЂќ stable), coders moving fast, customizing, and trying new software locally can snarl up a system to the point where restabilizing it is time-consuming. Why virtual machines? YouвЂ™ve heard the expression: вЂњmove fast and break things.вЂќ Linux users tend to break things pretty often. So Linux virtual machines arenвЂ™t the only possible solution. In WindowsвЂ™ case, Windows Subsystem for Linux and its ecosystem of partner solutions are emerging as a very practical toolkit for doing Linux things. In MacвЂ™s case, the OS resembles Linux very closely (though there are real differences). There are, of course, good ways to create development and deployment environments on Mac and Windows. So it makes sense to prioritize Linux when building environments for doing cloudy work. Finally, Linux - with its plethora of tools - provides a mature and comprehensive platform for web and cloud application development: in some senses, the standard environment. But Linux is dominant in datacenters and in clouds, and many open source tools and infrastructure components run only on Linux. Still other tools are accessed primarily through a browser, so work on any desktop system.

#Reset docker and kubernetes environment for mac#

Why Linux? These days, many kinds of desktop coding and DevOps tools (e.g., Lens вЂ“ the Kubernetes IDE, Docker, VScode, etc.) are available in versions for Mac and Windows laptops. Enterprise solutions, like Mirantis Kubernetes Engine and Mirantis Container Cloud, deploy on multiple servers, but require a вЂbootstrapвЂ™ machine to access webUIs, download assets, run setup scripts, and perform other critical tasks.) Solutions like Lens вЂ“ the Kubernetes IDE вЂ“ run right on the desktop itself. You can use a VM, set up exactly this way, when evaluating any Mirantis product.

#Reset docker and kubernetes environment how to#

This tutorial shows you how to set up a desktop Linux virtual machine as an extensible вЂњhome baseвЂќ environment for this kind of work.

Learning container and cloud-native development, DevOps, and public/private cloud operations means tackling a lot of technologies, and learning how they work individually and together.

Learn to configure desktop virtual machines for evaluating 'big software' and learning Kubernetes development How to Build a Kubernetes Development Environment