geerlingguy / ansible-for-kubernetes

Ansible and Kubernetes examples from Ansible for Kubernetes Book
https://www.ansibleforkubernetes.com
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[section request] Ansible vs. Helm vs. Operators #115

Open rct opened 2 years ago

rct commented 2 years ago

As part of the introductory material, it would be very helpful to have an overview of how Ansible compares to Helm and Operators. I think you touch on Helm in episodes 3 & 4 of your Kube101 video series. I also realize they hadn't quite evolved yet when you started to work on this book.

Ideally it would give an overview of what each tool was intended for, what common/typical use cases are, and skills sets required to develop automation with that tool.

Edit: It would also be good to have some positioning/context/advantages/limitations for building operators with Ansible using the Operator-SDK - https://sdk.operatorframework.io/docs/building-operators/ansible/tutorial/