I have a Kubernetes developer environment running on Ubuntu 16.04. Since the go binaries work within "like" platforms this is an acceptable solution
Local small scale testing works best with minikube
Multi-node dev/test environment is best in AWS or GCE especially when combined with ScaleIO.
Kubernetes at this point for a mutli-node is best deployed by hand using kubeadm. There are project available some being deprecated like (kube-up in AWS) and others dont allow for customization of the environment (like conjure-up/juju for Ubuntu)
Tasked with getting familiar with Kubernetes development process and following planning meeting by joining related SIGs.
Target: 6/30/2017