Open Stack

Excerpts from Angus Lees's message of 2014-09-24 18:33:22 -0700:
> These last few don't have strong existing options within OpenStack yet (as far 
> as I'm aware).  Having explored a few different approaches recently, kubernetes 
> is certainly not the only option - but is a reasonable contender here.
> 
> 
> So: I certainly don't see kubernetes as competing with anything in OpenStack - 
> but as filling a gap in job management with something that has a fairly 
> lightweight config syntax and is relatively simple to deploy on VMs or 
> baremetal.  I also think the phrase "integrating kubernetes into OpenStack" is 
> overstating the task at hand.
> 

Reading more on the design and intention, I think it very much competes
with Heat. The moment it learns to talk to Nova, it becomes a convergence
engine for OpenStack.