Re:Harbormaster: Anti-Kubernetes for your personal server
by proxysna on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:19AM
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Yeah, you are right. It is not exactly YAML's fault but how it is used. I am ok with using it with ansible/salt/compose. But k8s is stretching it to it's limits and makes it cumbersome to use.
And yeah, there is not much examples of HCL files for different software, but most of the time there is not much to adapt. Usually when i need to run something, i just take some random HCL file i have and substitute the docker image, edit the amount of resources and add storage and config via templates. And done. It might be confusing/intimidating at first, but like with anything after some time you should be ok.
I agree that the format Kubernetes uses is probably a bit overcomplicated, which is why I've also sometimes used the aforementioned Compose format with tools like Kompose to save some of my time.
In that regard, it's perhaps not the fault of YAML itself (even though the format has its own complexity problems), but rather of the tool using it.
What personally keeps me away from HCL for the most part is the fact that a lot of the time you can find Compose files for various pieces of software online and only have to change some parameters for the most part to get stuff running vs having to rewrite all of it in a different format.
Are there any Compose to HCL tools out there yet?