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Re:What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes by mikeocool on Monday June 15, 2026 @07:12PM (#48548344)
Yeah I’ve always meant to check out nomad and never had an opportunity.

Though as I recall, it makes heavy use of consul, which I have used in anger, and makes me a little weary (though that experience is likely very out of date).

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Re:What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes by embedding-shape on Monday June 15, 2026 @07:30PM (#48548538)
It doesn't require Consul IIRC, but bunch of features does depend on it, like service discovery and related stuff. But Nomad is totally usable without Consul for simpler setups.
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Re:What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes by xav0989 on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @07:24AM (#48553531)
They’ve now had nomad-native services without consul for a while, including health checks!
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Re:What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes by embedding-shape on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:00AM (#48556332)
Oh neat, wasn't aware! Cheers for providing the update, now if they only could revert the license it might be something one could use again.
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Re:What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes by mocamoca on Monday June 15, 2026 @07:53PM (#48548743)
I've been using Nomad for years without Consul. Maybe if you complex networking requirements it is worth it, else don't really need it.
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Re:What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes by ddreier on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @01:30AM (#48550981)
Nomad has gained basic service discovery and K/V store without Consul. However, health checking is extremely limited.
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