Google k8s services (GKE, Anthos) - davidkhala/gcp-collection GitHub Wiki
Anthos: GKE Enterprise
Fleet: a logical grouping of Kubernetes clusters
- All Anthos clusters are member of Fleet.
HADR
- backup and recovery
- only for cluster config (etcd store) https://cloud.google.com/anthos/clusters/docs/on-prem/latest/how-to/back-up-user-cluster Deployment options and feature table
- rely on VMWare
- Contact Google support for help in deciding the best course of action.
On Bare Metal
it includes
- Anthos VM Runtime
- lightweight secure connections to Google APIs
- On-prem admin control plane software: you must install some admin and control plane software in addition to the GKE software. The software that runs in your data center is downloaded as part of the installation and upgrade processes.
- The admin cluster consists of 1+ control plane nodes
- Each user cluster consists of 1+ control plane node and 1+ worker node.
GKE
GKE Standard
Regional cluster (recommended)
- The cluster nodes, including master node, are spread across 3 GCP zones
- During a zonal outage, the Kubernetes control plane and a subset of your nodes will still be available.
- Remain accessible during upgrades
Zonal cluster
- nodes in single zone.
- prune to zone outage