The main benefit is it's an easy to update, minimal OS. And docker's already set up for you and updated regularly.
Our cloud-config implementation is designed so that you can use the same config to set up a new machine to match an existing one, and have it automatically join the cluster. Start with 3 machines and scale up as you need.
Learning systemd is one bump you'll have to get over, but all of the major distros will be using it, so they're is no better time to try it out.
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The main benefit is it's an easy to update, minimal OS. And docker's already set up for you and updated regularly.
Our cloud-config implementation is designed so that you can use the same config to set up a new machine to match an existing one, and have it automatically join the cluster. Start with 3 machines and scale up as you need.
Learning systemd is one bump you'll have to get over, but all of the major distros will be using it, so they're is no better time to try it out.