running windows Container in Kubernetes over AWS cloud

5/16/2018

I installed my existing Kubernetes Cluster (1.8) running in AWS using KOPS.

I would like to add Windows Container to the existing cluster but I can not find the right solution! :(

I thought of following these given steps given in:

https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/windows/

I downloaded the node binaries and copied it to my Windows machine (Kubelet, Kube-dns, kube-proxy, kubectl) but I got a little confused about the multiple networking options.

They have also given the kubeadmin option to join the node to my Master, which I have no idea why since I used Kops to create my cluster.

Can someone advise or help me on how I can get my windows node added?

-- user1852104
amazon-web-services
docker
kubernetes
windows-container

1 Answer

3/21/2019

KOPS is really good if the default architecture satisfies your requirements, if you need to make some changes it will give you some trouble. For example I needed to add a GPU Node, I was able to add it, but unable to make this process automatic, being unable to create an auto scaling group.

Kops has a lot of pros, like creating all the cluster in a transparent way.

Do you really need a windows node?

If yes, try to launch a cluster using kube-adm, then joining the windows node to this cluster.

Kops will take some time to add this windows nodes feature.

-- Leandro Donizetti Soares
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