Running ElasticSearch on Kubernetes :: what are your thoughts?

Okay

Probably a smart choice

Elasticsearch has an Operator, so the heavy lifting is done for you.

Naughty and private, why do you ask?

well. yes, and no.
Do not put it on your prod cluster.
Otherwise - sure.

Depends on the version.

(If you run anything below 6.8 - please don't answer)

@IntrusionCM We're running current versions! Our app can re-ingest the 10 million records pretty easily. So we spin up new upgraded versions, re-ingest the entire dataset, and move on. Upgrades are easy.

@devphobe yeah.

Newest ES / 7.9 - if i remember correctly - is good.

<= 2 Prototype
5 Alpha
6 Beta
7 RC
8 will be first release ""stable""

(note: all releases were GA / general availability, but 8 removes finally the mapping types... And the featureset / "completeness" was first visible in 6... Hence the release grades from Prototype to Beta.)

I'd prefer elastic tit... ah, nevermind. 😄