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.

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. 😄