VMworld 2017 – PKS: Pivotal Container Services

The big announcement during the 2nd general session at VMworld was around Pivotal Container Services, or PKS, which is an on-prem, managed kubernetes offering.  PKS is targeted at customers who want a private kubernetes environment, operated at scale, and enterprise grade (meaning manageable, upgradeable, etc.).

I wanted to provide some context around several things that I think a lot of people aren’t aware of.  I’m going to try to define all the acronyms as well, as this gets confusing fast.  Give it a couple of reads if you have to! Continue reading