kind stands for Kubernetes in Docker. Originally built for continuous integration (CI) and testing of Kubernetes itself, kind has found many uses, including acting as a cluster for bootstrapping other clusters. Original author Ben Elder from Google Cloud joins Craig and Adam to talk about it.

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Links from the interview

Ben’s GSoC proposal and first Kubernetes project: use iptables for proxying instead of userspace
kind webpage
- Documentation
kind on GitHub
Privileged containers
kubernetes CI
Cluster API
IPv6 on kind
End to end testing
Running Kubernetes in a CI pipeline by Loodse
Cluster API logo - it’s turtles all the way down
kubeadm
cluster-api-provider-docker
Other tools:
- kinder
- kindest
Shoutouts to:
- Antonio Ojea from SUSE
- James Munnelly from JetStack
- SIG Cluster Lifecycle
Ben Elder on Twitter

kind, with Ben Elder

Kubernetes Podcast from Google