CoreOS has unveiled a system called Operators for running applications on Kubernetes that aren’t normally suited for such deployments.
The system brings to mind Mesosphere’s DCOS project that allows admins to run complex applications on the Mesos framework through declarative configurations, simplifying an otherwise complex job. But an Operator must be created separately for each application, so it’s not a completely free ride.
A pure Kubernetes scaling play
CoreOS says Operators are written to “manage instances of complex stateful applications on behalf of a Kubernetes user.”
