OpenShift Commons Briefing #126: Operator Framework

The Operator Framework is an open source project that provides developer and runtime Kubernetes tools, enabling you to accelerate the development of an Operator. The Operator Framework includes:

Operator SDK: Enables developers to build Operators based on their expertise without requiring knowledge of Kubernetes API complexities.
Operator Lifecycle Management: Oversees installation, updates, and management of the lifecycle of all of the Operators (and their associated services) running across a Kubernetes cluster.
Operator Metering (joining in the coming months): Enables usage reporting for Operators that provide specialized services.

We believe that the new Operator Framework represents the next big step for Kubernetes by using a baseline of leading practices to help lower the application development barrier on Kubernetes. The project delivers a software development kit (SDK) and the ability to manage app installs and updates by using the lifecycle management mechanism while enabling administrators to exercise Operator capabilities on any Kubernetes cluster.

In this session, Rob Szumski (Red Hat) will give a deep dive into the Operatior Framework and we will have live Q/A afterwards.

[decipheringthematrix]

Looking forward to drive test it with PostgreSQL!

[saadli]

Is it fair to say that an k8s operator is a superset of Helm?