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What Google's Anthos with Kubernetes can do and how does it fits in Google Cloud Platform?

I understand from official Docs Anthos is built on Kubernetes/Istio/Knative but where does Anthos fits in Google cloud platform.

Can it act as configuration manager for application auto-deployment, provisioning etc ?

Does it provide support for language specific build on the fly?

Solution

  • With Anthos you can basically manage multiple Kubernetes clusters from multiple Clouds (Amazon, Google, Azure) and on-prem. It can help you maintain a hybrid environment and move in a predictable way or partially your infrastructure from on-prem to cloud.

    You can use Anthos Config Management to create a common configuration for your clusters. You can use ClusterSelectors to apply configurations to subsets of clusters. Configuration can include Istio service mesh, pod security policies, or quota policies.

    From a security perspective, you can manage your policies using Anthos Policy Controller, enforcing PodSecurityPolicies, with the advantage of testing constraints before enforcing them.