GitOps ready K8s cluster, that was easy..
I participated in the Cloud Control AppZ Platform beta program as I had attended one of their workshops. They have a unique offering to build a production ready Kubernetes cluster ready for GitOps. I was able to build the kubernetes cluster in my AWS account within 30 minutes. They also offer application stacks like mysql, wordpress etc, I tried some of the sample stacks. I like the fact that hashicorp vault is fully integrated in the cluster for secret management. I contacted their support and got a prompt response. They need to work on documentation but overall it is a unique offering in the AWS marketplace. I used t3a.xlarge to build my K8 cluster, CloudControl should also support smaller instances for Development and Sandbox.