Choosing an operating system

While Linux comes in many flavors, Ubuntu (LTS) is the distribution of choice for hosting our cluster. This may seem opinionated—and it is—but then again, Ubuntu has always been a first class citizen in the Kubernetes ecosystem.

CoreOS would be a great option as well, because of how it embraces the use of containers. On the other hand, not everything we might need in the future is readily available. Some essential packages are likely to be missing at this point, or at least there’s no support for running them outside of containers.

That being said, feel free to use any Linux distribution you like. Just be aware that some of the sections in this guide may differ substantially depending on your chosen operating system.