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Addresses: Closely matches production behavior, Consistent across the Open edX ecosystem, Easy to employ and extend, Easy to understand
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Full support for Kubernetes
Although the The Docker images are functional in either Kubernetes or docker-compose (and perhaps other orchestration systems), the default choice of orchestration system is Kubernetesand Kubernetes is supported at least as well as docker-compose in developer environments. That is increasingly the recommended production orchestration choice for 2U and other large Open edX organizationsinstallations, and development deployments should try to match that each organization’s production deployment as closely as practical. Automation is used to minimize the amount of Kubernetes knowledge required to get started, and good documentation is recommended for those who need to start digging a little deeper into how the orchestration works.
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