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True, and that's why I think a managed Kubernetes service like GKE is the way to go. It's almost like a PaaS but you still have a lot of the control.

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Indeed, Kubernetes as a service is the way to go.

https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/container-service...

https://aws.amazon.com/eks/

https://www.ibm.com/cloud/container-service

Or have someone knowledgeable build the service for you.

https://heptio.com/products/kubernetes-subscription/

Amazon's EKS is still in preview. I wouldn't expect it to be generally available (that is, stable) for several months at least. I've also heard reports that getting into the preview is really difficult at the moment.

It's using a new networking model: https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s

> Alpha This is an experimental release as part of the Amazon EKS Preview. Interfaces and functionality may change. Expect bugs (and please help us squash them). DO NOT use for production workloads.

What control do you have?

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