# Transitioning Later for Reddit from Docker Machines to Digital Ocean Kubernetes

DevFeed: [Transitioning Later for Reddit from Docker Machines to Digital Ocean Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/transitioning-later-for-reddit-from-docker-machines-to-digital-ocean-kubernetes-32168.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://adambard.com/blog/transitioning-from-docker-machines-to-kubernetes/>)

Published: 2020-07-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Adam Bard](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/adam-bard.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Digital Ocean](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-ocean.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>)

Tags: [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [digital-ocean](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-ocean.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>)

## AI overview

A writeup of migrating Later for Reddit from docker-machine-based infrastructure to DigitalOcean's hosted Kubernetes service. It describes the migration's motivations, including aging infrastructure, disk-space issues, an Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade, deployment workflow concerns, and the benefits the author expects from Kubernetes.

## Source excerpt

I recently completed a migration from my old docker-machine-based infrastructure (so 2016!) to Digital Ocean's hosted kubernetes service. The bulk of the work was completed in a single evening. It went almost seamlessly, but not so seamlessly that I wasn't able to learn a few things. The goal of this writeup is not to serve as comprehensive documentation, but hopefully you'll take away some ideas about how to get your own setup rolling.