What is this?
Nomad is a workload orchestrator from HashiCorp that deploys and manages containers, non-containerized apps, and virtual machines across on-prem and cloud infrastructure at scale.
Nomad is a workload orchestrator from HashiCorp that deploys and manages containers, non-containerized apps, and virtual machines across on-prem and cloud infrastructure at scale.Is this like Kubernetes, or something different?It is a single self-contained binary that combines resource management and scheduling, without needing external services for storage or coordination — simpler in architecture than multi-component systems like Kubernetes.
It is a single self-contained binary that combines resource management and scheduling, without needing external services for storage or coordination — simpler in architecture than multi-component systems like Kubernetes.How do I get a cluster running to try it out?Follow the Getting Started tutorials to set up a local Nomad cluster for non-production use, or use the Terraform manifests in the terraform directory to spin up a dev cluster on a public cloud.
Follow the Getting Started tutorials to set up a local Nomad cluster for non-production use, or use the Terraform manifests in the terraform directory to spin up a dev cluster on a public cloud.Do I need Consul or Vault to use it?No, Nomad is self-contained and works alone, but it has native integrations with Consul for service discovery and Vault for secrets management if you want them.
No, Nomad is self-contained and works alone, but it has native integrations with Consul for service discovery and Vault for secrets management if you want them.Is a dev cluster safe to use in production?No, the quick local setup is explicitly for non-production use; for real deployments you need to follow a separate production reference architecture guide.
No, the quick local setup is explicitly for non-production use; for real deployments you need to follow a separate production reference architecture guide.Does it run on Linux, Windows, and macOS?Yes, Nomad is supported on all three — Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Yes, Nomad is supported on all three — Linux, Windows, and macOS.Is there a paid version with extra features?Yes, HashiCorp also offers Nomad Enterprise as a commercial version alongside the open-source project.
Yes, HashiCorp also offers Nomad Enterprise as a commercial version alongside the open-source project.Can it schedule GPU workloads for ML/AI?Yes, Nomad has built-in device plugin support to automatically detect and utilize GPUs, FPGAs, and TPUs for workloads like machine learning.
Yes, Nomad has built-in device plugin support to automatically detect and utilize GPUs, FPGAs, and TPUs for workloads like machine learning.How does Nomad handle node or application failures?Nomad automatically handles application, node, and driver failures, using leader election and state replication for high availability.
Nomad automatically handles application, node, and driver failures, using leader election and state replication for high availability.Can Nomad run workloads across multiple regions or clouds?Yes, Nomad supports federation out-of-the-box, letting you deploy applications across multiple regions and clouds from a single system.
Yes, Nomad supports federation out-of-the-box, letting you deploy applications across multiple regions and clouds from a single system.How well does Nomad scale?Nomad is optimistically concurrent for high throughput and low latency, and has been proven in production to scale to clusters of 10,000+ nodes.
Nomad is optimistically concurrent for high throughput and low latency, and has been proven in production to scale to clusters of 10,000+ nodes.Can I run legacy, non-containerized apps alongside containers?Yes, Nomad uses pluggable task drivers so legacy executables and Java apps get orchestration benefits without needing to be containerized, running on the same infrastructure as containers.
Yes, Nomad uses pluggable task drivers so legacy executables and Java apps get orchestration benefits without needing to be containerized, running on the same infrastructure as containers.What are similar projects?kubernetes, consul, etcd, rook, AgentTeams, thanos, kubespray, rancher
kubernetes, consul, etcd, rook, AgentTeams, thanos, kubespray, rancherWhich topics is it in?high-availability, infrastructure, containers, cloud-native, microservices, enterprise, orchestration, distributed-systems, kubernetes, cloud, devops, go
high-availability, infrastructure, containers, cloud-native, microservices, enterprise, orchestration, distributed-systems, kubernetes, cloud, devops, go