Why Kubernetes?¶

Kubernetes allows us to build infrastructure for GeoQuery that can be quickly spun up and down on different clusters. Additionally, Kubernetes provides helpful resource abstractions like jobs and services that allows us to interface various aspects of GeoQuery in standard ways. With Kubernetes' strict access control model, we can

With the W&M research computing community planning to expand our usage of Kubernetes, this rewrite of GeoQuery is an investment in our long-term success.

The Geoquery Backend has been designed for deployment on Kubernetes using Helm.