Tag: Chocolatey

As a widely adopted package manager, Yarn is favored by development teams and DevOps professionals across all industries seeking to streamline project workflows. In this guide, we'll introduce four methods to get Yarn 1 (Classic) up and running on your Windows Server: MSI Installer, Chocolatey, Scoop, and NPM. We'll dive into some of the ins and outs of each method as well as address some commonly asked questions.

What is Chocolatey?

Chocolatey or Choco as it is sometimes referred to, is a free, open-source package manager for Windows that is very similar to Apt or DNF in the Linux realm. In other words, this is a program used for installing software via the Windows command line. It downloads a program, installs it, then it will check for updates, and installs those updates automatically if needed. Those who use Linux are quite familiar with the package management systems like this.

What is Kubectl?

Kubectl is a command-line tool for Kubernetes. It allows us to execute Kubernetes operations via the API. We can use Kubectl to deploy apps, check logs as well as manage all the other resources of the cluster.

What Is Minikube?

Minikube is the name of a software program written in Go, which can build a local Kubernetes cluster on a single host. It uses a meager amount of resources to run a mini Kubernetes deployment. Minikube is mainly used for testing purposes using different scenarios or versions of Kubernetes