Singley rooted Debs or RPMS with a nice single symlink init system and a log shipping system that is unified across the app stack will get you 90% of the way there. Add in a build system that ships "the world" inside your deb and you are 99% of the way there. Add in a cluster wide config system and you are 100% of the way there.
K8S forces people to use an algebra, the expression of that algebra can take many forms. Containers are _just_ trees of processes with ... contained separation boundaries.
K8S forces people to use an algebra, the expression of that algebra can take many forms. Containers are _just_ trees of processes with ... contained separation boundaries.