Not sure why you would throw Ansible into your pod.
Someone has to build your docker images Jenkins, Kafka and Grafana + Prometheus.
I also like Kubernetes but i don't think Kubernetes is necessary for small controlled environments.
Ansible just works with help of galaxy. I set up Jenkins, Kafka, Grafana + Prometheus faster with ansible than with kubernetes with more/easier control, specificly when i take care of stuff inside those services which are not yet thought of in the docker container.
Also the scaling thing, small companies just don't need.
Someone has to build your docker images Jenkins, Kafka and Grafana + Prometheus.
I also like Kubernetes but i don't think Kubernetes is necessary for small controlled environments.
Ansible just works with help of galaxy. I set up Jenkins, Kafka, Grafana + Prometheus faster with ansible than with kubernetes with more/easier control, specificly when i take care of stuff inside those services which are not yet thought of in the docker container.
Also the scaling thing, small companies just don't need.
There is a level of complexity to kubernetes.