--- title: What does running an open source internal developer... description: A hands-on walkthrough deploys OpenChoreo, a CNCF Sandbox internal developer platform, on GKE Standard and runs a multi-service demo application with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-does-running-an-open-source-internal-developer-platform-on-managed-kubernetes-actually-look-lik-owpssj2jl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What does running an open source internal developer platform on managed Kubernetes actually look like? | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on walkthrough deploys OpenChoreo, a CNCF Sandbox internal developer platform, on GKE Standard and runs a multi-service demo application with... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-does-running-an-open-source-internal-developer-platform-on-managed-kubernetes-actually-look-lik-owpssj2jl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OwpSSJ2Jl.png og:image:alt: What does running an open source internal developer platform on managed Kubernetes actually look like? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What does running an open source internal developer platform on managed Kubernetes actually look like? **[Daily Open Source Tools](https://daily.dev/sources/dailyopensourcetools)** · [@savisaluwadana](https://daily.dev/savisaluwadana) · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on walkthrough deploys OpenChoreo, a CNCF Sandbox internal developer platform, on GKE Standard and runs a multi-service demo application with PostgreSQL and NATS. It covers deploying OpenChoreo, managing components and infrastructure resources, Kubernetes-native deployment and environment promotion, and using MCP with an SRE Agent for root-cause analysis. The piece highlights how OpenChoreo layers on top of managed Kubernetes without abstracting it away. ## Content In this hands-on guide, [Abdellfetah SGHIOUAR](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabdelfettah/) deploys [OpenChoreo](https://openchoreo.dev/), a CNCF Sandbox project, on GKE Standard and runs a real microservices application through it. The interesting part is the combination: GKE takes care of the managed Kubernetes foundation, while OpenChoreo builds on Kubernetes-native and open source components to provide the platform layer developers and platform teams interact with. The walkthrough covers: - Deploying OpenChoreo on GKE Standard - Running a multi-service application with PostgreSQL and NATS - Managing components and infrastructure resources - Kubernetes-native deployment and environment promotion - Using MCP and the SRE Agent for root-cause analysis A useful hands on look at how an open source developer platform can sit on top of managed Kubernetes without trying to hide Kubernetes underneath. Read the full walkthrough: https://boredabdel.medium.com/hands-on-with-openchoreo-deploying-on-gke-and-running-a-microservices-demo-8917e8e16ead #Kubernetes #GKE #CNCF #OpenSource #PlatformEngineering #OpenChoreo --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#microservices](https://daily.dev/tags/microservices), [#platform-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/platform-engineering), [#gke](https://daily.dev/tags/gke) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-does-running-an-open-source-internal-developer-platform-on-managed-kubernetes-actually-look-lik-owpssj2jl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-does-running-an-open-source-internal-developer-platform-on-managed-kubernetes-actually-look-lik-owpssj2jl","headline":"What does running an open source internal developer platform on managed Kubernetes actually look like?","text":"A hands-on walkthrough deploys OpenChoreo, a CNCF Sandbox internal developer platform, on GKE Standard and runs a multi-service demo application with PostgreSQL and NATS. 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