Are you running Domino on Kubernetes?
Daniel Nashed – 23 February 2026 23:02:26
With the current new challenges for virtualization platforms to find an alternate solution for VMware work-loads Kubernetes (K8s) might get more attraction.
Some virtualization platforms are even built on K8s. In those cases running a container vs. running a VM could become more interesting.
Running on K8s brings new challenges. A container also on K8s runs a Linux instance with a very thin Linux based virtualization layer.
A container scales to the limits of the underlying Linux platform.
I wrote up a document with some details how to run in production -> https://opensource.hcltechsw.com/domino-container/concept_run-production/
The main challenge is the storage because Domino NSF files require a very stable and connection with low latency and many smaller I/Os.
A standard cloud based K8s environment usually isn't a good fit for larger Domino servers.
You really need special I/O tuned infrastructure. Like an enterprise SAN CSI connection.
If you are running on K8s I would like to understand what type of infrastructure you are running in which scale and how you manage it.
I am currently working on automated container and K8s deployments.
What is of special interest is the storage back-end and backup.
I am looking into different type of scenarios either using NFS based file targets or snapshot flows levering CSI driver snapshots.
Is anyone using Rancher as management interface?
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