Maand

Maand is a lightweight, workload orchestrator, broker-less, provisioner, file based, ensuring simple and efficient task management.

Key Concepts

• Worker: A Linux machine identified by its IP address and labels, defined in workers.json. Maand communicates via SSH.
• Job: A directory with a manifest.json (configuration) and Makefile (actions like start, stop). Supports binaries, shell script, docker or docker compose, and systemd tasks.
• Labels and Selectors: linking jobs and agents, enabling workload assignment and static service discovery.
• Bucket: Logical grouping of related jobs for better organization and control.

Highlights

• Broker-less: No installations on target machines; uses SSH, rsync and make.
• Versatile: Handles any kind of workloads (binaries, Docker, docker compose, podmand, and systemd services).
• Static Service Discovery: Maps labels to IPs for dynamic yet consistent configurations.
• Simple Setup: Lightweight, easy to configure, and highly flexible.