Nomad Has a Free API — Simple Orchestration Beyond Kubernetes

HashiCorp Nomad is a workload orchestrator that deploys containers, VMs, and binaries. If Kubernetes is too complex, Nomad gives you 80% of the value with 20% of the complexity. What Is Nomad? Nomad schedules and deploys workloads across a cluster. It handles Docker containers, Java apps, binaries, and even Windows services. Features: Multi-workload (Docker, exec, Java, QEMU) Single binary Multi-datacenter Batch scheduling Service mesh (with Consul) Free and open source Quick Start # Install curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt install nomad # Dev mode nomad agent -dev UI: http://localhost:4646 Job File job "web" { group "app" { count = 3 task "server" { driver = "docker" config { image = "nginx:latest" ports = [ "http" ] } resources { cpu = 256 memory = 128 } } network { port "http" { to = 80 } } } } REST API # List jobs curl http://localhost:4646/v1/jobs # Get job status curl http://localhost:4646/v1/job/web # Submit job nomad job run web.no