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Kubernetes Logging and Monitoring: The Elasticsearch, Fluentd, and Kibana (EFK) Stack – Part 2: Elasticsearch Configuration

This is a 3-part series on Kubernetes monitoring and logging: Requirements and recommended toolset  EFK Stack – Part 1: Fluentd Architecture and Configuration EFK Stack – Part 2: Elasticsearch Configuration (this article) In the previous posts in this series, we’ve reviewed the architecture and requirements for a logging and monitoring system for Kubernetes, as well

Kubernetes Logging and Monitoring: The Elasticsearch, Fluentd, and Kibana (EFK) Stack – Part 2: Elasticsearch Configuration · · 5 min read

Kubernetes Logging and Monitoring: The Elasticsearch, Fluentd, and Kibana (EFK) Stack – Part 1: Fluentd Architecture and Configuration

This is a 3-part series on Kubernetes monitoring and logging: Requirements and recommended toolset  EFK Stack – Part 1: Fluentd Architecture and Configuration (this article) EFK Stack – Part 2: Elasticsearch Configuration In the previous article, we discussed the proven components and architecture of a logging and monitoring stack for Kubernetes, comprised of Fluentd, Elasticsearch,

Kubernetes Logging and Monitoring: The Elasticsearch, Fluentd, and Kibana (EFK) Stack – Part 1: Fluentd Architecture and Configuration · · 4 min read

Logging & Monitoring of Kubernetes Applications: Requirements & Recommended Toolset

This is a 3-part series on Kubernetes monitoring and logging: Requirements and recommended toolset (this article) EFK Stack – Part 1: Fluentd Architecture and Configuration EFK Stack – Part 2: Elasticsearch Configuration You have a K8s cluster. Now what? For a production-grade Kubernetes cluster, monitoring, alerting and log aggregation are essential. In this article, we

Logging & Monitoring of Kubernetes Applications: Requirements & Recommended Toolset · · 5 min read

Migrating Off AWS: How to Move Production from AWS to Enterprise Data Centers Running OpenStack and Kubernetes

Running resource-intensive workloads with high-volume traffic can be very expensive, especially while using managed services like RDS. Public Clouds abstract management of networking and high availability from end-users but incompatible and expensive resource types drive the need for some organizations to migrate off of the public clouds. On the other hand, privately managed IT environments

Migrating Off AWS: How to Move Production from AWS to Enterprise Data Centers Running OpenStack and Kubernetes · · 2 min read

Cloud Management: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Part 1

At Platform9, we work daily with some of the leading enterprises, across a wide range of industries – from Financial Services, Internet, Retail, Embedded, and more. A key question we get asked often is how enterprises can transition to becoming Cloud Native (CN) or Digitally Native (DN) businesses. The journey to becoming a truly software-driven,

Cloud Management: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly – Part 1 · · 6 min read

What We Can Learn from GE and Why Digital Transformations Fail

The high profile implosion of General Electric’s (GE) ambitious digital strategy has caught the attention of many practitioners and IT leaders over the last few months. GE is an iconic business conglomerate with major operations in Aerospace, Transportation and Power, along with a major financing arm. GE has embarked on a massive digital transformation strategy

What We Can Learn from GE and Why Digital Transformations Fail · · 9 min read

4 Key Takeaways from HPE Discover 2018

I had the pleasure of speaking at the recent HPE Discover conference, that took place last week in Las Vegas, and saw thousands of attendees – ranging from Fortune 500 companies to Cloud Service Providers to Partners. First off, it was fascinating to see HPE, one of ‘original’ tech companies, turn on a dime to

4 Key Takeaways from HPE Discover 2018 · · 6 min read

Why Our Users Dig the SaaS-Managed Model for Hybrid Cloud So Much

In today’s market customers take Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for granted.  It used to be that a customer would have to go to a software vendor and either buy bundled software that they would then bring back to their data center to install, or purchase it from a third-party implementor and have them install it for them.

Why Our Users Dig the SaaS-Managed Model for Hybrid Cloud So Much · · 5 min read

Cloud Ease of Use, Performance, and Cost Savings: You CAN Have It All

Platform9 helps customers build and run their cloud every day – with a SaaS-based, easy to use platform that lets you manage your hybrid environment- across bare metal, public cloud, containers and even Serverless. However, since the company’s inception, we have always run our own SaaS offering and our backend systems  on AWS. When you’re

Cloud Ease of Use, Performance, and Cost Savings: You CAN Have It All · · 4 min read

6 Key Insights from OpenStack Summit Vancouver

This week, I had the opportunity to attend the OpenStack Summit, hosted in the beautiful city of Vancouver, Canada. IT was an exhilarating 4-days packed with all things OpenStack: Our own Cody Hill delivered two talks (!) at the conference, and my colleagues and I enjoyed the sessions at the summit, and the opportunity to

6 Key Insights from OpenStack Summit Vancouver · · 4 min read
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