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How to Set Up Knative Serving on Kubernetes

Knative is an exciting project that backs many of the services you may already be using. It simplifies configuration of services on Kubernetes which can speed up the ability for developers to quickly use the platform without having to understand everything backing it. While many of the features Knative provides can be configured on their

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Load Balancing Multi-Cloud, Multi-Cluster Workloads in Kubernetes

In this article we talk about Kubernetes load balancing, specifically in the context of load balancing for your workloads that are deployed across multiple Kubernetes clusters across multiple public or hybrid cloud environments. Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Load Balancing Background Many organizations are moving workloads to the public cloud, and a big part of that transition involves

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The Six Most Popular Kubernetes Networking Troubleshooting Issues

Kubernetes follows certain rules and policies when it comes to networking, and it’s not uncommon to encounter issues when trying to connect applications running in Kubernetes. Even the most trivial deployment needs to have the correct configuration so that K8s can assign the right IP address or ingress controller to the service. Furthermore, if you

Platform9 Managed Kubernetes and Tanzu Community Edition

VMware Tanzu recently announced Community Edition (CE). A new flavor in their Kubernetes based Tanzu platform. As I learned more, it got me wondering how our Managed Kubernetes (PMK) free tier compared to it. Tanzu CE is meant for test, discovery, and pre-production scenarios. While our free tier is production ready. To be fair to

Guide to Kubernetes Networking

Prior to the advent of Kubernetes, in the so-called “bare-metal” era, networking was primarily confined to physical peripherals, such as network interfaces, cables, switches and routers, and other components of Layer 2 of the OSI model. When virtual machines were introduced, along with virtual networks, overlays, and the like, the concept of networking shifted from

The Top 5 Most Popular Kubernetes Storage Troubleshooting Issues

Trying to configure persistent Kubernetes storage options comes with its issues and challenges. Although the official storage docs are quite extensive, they only cover a fraction of the specific configurations you might need in order to successfully install and provision them. From an operator’s point of view, you might encounter issues choosing a CSI and

Ultimate Guide to Kubernetes Storage

When you’re studying Kubernetes, one of the first things you learn is that it won’t handle any storage requests for your applications when deploying a new cluster by default. This is because K8s was initially designed only for stateless apps; thus, storage was considered to be an add-on. This was such a common problem that

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How to Create a Virtual Machine Using KubeVirt – A Detailed Walkthrough

If you are looking for a way to deploy Virtual Machines, alongside your container workloads, then KubeVirt may be the answer. In this blog post we will explore the details on how to create a Virtual Machine using KubeVirt. Platform9 Managed Kubernetes has a new UI for KubeVirt. The UI has been reworked and has added

Shared Kubernetes Clusters on Azure with Platform9

In a previous article, we discussed isolating workloads and took a deep dive into Kubernetes multi-tenancy and best practices. In this tutorial, we will show you some real-world examples using a Platform9 cluster environment, and we’ll introduce you to some useful techniques for setting up shared Kubernetes clusters by your development teams using Platform9 Managed

Manage roles in all your clusters with Platform9 cluster profiles engine

Recently, we set out to answer an age-old Kubernetes mystery – “what’s different about my cluster’s profile RBAC”. Let’s say you are managing 3 environments for many developer teams. The promotion lifecycle goes “Development”, “Staging”, then “Production”. The Development environment is an internal, safe place for developers to develop. It’s not highly available or has

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Platform9 Managed Kubernetes 5.4 Release

Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK) release version 5.4 is now available. This new version brings support for Kubernetes 1.21, new dashboards for Workloads and Storage, the containerd runtime, and other fixes and improvements. Platform9 is also excited to announce the Profile Engine, which is a new cluster governance and policy management feature that leverages the SaaS

Kubernetes Deployment: The Ultimate Guide

Kubernetes Deployment can be overwhelming, so we will break it down into easy to digest sections. In this post you’ll learn: Kubernetes Overview Kubernetes Deployment Considerations & Models Kubernetes As a Service Deploy Kubernetes on Hosted Cloud Infrastructure Kubernetes Deployment Models Compared Kubernetes Multi-Tenancy Best Practices Kubernetes On-premises: Why, and How Kubernetes Overview Kubernetes has

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