There are a number of different options that software engineering organizations can consider when evaluating which Kubernetes management solution is right for them. This article seeks to provide DevOps engineers with a clear picture of the similarities and differences between three popular Kubernetes deployment and management tools: Kops, EKS, and Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK). This
· April 29, 2021 · 18 min read
As I talk with customers and prospects that are interested in Platform9 Managed Kubernetes offering, PCI requirements come up frequently. One critical PCI requirement is data encryption in flight within the Kubernetes cluster. This blog is a guided tutorial on exactly how to implement data encryption within a k8s cluster using Calico and WireGuard on
· April 22, 2021 · 5 min read
There are a variety of ways to segment workloads from each other in Kubernetes. You can run them on different pods or set up different namespaces. But if you want the maximum level of granularity – and the high availability and performance benefits that it can bring – a multi-cluster Kubernetes deployment is the way
· March 18, 2021 · 8 min readRunning Kubernetes on bare metal offers a variety of advantages: It can increase performance, lower costs and more. Although bare metal isn’t always the best deployment approach for Kubernetes, it’s certainly worth considering if you have the infrastructure to support it. Below, we walk through considerations for running Kubernetes on bare metal, then explain how
· March 18, 2021 · 8 min read
The KubeVirt open-source project has opened up possibilities for organizations to run VMs and containers alongside each other in a Kubernetes cluster. While it is still early days for the project, we at Platform9 see a lot of potential in it, especially when we think about the problems it can solve for organizations looking to
· February 25, 2021 · 5 min read
In this article, you will learn how to set up Istio as a Kubernetes service mesh. Overview This article will cover: Quick Introduction to Kubernetes Service Mesh and Istio Pre-requisites Installing Istio as a Kubernetes service mesh Deploying a BookInfo Application on top Managing Ingress Monitoring the application Quick Introduction to Kubernetes Service Mesh and
· February 12, 2021 · 9 min read
In our previous blog on why bare metal cannot, yet, be operated as a cloud, we outlined the problem in our industry about how bare metal management is critical in industries like retail, 5G and Telco, and research, as well as for use-cases such as private cloud elasticity and high-performance computing (HPC). Yet, today bare
· December 16, 2020 · 7 min readThere is a problem with bare metal management in our industry. We lack an end-to-end solution that provides a seamless managed operating model that automates the provisioning, deployment, and management of bare metal servers located anywhere. Whether it is a private cloud running Kubernetes or Virtualization in an on-premises data center, or a couple of
· December 10, 2020 · 5 min read
One of the benefits of moving to Kubernetes is that your applications can run in a highly scalable environment. You can add additional pods quickly if you suddenly need more capacity, and then get rid of them when you don’t need them anymore. But what if you are running a stateful application? When you terminate
· December 1, 2020 · 5 min read
With 5G adoption set to surge over the next several years, now is the time for companies to begin planning ways to take advantage of 5G networking within Kubernetes-based architectures. To provide guidance on the complicated topic of telco 5G environment implementation within Kubernetes, Platform9 recently offered a webinar titled “Networking and Kubernetes in the
· November 11, 2020 · 7 min read
Edge computing and 5G is a new model of computing that will inevitably become the modus operandi for all organizations that rely on the cloud today. This is especially true of Telcos who will build and operate the new 5G networks of tomorrow. What’s characteristic of edge applications is the low latency and high bandwidth
· November 6, 2020 · 4 min read
You need not be too far into your Kubernetes journey to realize that networking in Kubernetes is, in a word, complicated. Not only is the Kubernetes networking architecture complex, but there is a range of configuration options to sort through for the key components that make up that architecture, such as your CNI implementation. To
· October 14, 2020 · 6 min read