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The Seamless Upgrade for Kubernetes’ First Major Security Hole, CVE-2018-1002105

CVE-2018-1002105, a critical Kubernetes security vulnerability affecting multiple versions of the popular container orchestration system was recently discovered and fixed by the Kubernetes open source community. What is the CVE-2018-1002105 Security Bug? In summary, when exploited the vulnerability would allow a lesser privileged user to perform escalated privilege operations against Kubernetes. This could be misused […]

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 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,

Demystifying Kubernetes Monitoring

As we talk to our customers about moving from OpenStack into the new world of Kubernetes, we get involved in a lot of conversations about what it means for their monitoring infrastructure. In the old world of servers and virtual machines, people were used to monitoring monolithic applications, where they would look at services on

Kubernetes Upgrades with Low/No Downtime

Kubernetes has a large and innovative community actively working on projects resulting in a new Kubernetes version coming out every few months. Mid to large enterprises need to stay current with these new innovations and that includes regular Kubernetes upgrades with minimal or zero disruption to the organization. Reasons for Kubernetes Upgrades There are two

Kubernetes 1.10: What’s New?

Introduction Kubernetes 1.10 is set to be released on Wednesday, March 21. As has been the case over the past year, this release is characterized by incremental but significant enhancements in multiple functional areas. This is more evidence of the reality that Kubernetes is maturing nicely, and that recent releases are not dominated by any single

Kubernetes Operations with Kops

Kubernetes Operations, or Kops, is an open source project used to set up Kubernetes clusters easily and swiftly. It’s considered  the “kubectl” way of creating clusters. Kops allows deployment of highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS and Google (GCP) clouds. It includes features such as dry-runs and automatic idempotency, terraform config generation making Kops a

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