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Observability in Kubernetes Environments

There are many tools in the cloud-native and microservices tool chest. Kubernetes is the go-to for container management, giving organizations superpowers for running container applications at scale. However, running an enterprise-grade, production-level Kubernetes deployment is more than running just Kubernetes by itself. Kubernetes can simplify the management of your containerized applications and services across different […]

Observability in Kubernetes Environments · · 5 min read

Networking in the Brave New World of Containers

Kubernetes and container-based environments make running microservice-based applications at scale feasible. The ability to add additional capacity, and replace problematic containers quickly, can improve overall system resilience. On the flip side, the benefits of containers also mean they can be challenging when it comes to setting up and managing a networking solution. This article will

Networking in the Brave New World of Containers · · 4 min read

Create an Immutable Kubernetes Environment for Your CI/CD Pipeline

The secret to the success of any DevOps initiative is a stable CI/CD pipeline. CI – or Continuous Integration – involves automatically taking newly-merged code and then building, testing, and depositing that code in an artifact repository. CD – Continuous Deployment – involves taking that freshly-deposited artifact and deploying it into a production environment. In

Create an Immutable Kubernetes Environment for Your CI/CD Pipeline · · 9 min read

How to Set Up and Run Kafka on Kubernetes

Apache Kafka is a leading open-source distributed streaming platform first developed at LinkedIn. It consists of several APIs such as the Producer, the Consumer, the Connector and the Streams. Together, those systems act as high-throughput, low-latency platforms for handling real-time data. This is why Kafka is preferred by many top-tier tech companies including Uber, Zalando

How to Set Up and Run Kafka on Kubernetes · · 5 min read

Integrating External DNS with Kubernetes

Kubernetes contains an internal DNS module that automatically discovers and assigns DNS names to individual containers when instructed. In practice, this works very well and there is room for customization. However, when the time comes, we frequently need to expose some or all parts of the Kubernetes cluster to the public. For instance, if a

Integrating External DNS with Kubernetes · · 4 min read

Kicking off your Kubernetes Implementation Project Successfully [Webinar 1 Recap]

It’s one thing to launch a Kubernetes cluster and deploy a Hello World app on it. It’s quite another to evolve that cluster into a production-ready state, and ensure that it is ready to meet complex needs surrounding storage, networking, monitoring and more. Yet making that transition from testing to production has become the focus

Kicking off your Kubernetes Implementation Project Successfully [Webinar 1 Recap] · · 8 min read
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Kubernetes: Do It Yourself (DIY) or Do IT Together (DOT)?

The journey to business agility must travel the road of agile execution. It may be tempting to look at existing software infrastructure and declare it “good enough” for needed business results – but staying the course (i.e. doing nothing) often only compounds existing business problems. Trying a “do it yourself” approach to implement new open-source

Kubernetes: Do It Yourself (DIY) or Do IT Together (DOT)? · · 7 min read

How to balance innovation and availability with Kubernetes

In business, stagnation is harmful to the health of a company. Without change, a successful company slowly loses relevance while more daring competitors evolve to provide additional value to their customers. In software development, this is especially true. Development organizations that don’t prioritize innovation soon find that their applications and services are technologically stale and

How to balance innovation and availability with Kubernetes · · 5 min read

How Three Enterprises Implemented OpenStack and Kubernetes

For the past several years, businesses have been inundated with buzzword-laden rhetoric urging them to embrace “digital transformation,” adopt “agile,” “cloud-native” infrastructures and so on. It’s one thing to talk about the value of these sorts of changes in theory. It’s another to build a digital strategy that puts them into practice – especially given

How Three Enterprises Implemented OpenStack and Kubernetes · · 5 min read

5 Pillars for Building Kubernetes into Your Organizational Culture

As we’ve explained previously on this blog, Kubernetes offers a number of benefits for building stronger organizational culture. But leveraging those benefits is not as simple as deploying Kubernetes and then sitting back while your culture is automagically transformed. Instead, organizations seeking to improve their cultures with the help of Kubernetes must take deliberate steps

5 Pillars for Building Kubernetes into Your Organizational Culture · · 5 min read

Kube Culture: How Kubernetes Drives Cultural Change

Much has been written about the technical features and benefits of Kubernetes. Technical advantages, however, are only part of the reason to migrate to Kubernetes. Cultural change is an equally important selling point for Kubernetes. In several key ways, Kubernetes can help to optimize the culture around which IT teams and developers are organized, regardless

Kube Culture: How Kubernetes Drives Cultural Change · · 4 min read
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