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 […]
· April 3, 2018 · 4 min read
OpenStack has become the chosen platform for managing enterprise data centers due to its ability to deliver an infrastructure-as-a-service environment and to run scalable, high availability (HA) applications on top of it for private cloud (on premise) deployments. In computing terms, availability refers to the time a particular service is functionally available in a given
· March 26, 2018 · 3 min read
OpenStack Ironic is an OpenStack project that provisions bare metal machines rather than virtual machines. Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) allows you to provision your Hadoop or SQL workloads, or even a hypervisor, on to bare metal infrastructures and treat them like cloud instances. Bare metal provisioning isn’t something new; it’s been in use
· March 20, 2018 · 3 min read
OpenStack Designate ― an open source project under the OpenStack umbrella ― provides DNS as a Service (DNSaaS) in OpenStack. It provides a standard, open API that can be used to program DNS. Designate is protected by and integrates with Keystone authentication authorization mechanisms, just like all OpenStack APIs. The API can be powered by
· March 14, 2018 · 3 min read
OpenStack load balancer supports both native and third-party methods of load balancing, and each has its advantages and disadvantages. What is load balancing? It is a technique used by service providers and IT departments to provide a mission critical service that is always available and scales per the user requests. There are several load balancing techniques
· March 12, 2018 · 4 min read
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
· March 7, 2018 · 5 min read
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
· February 28, 2018 · 4 min read
As containerization continues to explode, the need for a container orchestration and management platform has exploded with it. Kubernetes has become that de facto leader for orchestration and management. At Platform9, we have observed that, as our customers enter the Kubernetes space, their primary inclination is to start doing the implementation by themselves. They want
· February 22, 2018 · 4 min read
Enterprise production readiness with Kubernetes installation and deployment means that you have the ability to securely and repeatedly deploy, manage and maintain multiple clusters over long periods of intensive usage. What do you need to achieve this? Key Capabilities Required for Kubernetes Installation and Deployment As more enterprises plan to deploy Kubernetes on production, here
· February 16, 2018 · 5 min read
Migration From AWS to Data Centers from Public Clouds and Achieving Data Center Consolidation The convenience offered by public clouds e.g. AWS from both agility and flexibility perspectives has been a major driving factor for enterprise adoption. In a previous blog post “Enterprise Hybrid Cloud: Strategy and Cost Considerations,” the strategy and cost considerations that
· February 5, 2018 · 4 min read
Kubernetes Helm, by making application deployment easy, standardized and reusable, improves developer productivity, reduces deployment complexity, enhances operational readiness, and speeds up the adoption of cloud native apps. These applications can be sourced from open-source community provided repositories, or from an organization’s internal repository of customized application blueprints. In much the same way that the
· February 1, 2018 · 5 min read
According to the 2017 State of the Cloud report, hybrid cloud usage has increased to 71%, up 13% from the previous year. As hybrid clouds become more of a common occurrence, they introduce complexities to cloud infrastructure management and can result in vendor lock-in, if not done right, and added costs. In a previous blog
· January 30, 2018 · 5 min read