Host: Jeremy Miller, Solutions Architect at Platform9 Day two challenges for PF9 Managed Kubernetes customer SREs typically entail implementing a process for Development teams to begin testing and deploying their applications into the new K8s environments. Instead of granting this access directly to development teams, SREs can utilize a CI/CD pipeline with very narrowly scoped
· February 23, 2022 · 1 min read
Kubernetes Fortnight: Appctl Hosts: Sirish Raghuram, Chief Growth Officer @Platform9 Nikhil Bandiwadekar, Director of Engineering @Platform9 Anup Barve, Senior Staff Engineer @Platform9 Developers should focus on creating apps and should not be bothered about the deployment details. appctl presents a new way to deploy apps directly without being concerned about the underlying Kubernetes infrastructure. It provides
· February 4, 2022 · 1 min read
Kubernetes Fortnight: Simplifying Advanced Network Configuration with Luigi Hosts: Chris Paap and Arjun Baindur Providing high-speed, low latency networking to the Edge is just one of the many challenges organizations face with their K8s environment. Project Luigi is an open-source operator that helps with advanced networking specifically meant to enable running CNFs (Container Networking Functions).
· February 4, 2022 · 1 min read
Kubernetes Fortnight: Migrating from Docker to Containerd In this session of Kubernetes Fortnight, we are joined by Neha Tomar, from Platform9, who will cover migrating from Docker to containerd. Docker was deprecated in Kubernetes in favor of containerd. We will discuss: How Docker was initially used and show how containerd is being used now. Overview
· November 11, 2021 · 1 min read
Kubernetes Fortnight: Calico Networking in your clusters with Tigera We talk about topics such as: Comparing Flannel and Calico as the cluster CNI Calico and its features Explaining the benefits of eBPF, VPP, and WireGuard 1ChDXjqaqm8
· October 4, 2021 · 1 min read
Kubernetes Fortnight: Programmable Network Overlays for your clusters with Ziti and NetFoundry In this session of Kubernetes Fortnight, we will visit 3 use cases using Ziti to create programmable network overlays. We will be demonstrating: Connecting to an individual pod over a private (direct) connection (no ingress!) Creating private cluster to cluster communications Declaring network
· September 16, 2021 · 1 min read
Kubernetes Fortnight: Cluster Observability with Prometheus In this session of Kubernetes Fortnight, we will get in-depth with the Prometheus operator including alertmanager, services monitoring, and rules. Mayuresh will talk about how we implemented observability within our managed Kubernetes product (PMK) and some of the challenges within. Hosts: Chris Jones, Group Product Manager at Platform9, Mayuresh
· September 13, 2021 · 1 min read
Kubernetes Fortnight: Solving Storage in Kubernetes with the Rook Operator This live session was hosted on Thursday, August 19th at 9:00 AM PDT In this session of Kubernetes Fortnight, we will review Rook [https://rook.io] – an open-source, cloud-native storage solution for Kubernetes. We will be looking at the different storage types you can use with
· August 19, 2021 · 1 min read
Kubernetes Fortnight: Cert-Manager and Ingress This live session was hosted on Thursday, August 5th at 9:00 AM PDT In this session of Kubernetes Fortnight, we will be going over Cert-Manager and Ingress Controllers. We will walk through a demo using the Platform9 PMK Certified Helm App Repository in the PMK Application Catalog to deploy Cert-Manager
· August 5, 2021 · 1 min read
Kubernetes Fortnight: New PMK 5.3 Release Features In this session of K8s Fortnight, we will be reviewing the new features of Platform9 Managed Kubernetes Release 5.3. Please join us for a hands-on demo of all the latest. Profile Engine: a new cluster governance and policy management feature to ensure cluster conformance Cluster RBAC Profiles: a
· July 23, 2021 · 1 min read
Note: Starting June 20, 2021, Kubernetes AMA is now Kubernetes Fortnight Kubernetes AMA Session 9: KubeVirt This session will encompass running KubeVirt on Kubernetes. A demo will go over installation of KubeVirt and how to launch a VM. Key questions we’ll be looking at will include: Why and when to use KubeVirt? How to setup
· July 8, 2021 · 1 min read
Note: Starting June 20, 2021, Kubernetes AMA is now Kubernetes Fortnight AMA Session 8: Multi-Cloud Kubernetes In this session, we will be discussing the management of Kubernetes clusters across multiple clouds. Key questions we’ll be looking at will include: What are the use cases for and benefits of a multi-cloud approach? What are the realities
· June 25, 2021 · 1 min read