Enterprise production readiness with Kubernetes installations indicates the ability to securely and repeatedly deploy, manage and maintain multiple clusters over long periods of intensive usage. The key features and capabilities that are needed to enable production-ready Kubernetes include: 1. Flexibility to deploy applications at any location or infrastructure 2. Highly Available Control Plane 3. Data
· August 8, 2018 · 1 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. There are three main factors that need to be considered before attempting a DIY Kubernetes implementation: Deployment Time, Ability to carry out on-going monitoring and troubleshooting.
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read
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 great option for do-it-yourself (DIY) developers and for deploying small production grade clusters. But factors such as deployment of large production-grade clusters, managing complex network and
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read
There are several challenges in DIY Kubernetes upgrades. To overcome these challenges, using a managed Kubernetes service can protect your organization from environmental downtime, avoid throwing operational bodies at it, and typically automates the upgrade process. Read the Blog. e6ksoF11I64
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read
As enterprises move from OpenStack into the new world of Kubernetes, monitoring infrastructure becomes increasingly important. In the old world of servers and virtual machines, people were used to monitoring monolithic applications, where they would look at services on an individual server. As you refactor those applications into microservices in a Kubernetes world, a different
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read
Project Calico enables networking and network policy in Kubernetes clusters across the cloud. Calico uses a pure IP networking fabric to deliver high performance networking, and its policy engine enforces developer intent for high-level network policy management. Together, Calico and Kubernetes provide a secure, cloud-native platform that can scale your infrastructure to support hundreds of
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read
Just what does it mean to have a cloud platform? What does one even look like? In this session, you’ll learn what a modern enterprise cloud platform is comprised of and the following concepts: How a SaaS-managed OpenStack solution can optimize your infrastructure and increase productivity. How an agile, DevOps environment can benefit your infrastructure
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read
Platform9’s co-founder and Chief Architect, Bich Le, will walk you through containers, the need for orchestrating them with Kubernetes, and how a managed solution benefits developers. E9lKUObsOeU
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read
We are on the cusp of a new era of application development software: instead of bolting on operations as an after-thought to the software development process, Kubernetes promises to bring development and operations together by design. This new open source container cluster manager provides platform automation for deployment, scaling and management of application containers and
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… It is a period of confusion. The time when people used one virtualization platform for server consolidation seems long past. Cost and performance tradeoffs have led to IT administrators deploying multiple virtualization technologies, some for production and some for dev/test use. Rebel developers profess their
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read
Fission is a framework for serverless functions or Functions as a Service (FaaS) for Kubernetes. It allows users to run FaaS on any infrastructure. Fission exposes a conceptually simple interface: Users create “functions” and associate them with “triggers”. Functions are short-lived and stateless, and are written in any supported language (NodeJS, Python, Go etc). Triggers
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read
Picking up where our last container-focused webinar, “Learn How SaaS-Managed Kubernetes Takes Containers to the Next Level”, left off, Bich Le – Chief Architect & Co-founder seeks to provide more visibility on the path down containerization. In this webinar, he’ll go over deploying Kubernetes on-prem vs public infrastructures, walk through cluster creation, and how to
· August 8, 2018 · 1 min read