Prometheus is the top open source tool for Kubernetes monitoring, but it’s difficult to use in the enterprise environments. Join us to learn how to easily deploy and run Prometheus monitoring with an automated, fully managed service. In this webinar: Hear about the challenges faced in running Prometheus reliably in enterprise environments (multiple clusters, development
· July 26, 2019 · 1 min read
Cloud native production workloads running on Kubernetes are often backed by stateful services such as databases. Ensuring your data is secure, available, and protected is not a trivial problem – especially when your Kubernetes clusters are distributed across public and private clouds. In this webinar, we cover: How to run stateful applications in multi- and
· May 20, 2019 · 1 min read
There are three high-level requirements to operating an etcd cluster in production: 1) Each etcd member must be bootstrapped: The etcd binary has to be on the host and the runtime parameters must be defined. 2) The list of members must be kept up to date: This list must come from some external source of
· April 18, 2019 · 2 min read
Learn what it takes to get a large-scale production Kubernetes cluster up and running in an on-premises environment. Get tips, best practices, and architectural approaches for the initial implementation. Understand the constraints, challenges, and how to solve for successful on-going day-2 operational issues. In this webinar, Platform9 customer Ravi Ravichandran – VP Cloud Platform Engineering,
· April 18, 2019 · 1 min read
Kubernetes is a key enabler of cloud-native applications which are meant to be portable and capable of running on any underlying infrastructure whether it is on-premises, in the public cloud, or on the edge. However, Kubernetes is enormously complex to deploy and operate at scale in a single cloud. Running in a hybrid environment adds more complexity
· March 22, 2019 · 1 min read
Kubernetes has become the de facto standard today for building and running container workloads. Many organizations would like to leverage their existing investments in VMware to take advantage of the Kubernetes revolution. Unfortunately, VMware was never designed to run containerized workloads. Furthermore, Kubernetes is complex and notoriously difficult to deploy and operate at scale for
· February 28, 2019 · 1 min read
Organizations can leverage containers for digital acceleration and to simplify application development. As environments scale and grow, managing all the containers becomes increasingly difficult. This is where Kubernetes can help. Platform9 Managed Kubernetes enables organizations to get value from containers, fast, with container orchestration delivered as a service. In this webinar we outline the benefits
· January 28, 2019 · 1 min read
Looking ahead in 2019, more organizations are moving to the hybrid cloud, or expanding their footprint within the hybrid cloud. As they do so, ensuring comprehensive and accurate visibility becomes more critical. Environments are rapidly growing more diverse as organizations continue moving data and workloads both on-premises and within multiple hybrid cloud platforms. This increases
· January 21, 2019 · 1 min read
Organizations are moving to cloud to increase operational efficiencies and revenues, and most are using more than one. A hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environment can help organizations advance their digital transformation strategy, but if not properly planned, it can lead to a complex environment. Platform9’s centralized management plane transforms your existing IT infrastructure to leverage
· October 17, 2018 · 1 min read
Serverless Computing offers an incredible opportunity for business to accelerate innovation and reduce operational costs – both for greenfield applications, as well as for established organizations with legacy applications and technical debt. In this talk, we will discuss 3 key uses cases primed for Serverless, and share design patterns and tips to allow you to
· September 26, 2018 · 1 min read
What does it take to use serverless functions in Production, with safety, and at scale? In this CNCF-hosted webinar, we cover a few specific approaches, patterns and best practices that you can use with any FaaS framework. These practices are geared towards improving quality, reducing risk, optimizing costs, and generally moving you closer towards production-readiness with
· September 25, 2018 · 1 min read
Amrish Kapoor, VP of Engineering at Platform9, reviews their approach to the serverless computing paradigm, called Fission. Their implementation was created during a company hackathon, and serves as an alternative to AWS Lambda, and is completely open source. Cody Hill, Lead Systems Engineer, then leads a demonstration. QH_vqZV4cLE
· August 9, 2018 · 1 min read