Software Engineering
How To Run Untrusted Containers In Kubernetes
The IT world is adopting container-based infrastructures more and more every day. However, the advantages, disadvantages and even the limitations are not clear to everyone. Considering that even large companies are approaching container-based infrastructures, it is a good idea to account for possible attack areas and the potential impact of a data breach. Technologies like …
Profile Layering For Helm Encourages Self Service For Kubernetes
In this blog, we explain how to build a self-service Kubernetes platform with Helm, GitOps, and Cluster API. Profile layer models are the foundation for deploying whole clusters on demand and building platforms for developers with all the components they need. As a result, developer iterations make it into production faster. Kubernetes is the de …
State Of Observability 2022: Modernization Cannot Succeed Without Observability
As organizations look to become cloud-first to meet the growing demands of the shifts in the ways we do business, we have seen the pace of digital transformation accelerate. As a result, organizations have evolved their cloud strategies to multi-cloud environments and are adopting more containers, microservices, and cloud native technologies. This is creating increasingly …
How A Frictionless Developer Experience Improves Software Development
In many IT departments, you can frequently experience that when an issue is reported, Dev and Ops teams start solving the problem by adopting a fire‑fighting mode. In fact, the Ops team can both give support to the Dev team for some tasks (e.g., activation of new services) and also needs the Dev team for …
GKE Release Channels: Balancing Innovation And Speed Of Change, Now With More Granular Controls
If you run your business on Kubernetes, you know how important it is to perform regular patching and upgrades to maintain a healthy environment. At Google Cloud, we automatically upgrade the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster control plane, and if you enable node auto-upgrade, we also automatically upgrade and patch your cluster nodes. Moreover, you can subscribe your …
A New Perspective On Kubernetes-Native Target Operating Model
Kubernetes-native could be any object, resource, custom resource, application, middleware, workload, image, tool, interface etc. which is designed to run on Kubernetes platform, and it runs with its own or shared YAML file. This is the simplest definition. Kubernetes-native technologies and environments are meant to provide true portability and interoperability. So, what is Kubernetes-native Target …
Kubernetes Operators: What Are They? Some Examples
Kubernetes offers limited initial functionality to ensure flexibility and scalability. K8s Operators are software extensions that make use of Kubernetes APIs to extend behavior. What do we need to know about how they work, and what are the concrete benefits? Kubernetes has an ace up its sleeve that makes it even more useful, powerful, and …
Docker Monitoring Tutorial – How To monitor Docker With Telegraf And InfluxDB
How to Monitor Docker with Telegraf and InfluxDB Docker is an increasingly popular choice for businesses dealing with containerized applications. However, as with any new technology, Docker introduces complexities that need to be managed. Some of these complexities relate to infrastructure and application monitoring. Due to the abstraction offered by containers, traditional monitoring solutions might not be …
Breaking The Multi-Cloud Barrier In A Regulated Industry
How Kubernetes and Linkerd became Lunar’s multi-cloud communication backbone At Lunar, a Scandinavian online bank, we embraced cloud native tech early on. We’ve been running Kubernetes since 2017 and today have over 250 microservices distributed across three clouds. This blog will explore how we set out to centralize all platform services. The gains were substantial …
Achieving Cloud-Native Network Automation At A Global Scale With Nephio
In 2007, in order to meet ever increasing traffic demands of YouTube, Google started building what is now the Google Global Cache program. Over the past 15 years, we have added thousands of edge caching locations around the world, with widely varying hosting conditions—some in customer data centers, some in remote locations with limited connectivity. …