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The Top Feature Releases In Kubernetes v1.28

Kubernetes version 1.28, just came out. The latest version is called Planternetes, in part because a lot of the maintainers of Kubernetes are getting really into the idea of ensuring that Kubernetes is running as effectively and efficiently as possible. In this  post, I highlight a few of the great features and updates in version […]

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Build Your K8s Environment For The Real World Part 2 – Day One Ops

Part one of this blog post series explored Day Zero Ops, which covers all the planning for how you want your environment to look. Before you can implement, you must plan. Oftentimes, engineers try implementing without proper planning, which results in tech debt later on. Once you’ve set up a robust plan, it’s time to […]

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Build Your K8s Environment For The Real World Part 1 – Day Zero Ops

When you’re designing a Kubernetes environment, whether it’s small or large, there are a few things that you must think about prior to writing the code to deploy the cluster or implementing the GitOps Controller for all of your Continuous Delivery needs. First, you must plan. Planning is the most important phase. In blog one […]

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Barriers To Kubernetes

If you’re a system administrator or Infrastructure Engineer that has: Managed upgrades for large-scale systems Managed high availability and horizontal scaling Deployed binaries on Linux or Windows VMs Deployed virtualization and bare-metal environments Kubernetes is going to be a major upgrade for you, how you deploy, and how you manage services. Kubernetes truly does make […]

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Should You Choose A Manged Kubernetes Service Or Self-Host Kubernetes In The Cloud?

Once your organization has decided to implement Kubernetes, you have to make another incredibly important decision: Where is Kubernetes going to run? In this blog post, we’ll discuss managing Kubernetes yourself in the cloud vs. using a Managed Kubernetes Service or KaaS offering. What’s “Self-Hosted” Kubernetes? Kubernetes by itself is like the foundation of a […]

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Why Kubernetes And Containerization?

There’s a general consensus in today’s tech world:  “Use Kubernetes.” But why? Why jump into Kubernetes if you’re already running production-level workloads on virtual machines? Why change what your engineering team has been doing for ten years that works just fine? Why have engineers learn a new technology that may take time to implement? In […]

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A Kubernetes Primer

As Kubernetes continues to gain popularity, engineers have to know how Kubernetes works, and why it might make sense in their environment. What benefits does Kubernetes have in your environment and ultimately, what do technologies like containerization do for organizations. In this blog post, I’ll provide some basic background on containers and Kubernetes, and some […]

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Kubernetes Unpacked 010: Troubleshooting And Alerting On Kubernetes

In this episode, Michael catches up with Natan Yellin, CEO of Robusta.dev. Michael and Ned chat about how logging and troubleshooting works in Kubernetes today. They discuss three stages of troubleshooting evolution - manual playbooks, automatic playbooks, and the third stage, which is what you do with logs and how automatic remediation can come into play for any Kubernetes environment.

Kubernetes Unpacked 007: Kubernetes From Beginner To Advanced

Learning Kubernetes isn't easy. In fact, there are so many places to start that people literally don’t know where to begin. Do they learn Kubernetes security? Networking? Infrastructure? Development? Michael Levan catches up with Kevin Evans and Robin Smorenburg to talk about their journeys into Kubernetes, how each of them started, links to learning resources, and where they’re at now.

Kubernetes Unpacked 006: The Impact Of Kubernetes On DevOps Teams

Kubernetes is hard. Regardless of what tech marketing says, DevOps teams are still trying to implement and figure out this whole Kubernetes thing. With multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-prem Kubernetes implementations, how can teams start their journey and have an impact? Michael Levan catches up with Jeff Smith, Ops Director and author, to talk about his journey into Kubernetes for his team and what other teams should think about when implementing Kubernetes.

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Kubernetes Unpacked 005: Serverless Kubernetes In Azure

Since the inception of Kubernetes, the goal has been to make our lives as engineers easier. But with great power comes great responsibility---which in this case is the need to manage a bunch of control planes and worker nodes! Host Michael Levan catches up with Jason Haley, Microsoft MVP and independent consultant to talk about serverless Kubernetes with Azure Container Apps.

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Kubernetes Unpacked 002: Tackling Container Management And Kubernetes Complexity

In this episode, Michael Levan chats with Neil Cresswell, CEO and Co-Founder of Portainer.io. They talk about the challenges of Kubernetes and how everyone is trying to navigate its complexities. They also dive into Kubernetes security, networking, and management.

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Kubernetes Unpacked 001: Prerequisites For Kubernetes Success

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Kubernetes Unpacked, a new podcast in the Packet Pushers Community Channel. The goal of this podcast is to help IT professionals understand Kubernetes: how it works; how and why it's used; how to deploy, operate, and manage the platform on premises and in the cloud; Kubernetes networking and security concepts; and more.

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