Can Jsonnet with Tanka replace Helm and Kustomize?
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Eliminate Kubernetes Secrets With Secrets Store CSI Driver (SSCSID)
“Kubernetes secrets are not secure enough!” If that’s true, maybe we should eliminate them altogether. Can we do that? Can we live without Kubernetes secrets? Is Secrets Store CSI Driver (SSCSID) the solution?
Continue readingHow GitHub Copilot And OpenAI Codex Help Developers Write Code
Can AI help us write code? Let’s see whether GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex are just the thing we need.
Continue readingKEDA: Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling
Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) is limited to memory and CPU metrics. It can be extended with custom metrics, but that might not be enough either. KEDA (Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling) might be the solution for all (horizontal) scaling needs.
Continue readingAutomate Dependency Management With Renovate
How do you manage dependency updates? If the answer is “manually”, you might want to check out Renovate.
Continue readingkpt YAML Transformation – No Helm Templates, No Kustomize Overlays
Why don’t we use “pure” YAML to define Kubernetes resources? Wouldn’t that be more “GitOps friendly” than using Helm templates or Kustomize overlays? Can kpt get us back to “pure” YAML?
Continue readingManage Kubernetes Secrets With External Secrets Operator
How do we manage secrets in Kubernetes clusters? If they are stored in external secret management systems like AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, Google Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, and others, we need to pull them into the clusters. External Secrets Operator might be the solution.
Continue readingMonitoring, Logging, And Alerting In Kubernetes
What is the best combination of tools for monitoring, logging, and alerting in Kubernetes?
Continue readingContainer (Docker) Images Without Dockerfile With Buildpacks and kpack
Can we build container (Docker) images without Dockerfile? Do we need Dockerfile or can we accomplish the same or better results with Buildpacks, Paketo, and kpack?
Continue readingWhat Is Kubernetes (k8s)? Kubernetes Explained
What is Kubernetes (k8s)? A container orchestrator? Cluster OS? A control plane? Something else?
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