50+ Useful Kubernetes Tools for 2020
Whether you’re new to K8s or an old hand, this list will be your companion guide for enhancing every stage of your development pipeline with Kubernetes.
A Twistlock and Threat Stack Comparison
As we have discussed in the past, protecting the security and integrity of containers is no minor task to achieve. Platforms like Kubernetes prompt the use of a variety of security features to realize comprehensive protection, which is why…
Comparing Kubernetes Service Mesh Tools
Before we get to the various tools that you can use to manage service mesh in a Kubernetes environment, it is important to understand what the layer can and cannot do. Service mesh generally brings a number of features and benefits to the table…
Overcoming the Gap Between Kubernetes in Production and Kubernetes in Development
It is clear that using Kubernetes as a deployment format is now considered to be the way forward for many organizations. The growing number of tools designed to simplify deployment and maintenance, along with the community of developers and admins supporting clustering and containerizing tools like Kube and Docker, solidify the use of containers (pods, …
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The Crucial Role of Linux in DevOps
There are many reasons why DevOps is becoming a more popular approach in today’s development landscape. Over the last three years, adoption has increased by an average of 7% in organizations, with 2019 set to see even more growth. The methodology is designed to allow for rapid iterations without sacrificing flow, improve cost-effectiveness (and productivity …
Container Registries—A Battle Royale
One of the main advantages of using containers with Kubernetes is continuous availability. Rather than taking the whole system down for an update or maintenance, each container – containing specific microservices – can be replaced on the fly. The way developers do that is by preparing a new container for the updated microservices, setting up …
Cloud Migration Best Practices: How to Move Your Project to Kubernetes
Moving your app or web services to the cloud is more of a must than an option these days. The cloud infrastructure we have available today is not only more capable and more stable, but also more scalable. By moving to the cloud, you gain a lot of benefits while also significantly reducing operational stress …
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15+ Useful Helm Charts Tools
Helm is one of the best things about Kubernetes. (Which is why we talk about it in great depth here.) Rather than setting up an entirely new environment and configuring each kube object manually, you can now use Helm and Helm Charts—the template for different Kubernetes setups—to automate 90% of the work. For more on …
Spotlight on Helm
As discussed in previous articles, Kubernetes is a very powerful container orchestration tool. It allows you to set up and maintain even the most complex group of containers and microservices across multiple clusters. The flexibility of Kubernetes is immense and there is virtually no environment you cannot set up using Kubernetes. But while Kubernetes may …
Leveraging Serverless Architecture
This post on leveraging serverless architecture was originally published here on DZone.com. Serverless computing, also known as serverless architecture, and sometimes just serverless, is a hot topic in computing right now. Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, the big three when it comes to cloud computing, are all investing heavily in serverless architecture to provide continuous service …
The Kubernetes Networking Model
Many web applications today consist of multiple containers, utilizing different Services from different places. Kubernetes effectively streamlines the process of implementing multi-container applications. With Kubernetes, the user can configure features on the container orchestration tool exactly how they want to combine different containers within a single app. Kubernetes then handles the process of rolling them …
Terraform and AWS
Terraform has been a revelatory experience for many people new to the platform. The software offers a powerful approach to infrastructure automation. It is one of the most innovative examples of infrastructure as code (IAC) available today. Delivering a cloud-based approach to networking whereby cloud architecture is rendered entirely via code. Terraform helps configure cloud …
DevOps and DRY
Formatting code correctly and adhering to best practices is crucial if you are developing software as part of a team. So, a good software developer needs to be mindful of the many and various conventions, both formal and informal, which exist for writing code. When everyone is using the same formatting and the same protocols, …
Recognizing and Curing Superhero Syndrome
It’s always good to be aiming higher and trying to achieve more in life and in the workplace. In fact, many of us would admit to needing a little extra push and motivation sometimes to help us achieve our ambitions. But it is important to balance these ambitions with realistic and achievable everyday goals. When …
Best Practices for Kubernetes’ Pods
Cloud computing is one of the most active and significant fields in modern computer science. For both businesses and individuals, it allows the kind of interconnectedness and productivity gains that can completely transform the way that we work and live. However, as anyone who uses cloud Services professionally can attest to, simply being on the …
Spotlight on Terraform
Named from the Latin “terra” for earth plus ‘forming’, the Terraform software is designed for infrastructure shaping at its core. An open source infrastructure automation tool, Terraform completely changes the way that users approach virtualization in the cloud. Terraform is able to serve many of the same templating functions as CloudFormation on Amazon Web Services …
The Problem with Internal Superheroes
On the surface of it, the idea of an internal superhero seems like a great notion for any business. At one time or another, we’ve all found ourselves pulling our hair out while our co-workers flap around like headless chickens, as we try in vain to save a project that has gone wildly off the …
How Your Project Will Take a Leap With Test-Driven Development
This post on how your project will take a leap with Test-Driven Development was originally published on DZone here. What Is Test-Driven Development? Test-driven development (TDD) refers to an approach in software development geared towards reducing errors and improving flexibility when designing applications. It is a process that encourages a quick, rapid, and fearless testing …
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30+ Top Tools for Building Microservices on All Levels
There are many great articles out there on Microservices. For those who have been hiding under a rock about the controversial technique—or are new to the idea—this article simply aims to collate the top open source tools available in one handy place. Microservice architecture, or just microservices, is a highly scalable structural style for developing …
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Scaling Microservices: The Challenges and Solutions
The increasingly popular microservices model—by which software solutions are comprised of multiple modular components—is a very powerful and increasingly popular one. Not only does it allow for solutions to be formulated from the best individual components available, it also allows for the most effective services to be redeployed in different combinations. In this way, microservices …
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