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…
The modularity of Kubernetes—and the container environment—means apps and microservices can be deployed to multiple servers in a seamless way. To take advantage of that modularity, it is necessary to develop your app or web service to be as fluid as the environment in which it is running. Thankfully, config keys and value pairs can …
Kubernetes has built on Docker’s containerization success to further transform the way server environments are set up. Rather than relying on a single physical server or a cloud instance, web services and apps can now run across a multi-cloud environment. Cloud provider networking capabilities the flexibility offered by Kubernetes even further, allowing developers to have …
Kubernetes does for container orchestration what Python and C have done for high-level programming languages. Just as those languages provide users with libraries and abstractions, so they are able to focus on the tasks in front of them without getting bogged down in the complexities of memory management, Kubernetes provides high-level abstractions for container management. …
Containers are one of the most important concepts in cloud computing. In fact, they have completely reshaped the way that many of us think about and approach virtualization. Containers behave much like virtual machines (VMs), but they are much more flexible and lightweight than a full-blown VM. Because they are so lightweight and flexible, containers …
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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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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 …
The use of containers makes deploying even the most complex apps easier, and, as we’ve discussed in too many articles to mention, Kubernetes takes the idea to a whole new level. The platform allows for workload and services to be managed in such a way that everything is compartmentalized and highly efficient. Most major cloud …
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 …
The fundamental concept behind a microservices-based architecture is also its biggest advantage. Rather than having a single monolithic app running everything internally, it is possible to set up multiple microservices–each handling its own functions and specific tasks–and have that big lump of an app divided into small, manageable, independently deployable services. The approach allows the …
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 …
Many Kubernetes users, especially those at enterprise level, swiftly come across the need to autoscale environments. Fortunately, the K8s Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) allows you to configure your deployments to scale horizontally in a myriad number of ways to do just that. One of the biggest advantages of using Kube Autoscaling is that your Cluster …
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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 …
When it comes to interacting with Kubernetes clusters on a daily basis, you’re going to need to turn to kubectl; the command line tool for K8s. You can use it to deploy your container workloads into production clusters, but it can also help you achieve a whole lot more. It’s the swiss army knife of …
It’s easy to overlook how young Kubernetes is in the world of containerization. Given its explosion in popularity, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that the software is not even four years old yet. Those using the software are quite literally on the frontier of cutting-edge technology that is leaving other platforms in its wake. With …
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Learn what modernizing applications on the cloud entails and the various approaches you can leverage to meet your application modernization goals
Learn how you can automate code deployment on AWS, through a step-by-step guide on CI/CD pipeline creation with AWS CodePipeline
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