KubeWeekly #204
Published: February 22, 2020
The Headlines
Editor’s pick of the highlights from the past week.
Why I Contribute to the Open Source Community—and You Should Too
Marky Jackson
Marky Johnson shares his journey to becoming a passionate, open-source contributor that all started with a rocket scientist. His post reminds us that open source is welcome to all and invites you to join the fun.
Roaring Elephant podcast: KubeCon + Cloud NativeCon EU preview
Not a regular news episode this time. Instead, we are starting our KubeCon/CloudNativeCon Amsterdam coverage and have co-chairs Vicki Cheung and Constance Caramanolis on as a guest to tell us all about these conferences. If you’ve never attended one of these, this discussion will give a good idea on what to expect and for seasoned attendees, there is a little bit of a behind-the-scenes look at how these events take form.
The Technical
Tutorials, tools, and more that take you on a deep dive into the code.
Open Policy Agent: Microservices Authorization Simplified
Gaurav Chaware, Infracloud
Deploying Envoy and Kafka to collect broker-level metrics
Adam Kotwasinski, Workday
Introduction to SPIFFE and SPIRE Projects (Lightboard)
Evan Gilman, maintainer SPIFFE and SPIRE
Find an optimal set of nodes for a Kubernetes cluster
Kubecost
GKE Node Pool Location and Surge upgrades GA
Two new Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) features are Generally Available. Node pool location allows GKE users to specify the location for node pools independently from the location of clusters.
Surge upgrades allow users to specify the number of extra (surge) nodes and number of accepted unavailable nodes during an upgrade, improving reliability and reducing disruption to workloads.
The Editorial
Articles, announcements, and more that give you a high-level overview of challenges and features.
Architecting for Multicluster Kubernetes
Thomas Rampelberg, Linkerd
Five Surprising Ways Enterprises Are Putting Kubernetes To Work
Murli Thirumale, Portworx (published in Forbes)
eBPF and Falco, with Leonardo Di Donato
Adam Glick and Craig Box, Kubernetes Podcast from Google
Security concerns hampering the adoption of containers and Kubernetes
Jonathan Grieg, TechRepublic
Google Identifies Kubernetes-Ready Storage for Anthos
Mike Melanson, The New Stack
Managed Kubernetes Services Make K8s Simple for Platform Teams and App Developers
Emily Omier, The New Stack
Linux Foundation study throws the open-source sustainability debate into question
Matt Asay, TechRepublic
Helm Security – a Look Below Deck
Matt Farina, Helm Maintainer @Samsung SDS
Hayley Denbraver, Developer Advocate @Snyk
Raghavan “Rags” Srinivas, Lead Container Developer Advocate @Snyk
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Feb 25, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time
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Managing Observability in Modern Apps – Microservices
Ran Ribenzaft, co-founder of and CTO @ Epsagon
Member webinar
Feb 26, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time
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From Notebook to Kubeflow Pipelines with MiniKF & Kale
Vangelis Koukis, CTO & Founder @Arrikto
Stefano Fioravanzo, Software Engineer @Arrikto
Member webinar
Feb 27, 2020 9:00 AM Pacific Time
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Kubernetes Security Best Practices for DevOps
Frédéric Harper, Senior Developer Advocate @DigitalOcean
Member webinar
March 3, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time
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What’s New in Linkerd 2.7
Linkerd team
Project webinar
March 6, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Kubernetes Security Best Practices for DevOps
Connor Gorman, Principal Engineer @StackRox
Member webinar
March 11, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time
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Welcome to CloudLand! An Illustrated Intro to the Cloud Native Landscape
Kaslin Fields, Developer Advocate @Google
Ambassador webinar
March 13, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time
How to migrate a MySQL Database to Vitess
Liz van Dijk, @PlanetScale
Project webinar
March 20, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time
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Argo CD, Flux CD and the GitOps Revolution
Jay Pipes Principal, Open Source Engineer @Amazon Web Services
Member webinar
March 24, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time
Best Practices for Deploying a Service Mesh in Production: From Technology to Teams
Buoyant
Member webinar
April 8, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time
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Kubernetes 1.18
Kubernetes team
Project webinar
April 23, 2020 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Pivoting Your Pipeline from Legacy to Cloud Native
Tracy Ragan, CEO of DeployHub and CDF Board Member
Member webinar
June 30, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time
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KubeWeekly is curated by Bob Killen, Chris Short, Craig Box, Kim McMahon, and Michael Hausenblas