Why Spark chooses Volcano as built-in batch scheduler on Kubernetes?
Guest post by Volcano Maintainers On June 16, 2022, Apache Spark released its new version, v3.3. The highlight of this version is that it provides framework support for customized Kubernetes schedulers and, for the first time, uses Volcano…
Scaling container technologies at Coinbase with Kubernetes
End user post originally published on the Coinbase blog by Clare Curtis, Coinbase Staff Software Engineer Tl;dr: Our recent evaluation of Kubernetes underscored its suitability for scaling Coinbase into the future. In the past, a migration to Kubernetes…
Three steps to streamlining Kubernetes multi-cluster management
Guest post originally published on the Fairwinds blog by Kendall Miller Kubernetes as a technology gives organizations the ability to run containerized applications at scale across different cloud infrastructures and distributions. What it can’t do (yet) is centrally…
How to run untrusted containers in Kubernetes
Guest post originally published on the SIGHUP blog by Alessandro Lo Manto The IT world is adopting container-based infrastructures more and more every day. However, the advantages, disadvantages and even the limitations are not clear to everyone. Considering…
Profile layering for Helm encourages self service for Kubernetes
Guest post originally published on the Weaveworks blog by Darryl Weaver, Solution Architect, and David Stauffer, Product Manager In this blog, we explain how to build a self-service Kubernetes platform with Helm, GitOps, and Cluster API. Profile layer…
InfoWorld: “Why Mercedes-Benz runs on 900 Kubernetes clusters”
The technology team behind the German automaker Mercedes-Benz has spent the last seven years building up a homegrown fleet of 900 Kubernetes clusters to support hundreds of standalone developer teams, giving the company a modern infrastructure platform it…
A new perspective on Kubernetes-native target operating model
Guest post from IBM Authors: Vishal Anand – Chief Technologist, Cloud Migrations and OpenShift PaaS – IBM Consulting Utpal Mangla – Industry EDGE Cloud – IBM Cloud Platform Atul Gupta – Lead Data Architect – IBM Luca Marchi…
Kubernetes Operators: what are they? Some examples
Guest post originally published on the SparkFabrik blog Kubernetes offers limited initial functionality to ensure flexibility and scalability. K8s Operators are software extensions that make use of Kubernetes APIs to extend behavior. What do we need to know…
How to security harden Kubernetes in 2022
Guest post originally published on the Elastisys blog by the Elastisys team The NSA/CISA guidelines summarized, with Elastisys hands-on advice and real-world recommendations. Kubernetes is now the most popular container orchestration platform. Practically gone are the Mesoses and Docker…
5 key takeaways from Humanitec’s 2022 Kubernetes Benchmarking Study
Guest post originally published on Humanitec’s blog by Aeris Stewart, Community Manager at Humanitec Here are 5 things you need to know about implementing Kubernetes, based on Humanitec’s 2022 Kubernetes Benchmarking Study. Knowing your way around a tool…