Learn Kubernetes weekly — issue 14

15 Feb 2023

  1. How we improved third-party availability and latency with NGINX in Kubernetes

    Grégoire Deveaux

    In this case study, you will discover how the team at Back Market configured NGINX in Kubernetes to improve third-party API availability and latency.

  2. Self hosted Kubernetes: solving the storage problem

    Christoph Herzog

    Persistent storage in Kubernetes clusters is a complicated aspect of self-hosting.

    This article will give you an idea of the available options:

    • Hostpath volumes.
    • local-path-provisioner.
    • OpenEBS.
    • Longhorn.
    • Ceph.
    • Gluster.
  3. What is crashloopbackoff?

    Javier Martínez

    CrashLoopBackOff is a Kubernetes state representing a restart loop that is happening in a Pod: a container in the Pod is started but crashes and is then restarted over and over again.

    Learn what it is and how to fix it in this article.

  4. Under-documented Kubernetes security tips

    Mac Chaffee

    In this article, you will discuss how Kubernetes security risks are often neglected or solved with inadequate tools due to their organization-specific, cutting-edge, or abstract nature.

  5. Don't get burned licensing Oracle software in Kubernetes!

    Paul Dally

    In this article, you will learn why running Oracle-licensed products on Kubernetes is difficult.

  6. Recap: elasticity in GKE

    Pavan Kumar Bijjala

    In this article you will cover GKE and:

    • Vertical Pod Autoscaler.
    • Horizontal Pod Autoscaler.
    • Cluster Autoscaler.
    • Node auto-provisioning.
    • Metric server.
    • Tips and tricks for application developers and cluster operators.

Articles worth checking out:

  1. Working the Amazon EKS immersion workshop

    John David Luther

    This 12-part series covers how to provision an EKS cluster, deploy apps, and route traffic into the cluster using Ingress and the AWS Load Balancer controller.

  2. First try on Java Operator SDK

    Stefanie Lai

    In this article, you will learn how to build a Kubernetes operator using the java-operator-sdk and compare it to Kubebuilder.

  3. How to set up blue-green deployments with DNS routing

    Atulpriya Sharma

    This blog post will teach you how to set up blue-green deployments using Argo Rollouts with DNS routing using Azure Traffic Manager.

  4. Mitmproxy and Kubernetes

    Philippe Bogaerts

    This tutorial will teach you how to use Mitmproxy to solve untrusted certificate issues in pods.

  5. Introduction to Kubernetes network policy and calico based network policy

    Arjun B Nair

    Kubernetes Network Policies are designed to control the network's traffic flow in and out of the cluster.

    This article will teach you how to use Network Policies with the Calico CNI.

More tutorials:

    • DevOps Engineer with Vaticle

    • Salary: £45K to £65K a year

    • Location: based in the office in London, United Kingdom

    • Tech stack: Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Azure, Docker, Rust, Python, Java, Kotlin, Typescript

    • Security Architect with 3GC Group

    • Salary: $30K to $50K a year

    • Location: remote from the United States

    • Tech stack: Kubernetes, Docker, C#, Javascript, Typescript, Java, Prometheus

Discover more Kubernetes jobs on Kube Careers →

  1. calvin-puram/awesome-kubernetes-operator-resources

    Awesome Kubernetes Operator Resources is a curated list of awesome resources: articles, books and videos about Kubernetes Operators.

  2. garutilorenzo/k3s-oci-cluster

    Deploy a Kubernetes cluster for free, using k3s and Oracle always free resources.

  3. tyktechnologies/tyk-operator

    Tyk Operator brings Full Lifecycle API Management capabilities to Kubernetes.

    You can configure Ingress, APIs, Security Policies, Authentication, and Authorization using GitOps best practices with Custom Resources and Kubernetes-native primitives.

  4. fairwindsops/pluto

    Pluto is a utility to help users find deprecated Kubernetes API versions in their code repositories and their helm releases.

Upcoming Kubernetes events

  1. Feb

    15

    How Apple uses Cluster API and KubeVirt to offer devs tailored Kubernetes at scale

    Online meetup organized by CNCF Online Programs.

    • This is a virtual event

    • This is a free event.

  2. Feb

    18

    Monitoring Kubernetes cluster with Prometheus/Grafana & Kubernetes in Public Cloud

    Online meetup organized by Nepal Cloud Professionals.

    • This is a virtual event

    • This is a free event.

  3. Feb

    20

    Kubernetes Community Days Pakistan

    Online conference organized by KCD Pakistan.

    • This is a virtual event

    • This is a free event.

  4. Feb

    22

    Intro to Kubernetes

    Online meetup organized by Free Code Camp Indy.

    • This is a virtual event

    • This is a free event.

  5. Feb

    23

    Kubernetes Community Days Amsterdam 2023

    Online & in-person conference organized by KCD Amsterdam.

    • Location: Amsterdam, NL and virtual

    • This event requires an entrance fee

      • Use KCDA20 to get 20% off

  6. Mar

    9

    Advanced Kubernetes course

    Online workshop organized by Learnk8s.

    • This is a virtual event

    • This event requires an entrance fee

Discover more Kubernetes events on Kube Events →

Kubernetes Call for Papers

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    WTM Scotland

    The Call For Paper was open until 18 February 2023 at UTC. More info →
    • Location: Glasgow, UK

    • In-person conference organized by Women Techmakers.

    • The conference starts on the 4 March 2023.

    • Apply here
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    Devopsdays Cáceres

    The Call For Paper was open until 19 February 2023 at UTC. More info →
    • Location: Cáceres, ES

    • In-person conference organized by Devopsdays.

    • The conference starts on the 28 April 2023.

    • Apply here
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    OpenGovCon

    The Call For Paper was open until 20 February 2023 at UTC. More info →
    • Location: Vancouver, CA

    • In-person conference organized by Linux Foundation.

    • The conference starts on the 10 May 2023.

    • Apply here
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    Kubernetes Community Days Italy 2023

    The Call For Paper was open until 20 February 2023 at UTC. More info →
    • Location: Milan, IT

    • In-person conference organized by KCD Italy.

    • The conference starts on the 16 June 2023.

    • Apply here

Until next time!

— Dan

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