Learn Kubernetes Weekly issue 83
98% faster data imports in deployment previews, Transforming Kubernetes secret management, Plumbing of spawning container with runc, Simplifying Kubernetes development: your go-to tools guide, (Zero-cost) Kubernetes resource tuning in your GitOps pipelines
12 Jun 2024
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Articles
98% faster data imports in deployment previews
Learn how creating isolated namespaces for backups and utilizing Velero for seamless restoration reduced data import time from 19 minutes to 25 seconds, enhancing operational efficiency and developer experience in ephemeral environments.
Amazon EKS pricing: quick guide and 6 ways to cut EKS costs
Guy Menachem
This article explains how EKS pricing works and offers six strategies for optimizing EKS costs, including evaluating instance types, using managed node groups, leveraging reserved instances, and employing cost management tools.
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(Zero-cost) Kubernetes resource tuning in your GitOps pipelines
Shea Stewart
This article offers zero-cost approaches to address deployment delays and resource allocation, emphasizing fine-tuning resources for optimal performance within GitOps pipelines.
Simplifying Kubernetes development: your go-to tools guide
Abhisman Sarkar
This article analyzes and compares six popular modern Kubernetes local development tools, highlighting their benefits and limitations: Skaffold, Tilt, Telepresence, Okteto, Docker Compose, and Garden.
Tokede Akinkunmi
The article discusses the challenges of achieving zero downtime in Kubernetes rolling deployments to avoid broken client connections.
It explains the startup and shutdown stages of pods, the reasons for broken connections, and provides a solution.
Plumbing of spawning container with runc
Rishabh Singh
This article details the use of the Skopeo in generating OCI Image Layout Specification, the creation of an OCI bundle, and the relevance of these concepts to the Container Runtime Interface of Kubernetes.
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The continuous Kubernetes reliability platform
Komodor
Simplify cluster management and troubleshooting to unlock the full value of Kubernetes and drive innovation at scale.
Tutorials
In this two-part tutorial, you'll learn how to use the Atlas Operator with Atlas Cloud and ArgoCD to create a modern GitOps workflow for managing your database migrations natively in Kubernetes.
Developing Kubernetes Admission Controller with Kotlin
Jay Lee
The article discusses developing a Kubernetes Admission Controller with Kotlin to address an issue with the Application Routing add-on and Flux on AKS.
A practical approach to signed and encrypted container images
The tutorial discusses the importance of using signed and encrypted container images to enhance security in Kubernetes workloads.
It uses Podman to create, sign, and verify container images on standalone systems and Kubernetes clusters.
Step-by-step guide: hosting Longhorn on K3s (ARM)
Duy Hoang
This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on hosting Longhorn on K3s.
It highlights the limitations of local-path storage and Longhorn's benefits (i.e. availability, cost-effectiveness, and disaster recovery).
Kubernetes jobs
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Discover more Kubernetes jobs on Kube Careers →
Code & tools
Managed Kubernetes Auditing Toolkit (MKAT)
MKAT is an all-in-one auditing toolkit for identifying common security issues within managed Kubernetes environments.
Mykube is a one-lick single-node Kubernetes cluster installer.
The Terranetes Controller manages the life cycles of a terraform resource, allowing developers to self-serve dependencies in a controlled manner.
kc simplifies the management of kubectl configuration contexts, making tasks such as switching between contexts, adding new ones, and modifying them easy and fast.
Visually presented Kubernetes (VpK) is an application that presents Kubernetes resources and configurations in a visual and graphic fashion.
Other interesting projects:
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Until next time!
— Dan
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