Learn Kubernetes Weekly issue 86
Extending GitOps, Reducing Docker images by 40%, The traffic police, Prometheus and Thanos evolutionary tale, H100 GPUs in AKS
3 Jul 2024
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Articles
Extending GitOps: effortless continuous integration and deployment on Kubernetes
Levi Van Noort
This article discusses using GitOps and Argo CD Image Updater for effortless continuous integration and deployment on Kubernetes.
Optimizing Wireshark in Kubernetes
Nigel Douglas
Believe it or not, Wireshark isn't just for the land of wires and cables anymore.
With some help from Falco and Kubernetes, it has a place in the cloud SOC.
In this article, you will find best practices and guidance on optimizing Wireshark in Kubernetes.
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How I reduced the size of my very first published Docker image by 40%
The author details their journey of reducing the size of their Docker image by 40%, from 31.4 MB to 17.6 MB.
They discuss optimization attempts, multi-stage builds, removing unnecessary binaries and dependencies, and using
scratchas the base image.Monitoring reinvented: Prometheus and Thanos evolutionary tale
Sairam BS
This article discusses the use of Prometheus and Thanos for monitoring, addresses Prometheus's challenges, and explains how Thanos provides scalability.
It also covers the architecture of a monitoring system with multiple Kubernetes clusters.
Overcoming the deployment challenges of H100 GPUs in AKS
This article discusses the challenges faced with integrating NVIDIA H100 GPUs in AKS.
Solutions involved manual interventions, disabling default driver installations, and using NVIDIA's GPU operator.
Loxilb cluster networking: elevating Kubernetes networking capabilities
This article explores LoxiLB Cluster Networking's use of eBPF technology to provide load balancing, traffic management, observability, and security.
Articles worth checking out:
5 Steps to Securing Kubernetes
Sysdig
The complexity of Kubernetes often leads DevOps teams to postpone security measures until production deployment.
This delay poses significant risks.
Use this checklist to guide your security strategy as you escalate the use of containers and Kubernetes.
Tutorials
Mastering Ingress context path based routing in AWS EKS using Terraform
Vajrapu Vinod
This article provides a step-by-step guide on implementing Ingress context path-based routing in AWS EKS using Terraform.
Gitops your Terraform resources on Azure with Flux
Victor Muchiaroni
This tutorial discusses using Gitops and Flux to manage Terraform resources on Azure.
The process involves centralizing components in a git repository and using Flux to manage changes.
Scale your apps using KEDA in Kubernetes
Vinod Kumar
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use KEDA to scale your apps from 0 based on external metrics/events such as the messages in the AWS SQS Queue.
Kubernetes jobs
Software Engineer with Rebel Space Technologies
Salary: $130K to $200K a year
Location: based in the office (and remote from home) in Long Beach, CA, USA
Tech stack: Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Docker, Python, Rust, C++
Software Engineer with Edgemony
Salary: €35K to €50K a year
Location: remote from Italy
Tech stack: Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Python, Mongo, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Platform Engineer with Hook Technology
Salary: £85K to £105K a year
Location: based in the office (and remote from home) in London, GB
Tech stack: Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, Terraform
Discover more Kubernetes jobs on Kube Careers →
Code & tools
Lingo is a lightweight, scale-from-zero ML model proxy that runs on Kubernetes.
Lingo allows you to run text completion and embedding servers in your project without changing any of your OpenAI client code.
OVN Kubernetes (Open Virtual Networking - Kubernetes) is an open-source project that provides a robust networking solution for Kubernetes clusters with OVN (Open Virtual Networking) and Open vSwitch (Open Virtual Switch) at its core.
This repo provides the enterprise-level features for the weave-gitops product, including CAPI cluster creation and team workspaces.
Kubetail is a bash script aggregating (tail/follow) logs from multiple pods into one stream.
This is the same as running
kubectl logs -fbut for multiple pods.The Kubernetes Ingress Controller for Caddy includes functionality for monitoring Ingress resources on a Kubernetes cluster and support for providing automatic HTTPS certificates for all hostnames defined in the ingress resources it manages.
Other interesting projects:
Upcoming Kubernetes events
Jul
7
Kubernetes Community Days Lahore 2024
In-person conference organized by KCD Lahore.
Location: Lahore, PK
This event requires an entrance fee
Jul
9
The platform engineer's survival guide to Kubernetes networking
Online meetup organized by Platform Engineers.
This is a virtual event
This is a free event.
Jul
10
In-person conference organized by Devopsdays.
Location: Taipei, TW
This event requires an entrance fee
Jul
10
Multi-Cloud Kubernetes with KubeAdmiral & Squeeze Your Kubernetes
Online meetup organized by FOSSASIA Vietnam Open Technology Meetup Group.
This is a virtual event
This is a free event.
Jul
10
In-person conference organized by Devopsdays.
Location: Nashville, TN, USA
This event requires an entrance fee
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Aug
6
Online workshop organized by Sysdig.
This is a virtual event
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Discover more Kubernetes events on Kube Events →
Kubernetes Call for Papers
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Kubernetes Community Days Porto 2024
The Call For Paper was open until 15 July 2024 at UTC. More info →
Location: Porto, PT
In-person conference organized by KCD Porto.
The conference starts on the 27 September 2024.
- Apply here
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Kubernetes Community Days Denmark 2024
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In-person conference organized by KCD Denmark.
The conference starts on the 20 November 2024.
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In-person conference organized by Linux Foundation.
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Online conference organized by Conf42.
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Cilium + eBPF Day North America
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Location: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
In-person conference organized by Linux Foundation.
The conference starts on the 12 November 2024.
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The Call For Paper is open until 18 September 2024 at UTC. More info →
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
In-person conference organized by InfoQ.
The conference starts on the 18 November 2024.
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Open Source Monitoring Conference
The Call For Paper was open until 15 August 2024 at UTC. More info →
Location: Nuremberg, DE
In-person conference organized by NETWAYS.
The conference starts on the 21 November 2024.
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Location: Bogotá, CO
In-person conference organized by Devopsdays.
The conference starts on the 29 October 2024.
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Until next time!
— Dan
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