As the demand for serverless computing continues to rise, WebAssembly (WASM) is emerging as a game-changer in the industry. With the potential to simplify the deployment and management of serverless applications, WASM could even surpass Kubernetes as the go to defacto platform for application deployment and management. WASM addresses some potential flaws in Kubernetes, such […] Read More
Thoughts on 2023
NOTE: The following content was transcribed and modified from the Thoughts on X podcast…Click Play if you would like to listen. I think we should all put a pin in 2022. But before we do, I want to finish talking about 2022 by quoting something from Rocky Balboa and then let me put some context […] Read More
SpyderBat: Threat prevention and security operations in a rapidly changing cloud world
I don’t have to remind anyone of the importance of security and threat detection when it comes to protecting your critical systems, applications and the data being created. For the most part i’ve spent my time in IT worrying about the design and implementation fo end user platforms and data protection, and have always […] Read More
Creatures of Adaptation – Learning the Evolving Language of Kubernetes
Creatures of Adaptation Living and working in global societies means that in both our real locales and our virtual communities we exist in ever expanding multicultural societies. More than ever, we are aware of different languages being spoken around us, and that our own native tongue is not always understood by those we need to […] Read More
Plan now to maximize the ROI in Kubernetes
Traditionally, I don’t like to talk about return on investment… it was something that I always felt was used to justify a purchasing decision by pushes vendor salespeople. My bullsh*t meter always came out when they started talking ROI… however as conversations mature at higher levels, it’s clear that IT Decision makers are always looking […] Read More
Kubecost – Optimizing Spend for Kubernetes
As the use of containerized applications becomes more mainstream (driven by modern application development), so does the need to control costs. For those that are using Kubernetes platforms… in general it is difficult to monitor the costs of Kubernetes resources. There is a black box of operation happening and it is challenging to know which […] Read More
Real World Kubernetes – Working with .htaccess files for WordPress
Real word Kubernetes… that is a slightly tongue in cheek title however in reading through a lot of blogs and how-to’s around Kubernetes, I never get a sense of real world application for Infrastructure and Platform Ops who are trying to get their hands dirty or even just understand what it is to run production […] Read More
Managed Kubernetes for Labs and Learning
I’ve been talking a lot about Managed Kubernetes this year. About a month ago I submitted a session for Cloud Native Data Management Day around Managed Kubernetes for learning and labbing. What I wanted to do was take a very quick look at some examples of how you can leverage the resources that are out […] Read More
Released – Kasten K10 4.5 for Kubernetes Backup
Releases are different in the Cloud Native world… unlike more traditional software vendors that release less often with more fixes and features, in this world the idea is to release fast to fix issues and add features quicker. Kasten by Veeam is no different to this, and today released K10 v4.5.0. Though there have been […] Read More
ROOK – Ceph Backed Object Storage for Kubernetes Install and Configure
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a quick post about Longhorn as a storage provider for my Kubernetes labs. While that has worked pretty well, I thought I would look at some other alternatives and see how they compare. I have seen Rook-Ceph referenced and used before, but I never looked at installing it […] Read More