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Kubernetes Readiness Probes - Examples & Common Pitfalls

Kubernetes is a great platform to deploy our microservices and applications to. One of the excellent features is that pods are restarted or removed from a service when they don’t work correctly.

Jan 11, 2021  ·  8 min read

Kubernetes CRDs = Huge Pain In Multi-Tenant Clusters

Kubernetes multi-tenancy provides a number of business and technical advantages over single-tenant clusters. However, multi-tenancy also brings several challenges and pain points with it, one of which is handling Kubernetes custom resource definitions (CRDs).

Dec 9, 2020  ·  9 min read

Kubernetes: Why Boring Clusters Are Better Clusters

The Kubernetes and cloud-native ecosystem has become very complex over time. The best illustration for this is probably the CNCF Landscape that currently contains about 1,500 cards.

Nov 11, 2020  ·  7 min read

Why Everyone Builds Internal Kubernetes Platforms

Recently, you might have heard about “internal Kubernetes platforms” from many different sources: KubeCon talks, blog articles, or just colleagues and friends. Even if such platforms are not always called internal Kubernetes platforms, solutions that allow engineers to get a standardized and easy Kubernetes access in a cloud environment seem to become more common now.

Oct 14, 2020  ·  12 min read

Virtual Kubernetes Clusters In Production

The idea of virtual Kubernetes clusters (vClusters) is to spin up a fully-functional cluster within another Kubernetes clusters to provide an efficient abstraction and direct Kubernetes access on top of a shared underlying cluster.

Oct 7, 2020  ·  7 min read

Kubernetes Cost Savings By Reducing The Number Of Clusters

When you are using Kubernetes at a larger scale and at different stages (development, testing, production), you will sooner or later face the question of how many clusters you should run.

Oct 5, 2020  ·  8 min read