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Automating Ephemeral Environments with Kubernetes: A Quick Guide

Ephemeral environments are temporary, isolated, but self-contained deployment environments crucial for development and testing within software projects. While I already discussed the basics and benefits of Ephemeral Environments, today I will go through the practical steps of implementing ephemeral environments in your CI/CD pipeline using Kubernetes. I will start with how you can do it with Kubernetes native tools, and how you can automate the ephemeral environments in your CI/CD.

How to Use Kubernetes to Control a Vast Network of Clusters? Insights from Gianluca Mardente

Dive into the world of Kubernetes with Gianluca Mardente, Principal Engineer at Cisco, as he shares insights from managing a vast fleet of Kubernetes clusters within Cisco's App Dynamics business unit. Explore the evolution from managing a handful to scaling up for extensive applications and clusters, leveraging container orchestration to maintain agility in cloud and on-premises environments. Plus, discover the strategic use of tools like Cluster API and Crossplane for automation, handling dependencies, and the dynamic deployment of applications.

What is platform engineering and when should you invest in it?

As application platforms grow larger, the idea of DevOps teams where developers support the software development lifecycle, but also manage infrastructure and the platform, is beginning to reach the limits of what these teams can support. Rather than taking their best application developers and making them work on infrastructure problems, more organizations are coming to the conclusion that a centralized platform team specialized in that area is a better use of their developers’ skill sets.

How Can AI Transform the Chaos of Developer Workflows? Discover the Future with @getpieces

In this session from Navigate North America 2024, Tsavo Knott and Sam Jones unravel the complexities developers face in today's fast-paced, AI-driven world. This session delves into the innovative ways @getpieces harnesses AI to revolutionize developer workflows, making the seemingly insurmountable tasks of managing multiple languages, projects, and cross-functional teams, not just manageable but streamlined and efficient.

Kubernetes 1.30 aka Uwubernetes: What's New?

Kubernetes 1.30, the latest release from the Kubernetes project, introduces several significant updates that enhance the orchestration capabilities of the platform. This release continues the trend of evolving Kubernetes into a more robust, scalable, and secure system for managing containerized applications across diverse environments. Below, we delve into the key updates in Kubernetes 1.30.

Secure Connections with Environment-Level VPNs

At Cycle, we've taken a distinctive approach to VPN services, integrating them at the environment level of our platform. In a landscape where complexity can escalate quickly, anchoring each VPN to an environment–a VPC spanning the nodes of a cluster– simplifies management and maintains a high level of isolation.

What Is Container Orchestration? A Newbie-Friendly Guide

A recent Kubernetes Adoption Report showed that 68% of surveyed IT professionals adopted containers more during the pandemic. Among their goals were accelerating deployment cycles, increasing automation, reducing IT costs, and developing and testing artificial intelligence (AI) applications. But, what role does container technology play in this? This guide shares what containers are, how container orchestration works, and more.

Spot Ocean: The easy button for Kubernetes version and patch management

As a recovering practitioner, one of the things I was always less than thrilled to do was patching. I dreaded having to run updates, ensure everything was configured correctly, and finding windows of time to reboot without knocking an application offline. Just like your cloud workloads — everything changes when it has to be done at scale. Kubernetes has always been built around the DevOps concepts of rapid development, delivery, and iteration.

Could This Be the Key to Transforming Tech? Solomon Hykes' Fireside Chat at Navigate NA 2024

Join us for an enlightening journey with Solomon Hykes, the visionary behind Docker, in our Navigate North America 2024 Day One Keynote. Solomon delves into his fascinating path from a curious child to a tech pioneer, sharing the pivotal moments and lessons learned that fueled his groundbreaking work in container technology. From the inception of Docker to its profound impact on the tech world, Solomon offers unique insights into the challenges of innovation, the power of persistence, and the future of software development.

Kunal Kushwaha Interviews Solomon Hykes at Navigate North America 2024

Join us at Navigate NA 2024 in Austin for an enlightening conversation between @KunalKushwaha and Solomon Hykes, founder of @dagger-io and Founder, former Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Architect of Docker. Dive deep into the world of DevOps, Docker, and the cutting-edge Dagger tool as Solomon shares his insights on the evolving landscape of software development, the challenges developers face in the cloud-native space, and the innovative solutions Dagger brings to the table.