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Kubernetes vs Docker: Key Differences

It's impossible to learn about containerization without hearing about Docker and Kubernetes. These two tools together dominate the world of containers, both being the de-facto standard in what they each do. When you're first getting started learning about containers, it can be quite a challenge to figure out what the differences are between these two tools.

Is your database on Kubernetes production-ready?

Last May, KubeCon gathered multiple tech enthusiasts, students, professionals, and companies. The event highlighted various topics and insights on how to collaborate on pushing the boundaries of cloud-native computin One of our Engineering Directors, Mykola Marzhan, shared his knowledge about databases on Kubernetes at KubeCon, during a session organised by the DoK.Community. We’ve picked out some of the key highlights from the talk below.

Key advantages of the Calico eBPF data plane

Project Calico has offered a production-ready data plane based on eBPF since September 2020, and it’s been available for technical evaluation for even longer (since February 2020). The pre-requisites and limitations are simple to review, it’s easy to enable, and it’s easy to validate your configuration. So, there’s never been a better time to start experiencing the benefits! You do know what those are, don’t you? Don’t worry if not!

K8s monitoring and observability with ContainIQ

Matthew Lenhard, Co-founder & CTO of ContainIQ, will discuss how to extract value from the Kubernetes events feed. Kubernetes events can provide unique and clear insights into cluster health and performance, but how do you cut through the noise and better understand your environment? In this webinar, we will explain what Kubernetes events are, how to use them, and tools that can be used to get the most out of them.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2022 Wrap up - Civo

Over 7,000 people attended KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022 which took place in Valencia Spain from May 16-20. From developers, executives, product managers, and marketers, the event consisted of some great workshops and keynotes giving attendees the opportunity to engage with the community and collaborate. Learn more about our experience at the event, what we brought with us to showcase, and the talks by our team!

Use Kubernetes to Manage Eleasticsearch Clusters for Logging | Sematext at Kubecon 2022

Radu Gheorghe (Sematext Group) & Ciprian Hacman (polypoly) explain how Kubernetes can be used to manage and autoscale Elasticsearch clusters. They will explain the use cases for such a setup, what are the pros and cons of using Kubernetes to manage Elasticsearch for logging, and what operators are currently available to accomplish this task.

Your First Shipa Canary Deployment(s)

Lineage to the saying “canary in a coal mine”, the canary deployment/release methodology is an incremental release focused on safety. If the canary does not pass, the deployment does not continue or is rolled back. Taking a jog down memory lane, like Kubernetes the Hard Way, a few years ago a canary deployment in Kubernetes was quite the undertaking.