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Docker Swarm vs Kubernetes: how to choose a container orchestration tool

Businesses around the world increasingly rely on the benefits of container technology to ease the burden of deploying and managing complex applications. Containers group all necessary dependencies within one package. They are portable, fast, secure, scalable, and easy to manage, making them the primary choice over traditional VMs. But to scale containers, you need a container orchestration tool—a framework for managing multiple containers.

Troubleshooting Pod issues in Kubernetes with Live Tail

With the advent of IaaS (Infrastructure as a service) and IaC (Infrastructure as Code), it is now possible to manage versioning, code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines at the infrastructure level through resource provisioning and on-demand service routing. Kubernetes is the indisputable choice for container orchestration.

Kubespray 2.17 released with Calico eBPF and WireGuard support

Congratulations to the Kubespray team on the release of 2.17! This release brings support for two of the newer features in Calico: support for the eBPF data plane, and also for WireGuard encryption. Let’s dive into configuring Kubespray to enable these new features.

General availability announcement

After nearly 2 years of perfecting our product during our beta phase and just over 5 months since we opened for early access, I have great pleasure in announcing that Civo is now 'General Availability'. It's taken us over 4 years to get to where we are today, with a colossal amount of work being contributed by our team to build the Civo platform and developer eco-system. I can honestly say that we're lucky to have so many amazing people at Civo.

General availability announcement

After nearly 2 years of perfecting our product during our beta phase and just over 5 months since we opened for early access, I have great pleasure in announcing that Civo is now 'General Availability'. It's taken us over 4 years to get to where we are today, with a colossal amount of work being contributed by our team to build the Civo platform and developer eco-system. I can honestly say that we're lucky to have so many amazing people at Civo.

Komodor Workflows: Automated Troubleshooting at the Speed of WHOOSH!

Today, just in time for Kubecon 2021, I am happy to announce the beta availability of Workflows. For me, this is our most exciting product announcement to date – a completely new capability that expands the definition of what Komodor is, as it charts the course for its next evolution. Let me start with the feature first. In a nutshell, Workflows is a series of smart algorithms that operate within the “depths” of Komodor.

Announcing Workflows - Fix k8s issues on the fly

Meet "Workflow" from Komodor, the feature that automates troubleshooting common errors in Kubernetes. Leveraging Komodor’s change intelligence capabilities, Workflow's smart algorithm automatically detects Kubernetes issues and responds with a series of checks that quickly pinpoint its root cause. Not stopping there, Komodor uses the information to provide made-to-measure instruction for remediation, turning troubleshooting into a fast and effortless experience for dev and ops.