Self-Hosted vs. Fully Managed Hosting Platforms: What to Choose for Mid-Size Teams?
Self-hosted or fully managed? Learn how mid-size engineering teams can pick the right hosting strategy for control, cost, and scalability.
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How 1&1 Mail & Media Scaled Kubernetes Networking with eBPF and Calico
“We started in 2017 with Calico and never regretted it!” —Stefan Fudeus, Product Owner/Lead Architect, 1&1 Mail & Media.
What is WebAssembly? #wasm #programming #rancheracademy
Learn more about Wasm with Caleb Schoepp from Fermyon and other experts in our tailored learning path on Rancher Academy.
Product Klip: Istio Developer Dashboard
Troubleshooting issues in a complex service mesh environment, such as traffic failures or authorization problems, often requires the expertise of an SRE or DevOps professional. However, Komodor simplifies this process. Komodor provides developers with the necessary visibility to diagnose service mesh issues on their own. It helps developers easily identify blocked connections and understand the root cause without having to review logs or configuration files.
Abusing the Target Revision Field for Argo CD Promotions
In our big guide on how to use ApplicationSets for Argo CD applications, we explained the best practice of having a 3-level structure for all manifests with a clear distinction between Argo CD Application files and Kubernetes resource files. In that article, we also outlined several anti-patterns that we have seen in the wild, meaning questionable practices that might seem ok at first glance but are problematic in the long run both for developers and for Argo CD operators.
OPEA in Action: Making #AI Easy for Enterprises #opensource #rancherlive
Learn more about the OPEA project from @LinuxfoundationOrg with Katherine Druckman from Intel.
Autoscaling Made Easy with Rancher Cluster API
Kubernetes has revolutionized application deployment and management. However, manually adjusting cluster sizes to meet fluctuating workloads, without constantly under- or over-provisioning resources, quickly drains platform teams’ time and energy. While traditional cloud provider autoscaling tools are functional, they often fall short when it comes to truly dynamic, Kubernetes-aware scaling, especially in a world with diverse infrastructure.
k8s-monitoring-helm Chart Office Hours (July 2025)
In the July edition of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart office hours, we discuss the version 3.2 release as well as the plan for upcoming features. Finally, we end with a packed Q&A full of great questions.
Ever Wondered How Argo CD Is Built? Let's Break It Down | Argo Unpacked #12
In this episode, we take you behind the scenes of Argo CD’s architecture to explore its core components, how they interact, and the design principles that power it.
Bring high-performance observability to secure Kubernetes environments with Datadog's new CSI driver
In Kubernetes environments, applications often communicate with the Datadog Agent to send telemetry data such as custom metrics via DogStatsD or traces through Datadog APM. How this communication takes place depends on the communication mode set on the Datadog Cluster Agent's Admission Controller. With the sockets option, communication takes place through local inter-process communication via Unix domain sockets (UDS), whereas the service and default hostip options rely on network communication.