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Continuous Delivery Pipeline for Kubernetes Using Spinnaker

Kubernetes is now the de-facto standard for container orchestration. With more and more organizations adopting Kubernetes, it is essential that we get our fundamental ops-infra in place before any migration. In this post, we will learn about leveraging Jenkins and Spinnaker to roll out new versions of your application across different Kubernetes clusters.

Feature Spotlight: Kubernetes Dependency Maps and Real-Time Topology

This blog dives into detail about one of StackState’s most unique and powerful features, Kubernetes dependency maps. Dependency maps are Kubernetes service and infrastructure maps, enhanced with real-time topology, that show dependencies between all components at any moment in time.

Azure App Service Autoscaling: Steps to Configure

Azure App Service is a platform as a service (PaaS) offering from Microsoft Azure that allows developers to quickly build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs on Azure. Azure App Service is designed to be highly scalable, allowing you to easily scale your application to meet changing traffic demands. One of its most important features is auto-scaling, which allows your application to automatically adjust the number of instances it’s running based on changes in traffic or demand.

Tidal Accelerator's Update Improves Application Interviews

We are thrilled to announce the latest update to Tidal Accelerator, which focuses on optimizing one of our most popular features: Application interviews. This update was designed to make the interview process faster, more intuitive, and easier to use. The latest update of Tidal Accelerator includes pre-filled interviews, which save time for users who are completing interviews for similar applications.

Exploring cAdvisor for Common Use Cases

Container technologies have revolutionized the field of software development. By using containers, you can bundle together an application's source code with its libraries, dependencies, and configurations, ensuring that it runs predictably and reliably on different machines. But how can you be sure that your containers are running smoothly once deployed? That's where container monitoring tools like cAdvisor come in. Below, we'll go over what cAdvisor is and the different use cases for cAdvisor.

Understanding Azure Blob Storage Soft Delete: A Comprehensive Guide

Azure Blob Storage is a scalable, cost-effective, and durable cloud storage solution provided by Microsoft Azure. Serving as the backbone for many Azure services, it enables businesses to store a colossal amount of unstructured data ranging from documents, images, backup data, to log files, etc. Azure Blob Storage can handle all your static data that’s stored and read but not changed frequently, making it an indispensable part of any cloud data management strategy.

Why Traditional Cloud Cost Optimization Isn't Enough

The cloud holds such promise. It’s the promise of near-infinite scalability, power, and growth potential. Companies switching to the cloud, especially in the early days of the 2010s, were seduced by the possibilities of what could happen if they just spent a little more, raced against their competitors a little faster, or achieved just a bit more product functionality. Could they be the next Twitter? The next Uber? Or something even bigger and better than what had come before?