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Announcing HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.0

HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.0 is now available. For our enterprise customers, HAProxy Enterprise Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.0 will arrive later this year and incorporate these same features. In this release, we've added TCP custom resource definitions (CRDs) to improve mapping, structuring, and validation for TCP services within HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller. Say goodbye to messy service list management and "hello" to greater flexibility with HAProxy options for your K8s services.

Managing your resources in Terraform can be literally easy and actually fun

We approached building a Terraform integration with a sense of trepidation. One of the things that motivates us is building features we think people are going to love using, and Terraform integrations are often not that. Terraform integrations have a number of common pitfalls. Building resources by hand is tedious, and requires deep understanding of their specification. Importing and managing existing resources is also often painful.

How to Show Appreciation on Sysadmin Day 2024

Before you know it, Sysadmin Day will be here again! As we all know, sysadmins (sometimes written SysAdmins) play a critical behind-the-scenes role in keeping technology up and running smoothly. However, they often go unappreciated until something goes wrong. That’s why System Administrator Appreciation Day serves as the perfect opportunity to recognize the sysadmins that work tirelessly day in and day out to support your organization.

Scale your code review with custom merge checks

Pull requests are a core feature of Bitbucket Cloud, serving as the hub where code contributions are reviewed, discussed, and approved before being merged into the codebase. Initially, developers focused on ensuring that proposed changes were bug-free, adhered to correct code styling, and included appropriate tests. Over time, the role of pull requests has expanded to act as a checkpoint, ensuring that only high-quality and compliant code reaches production.

Why Have a Test Environment

As part of our best practices Kelverion always recommends having a test automation platform. There are several reasons explained below why Kelverion recommends customers have a test environment. We know it takes a little bit of time and resources, but it truly can be a safe zone that allows you to test and grow your IT automation processes. Let’s explore some of the most common reasons.

DORA metrics: How to measure DevOps performance

DevOps accelerates modern software development by automating processes and breaking down silos between development and operations teams. This paradigm shift emphasizes continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) to speed time to market, facilitate higher-quality releases, and improve customer satisfaction.

Patch or Perish: Secure Your Data Center with Firmware Management

Firmware is the permanent software programmed into a device’s read-only memory. It provides the low-level control for the device’s specific hardware. In a data center, firmware is embedded in various components such as servers, storage devices, and networking equipment. Firmware management involves the processes and tools necessary to update, maintain, and monitor these firmware systems.

Use the Gremlin API to add Chaos Engineering to your pipeline

Did you know you can use the Gremlin API to integrate resiliency tests into your CI/CD pipeline? Our partner Nagarro has even made it part of their shift left package. "What we do is shift left and add a chaos stage to the pipeline. We have created the shift left accelerator package. It integrates with load tests and Gremlin APIs to set up the test scenario.

JFrog & Qwak: Accelerating Models Into Production - The DevOps Way

We are collectively thrilled to share some exciting news: Qwak will be joining the JFrog family! Nearly four years ago, Qwak was founded with the vision to empower Machine Learning (ML) engineers to drive real impact with their ML-based products and achieve meaningful business results. Our mission has always been to accelerate, scale, and secure the delivery of ML applications.