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Highly available Kubernetes in IoT: MicroK8s on RaspberryPi

Learn how to set up a Pi-Hole instance with a single command and a cluster of Raspberry Pis on MicroK8s. High availability, load balancing and Kubernetes configuration included. The Raspberry Pi 4 brings the graphics, RAM and connectivity needed for a Linux workstation, so why not use a cluster to set up your own Pi-Hole, the open source network-level ad blocker that acts as a DNS sinkhole or DHCP server.

The fastest SQL Change Automation, Azure DevOps and AzureSQL DB pipeline

Is it possible to set up an end-to-end deployment pipeline from Dev through to Production in Azure DevOps, with SQL Change Automation and Azure SQL DB in just 10 minutes? Join Chris Unwin, a Redgate Solution Engineer, as they try to break the record for setting up a migrations-first pipeline with SQL Change Automation from Dev to Continuous Integration and finally, deployment.

Fresh Springtime Product Updates: D2iQ Kommander 1.4 and D2iQ Konvoy 1.8 Are GA!

It’s that time again: the latest versions of D2iQ Konvoy and D2iQ Kommander have just been made generally available and the D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP) has some powerful new features. As noted with our last update, DKP is the leading independent Kubernetes platform for enterprise grade production at scale and Konvoy and Kommander are the reason why. You can learn more about Konvoy here, Kommander here, and our general approach here.

Kubernetes: Weighing Advantages and Disadvantages

Kubernetes is one of the current leading technologies. Its adoption has seen tremendous growth in the past few years. The concept of containers is a paradigm that appears to be the predominant medium of software development and deployment in the coming future. Containers help maintain consistency across various platforms, as they pack an application with its dependencies to help move it from one platform to another.

Announcing Ribbon Voice Sync for Regional and Rural Service Providers

Regional and rural providers are challenged every day to keep their network together. Time, obsolescence, razor-thin margins, and changing customer expectations are conspiring to pull it apart. Watch on-demand to learn how Ribbon is synchronizing multiple elements of our portfolio into a new and better solution for regional and rural providers.

Failover Conf follow-up: Your team and culture questions answered!

Thank you all for joining us last week for Failover Conf 2! We had a great turnout this year, with over 1,800 participants, 20 sponsors, and 9 amazing sessions. After more than a year of virtual events and video calls, we know that Zoom fatigue is real. We tried to make this event different by finding new ways to bring the community together and thinking of fun new ways to shake up the conference formula.

Launching Argo CD Autopilot: An Opinionated Way to Manage Your Applications Across Environments Using Gitops at Scale

Argo CD has been skyrocketing in popularity with the CNCF China survey naming Argo as a top CI/CD tool for its power as a deployment automation tool. And it’s no wonder, GitOps is a faster, safer, and more scalable way to do continuous delivery. Most of our own users are embracing GitOps to manage infrastructure and applications at scale in gaming, finance, defense, media, and other industries.

Out with GraphQL, in with gRPC

At Speedscale, we’re always trying to find ways to iterate faster and reduce developer toil. In line with that mission, we slant our engineering decisions towards using cutting edge tech because we usually move faster and it also allows us to help our customers later on when they upgrade their own tech stack. Recently, we had the opportunity to upgrade the communication channel between our api-gateway and react front end. This journey provided some unexpected benefits.