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What's New in Sysdig - March & April 2023

This month, Sysdig Secure’s Container Registry scanning functionality became generally available for all users. This functionality provides an added layer of security between the pipeline and runtime scanning stages. On Sysdig Monitor, we introduced a feature to automatically translate Metrics alerts in form-based query to PromQL. This allows you to choose between the convenience of form and the flexibility of PromQL.

Calico's 3.26.0 update unlocks high density vertical scaling in Kubernetes

Kubernetes is a highly popular and widely used container orchestration platform designed to deploy and manage containerized applications at a scale, with strong horizontal scaling capabilities that can support up to 5,000 nodes; the only limit in adding nodes to your cluster is your budget. However, its vertical scaling is restricted by its default configurations, with a cap of 110 pods per node.

Stateful workloads: How to guarantee savings and continuity

Stateful workloads require consistent access to specific network and disk artifacts. Yet with little tolerance for interruptions, it’s no surprise that these workloads can be costly to run. As a result, organizations face a challenging trade-off between consistency and cost-efficiency as their cloud estates scale and cost concerns grow. However, running stateful workloads doesn’t necessitate overprovisioned, expensive, and unpredictable compute costs.

Speed Up and Scale Amazon EKS Cluster Deployments with New VMware Tanzu Mission Control Features

The public preview for lifecycle management of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) clusters through VMware Tanzu Mission Control allowed users to create, update/scale, upgrade, and delete clusters with native Amazon EKS APIs through Tanzu Mission Control. Today, we are announcing this feature’s general availability (GA), including powerful capabilities based on customer feedback.

KubeCon Europe 2023 Highlights Kubernetes Explosion and Need for Instant Platform Engineering

The CNCF’s flagship KubeCon Europe 2023 conference in Amsterdam last week was a vibrant sold-out affair that drew more than 10,000 attendees, 58% of whom were new to the conference, with another 2,000 people on the waitlist.

How to deploy Prometheus on Kubernetes

This is a tutorial for deploying Prometheus on Kubernetes, including the configuration for remote storage on Metricfire. This tutorial uses a minikube cluster with one node, but these instructions should work for any Kubernetes cluster. Here's a video that walks through all the steps, or you can read the blog below. You can get onto our product using our free trial, and easily apply what you learned.

How Bhuma Achieved Testing Automation in No Time with Qovery

We talked with Juan Carlos, the Head of Software Architects at Bhuma, a software company that strives to be the go-to platform for frontend operational analytics. They provide businesses with cutting-edge tools to easily manage and visualize their data but when the team began to transition to EKS, they faced the challenge of automating testing and integration for containerized platforms. In this article, discover how Qovery helped Bhuma overcome this challenge effortlessly.

Why You Should Use Docker Over Buildpacks

Buildpacks and Docker are popular containerizations and modern software development tools that package and deploy applications that provide portable and reproducible containers. While providing similar end results, they have different approaches and use cases. In this article, I will expose our experience at Qovery dealing with Buildpacks and why we strongly advise you to move away from it as soon as your project gets any more serious.

State of Preview Environments Report 2023

The State of Preview Environments Report is a survey conducted by Qovery gathering feedback from 1,289 seasoned software engineers with diverse experiences, ranging from growing to enterprise-level organizations. This report aims to get a pulse on the perception and adoption of Preview Environments among the software engineering community.