Kubernetes Unpacked 018: Grappling With Kubernetes Complexity

In today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Michael and Kristina chat about KubeCon EU, which took place in April 2023 in Amsterdam. They explore the latest and greatest technologies that are coming, the value of in-person gatherings, and why conference codes of conduct matter. They also share their top 3 KubeCon takeaways. The post Kubernetes Unpacked 027: KubeCon EU 2023 Recap appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Michael and Kristina catch up with with Geoff Burke, Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, to talk about running backups for Kubernetes, how to recover those backups, and which tools to use for backup and disaster recovery. We're also pleased to welcome Kristina Devochko as full-time co-host of the podcast! The post Kubernetes Unpacked 026: Data Backup And Recovery In Kubernetes appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Michael Levan and Calvin Hendryx-Parker talk about their experience using Kubernetes, the pros and cons of the orchestration platform, and its impact on infrastructure engineers and developers. Calvin offers great tips on how to make the developer experience better and what platform engineering teams can do to make everyone’s job flow properly. The post Kubernetes Unpacked 025: The Kubernetes Developer Experience appeared first on Packet Pushers.

In this episode, Michael catches up with Kristina Devochko, a Senior Software Architect to talk about Day Zero Kubernetes. Originally, Michael thought that it would be similar to Day One and Day Two Ops, but Day Zero is drastically different. Kristina and Michael discuss what engineers need to know to get the job done, how to think about planning Kubernetes architecture, and overall security best practices for what’s needed in Day Zero. The post Kubernetes Unpacked 024: Day Zero Kubernetes With Kristina Devochko appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Kubernetes Unpacked discusses essential requirements to secure a Kubernetes environment. The post Kubernetes Unpacked 023: Is Kubernetes Security The Same As Other Security? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

In this episode, Michael catches up with Stephane Karagulmez, Senior Solution Architect at Isovalent (founded by the creators of Cilium). Michael spent a lot of time working with Cilium, which is open-source software that provides networking and observability capabilities for Kubernetes workloads. Cilium is based on another open-source project, eBFP. It's important to understand the details and performance changes when implementing eBPF and removing kube-proxy. The post Kubernetes Unpacked 022: Kubernetes Networking And Abstraction With Cilium And eBPF appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Kubernetes Unpacked, Michael and guests explore Windows containers. A few years ago there was a lot of hype around Nano, which then morphed into Nano Server. We look at the current state of containerized Windows, using Windows containers with Kubernetes, customer scenarios for container adoption, and Microsoft's approach to the container space. The post Kubernetes Unpacked 021: Catching Up With Windows Containers On Kubernetes appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The edge is one of those terms that can be shaped to fit almost any use case. On today's Kubernetes Unpacked episode, host Michael Levan talks with Alan Hohn, Director of Software Strategy at Lockheed Martin, about what the defense industry means by the edge, and getting a working definition of the edge we can all live with. The post Kubernetes Unpacked 020: A Working Definition Of Kubernetes At The Edge appeared first on Packet Pushers.

In today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, we explore the concept of a service mesh and why you might want to run one in a Kubernetes cluster. While there are many service meshes to choose from we focus on Linkerd. Linkerd is available under an Apache 2.0 license and hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). The post Kubernetes Unpacked 019: Understanding Service Meshes And Linkerd appeared first on Packet Pushers.

In today's Kubernetes Unpacked episode, host Michael Levan and guest Michael Chenetz examine the complexity that comes with Kubernetes and its broader ecosystem, what engineers should expect when diving into it, and why organizations should invest in people not just tech. The post Kubernetes Unpacked 018: Grappling With Kubernetes Complexity appeared first on Packet Pushers.