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Kubernetes might initially seem like a purely developer-centric topic—complex, technical, and far removed from everyday work life. However, this is a …
🧠Editorial Europe is negotiating with the USA again over Big Tech regulation. Not public, not officially decisive – but close enough to touch the …
In a multi-region architecture, “configuration drift” is the greatest enemy of resilience. Drift occurs when an urgent hotfix is applied …
In the traditional IT world, maintenance windows are often a necessary evil. Operating system updates, Kubernetes upgrades, or critical database …
In the world of critical infrastructures (KRITIS), the success of a disaster recovery concept is often measured by hard metrics like the RTO …
GitOps Platform Independence through Polycrate Automation Understanding the automation layer that creates a coherent, reproducible deployment pipeline …
In traditional high availability scenarios, DNS (Domain Name System) is the standard tool for failover. If location A fails, the DNS entry is …
In software development, versioning code is standard. However, in data engineering and AI projects, this is not sufficient. A model consists not only …
In a modern data engineering platform, storage needs are not only vast but also diverse. We need space for raw sensor data, finished AI models, …
In an industrial concept, millions of data points are generated daily. When these data flow into Apache Kafka, the next critical question arises: …
In modern manufacturing, data is generated not in batches, but as a continuous stream. Sensors on rolling mills, flow meters in chemical reactors, …
In industrial data processing, ETL processes (Extract, Transform, Load) are the nervous system of production. When sensor data from plants worldwide …
TL;DR Polycrate automatically captures every polycrate run execution as an “Action Run” – including block, action, exit code, timestamp, …
For an online shop in the mid-sized business or D2C sector, downtime is much more than a technical nuisance. Every minute of unavailability means …
In the traditional IT world, things are binary: A server is either running or it’s not. A database either responds or throws an error. In the …
In the industry, a fundamental architectural question arises: Should AI make decisions directly at the machine (Edge) or should the data be sent to a …
In software development, Git is the “Source of Truth.” When something goes wrong, you check the commit history. In the world of …
In industrial AI, such as predictive maintenance for sensor data analysis software, data streams are the lifeblood. Thousands of sensors provide …
In many machine learning teams, an unwritten rule prevails: first come, first served. Whoever starts the first training job in the morning occupies …
In the world of Artificial Intelligence, there’s a phenomenon we often refer to as the “Wall of Confusion.” On one side is the data …
TL;DR Deploying Helm charts directly via CLI works – but only with Ansible and Polycrate do deployments become truly idempotent, versioned, and …
The Invisible Modernization of Critical Infrastructure It’s often not the visible features that determine the stability of modern platforms, …
TL;DR You can implement standardized Windows software deployment without expensive SCCM infrastructure – using Chocolatey as a package manager and …
TL;DR For logistics companies, delivery services, and fleet managers, routing is the heart of the business. However, using the Google Maps Directions …
TL;DR In the microservices world, services need a way to communicate. Tools like RabbitMQ (based on Erlang) or Kafka (JVM) often come with significant …
TL;DR Email delivery is one of the most critical functions of modern applications (password resets, invoices). However, testing is risky: a wrong …
In a perfect world, your Infrastructure as Code (IaC) repository is the absolute “Source of Truth.” Every change to load balancers, DNS …
In traditional software development, CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment) has long been established as a standard. However, in the …
Those deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) or complex deep learning pipelines in production quickly realize: A standard Kubernetes cluster …
The digitalization of manufacturing and the networking of decentralized locations present a fundamental challenge for the German SME sector: …
In modern software development, the unsecured handling of credentials—so-called “Hardcoded Secrets” (static secrets) in Git …
In 2026, sustainability in the IT sector is no longer a “nice-to-have” for marketing but a regulatory necessity. With the tightening of …
The era of purely manual intervention in infrastructure incidents is coming to an end. While GitOps with ArgoCD defines the state-of-the-art for …
From Cost Center to Value Driver By 2026, the mere promise of cloud scalability has given way to a harsh reality: those who do not economically manage …
In September 2026, the transition period for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) ends. What began as a regulatory framework has evolved into the toughest …
Is Sovereignty Becoming Unaffordable Now? Hetzner will increase prices for its entire portfolio starting April 1, 2026. In the cloud sector, many …
Anyone managing modern Cloud-Native infrastructures knows the problem: data is everywhere, but insights are rare. A system is only considered …
Digital Sovereignty in Live Streaming: How ayedo Strategically Strengthens STREAMLAB’s Cloud Operations Live streaming has long been critical …
The BSI draws a clear line: From the end of 2031, the sole use of classical key agreement methods like RSA and ECC will no longer be recommended. For …
In the past, securing the front door (the firewall) was enough. But today, threats come “delivered to your door”—hidden in the thousands …
The Saarlouis Economic Development and the IHK Saarland invited to the economic policy kickoff of the year at the RAG representation in Ensdorf. The …
In traditional business economics, IT infrastructure is often seen as a necessary evil—a cost center to be minimized. However, in the age of digital …
A Smart City is a vast, distributed data ecosystem. Sensors measure air quality, soil moisture in parks, parking occupancy, or traffic flows. The …
The goal of the Online Access Act is ambitious: all administrative services should be digitally available. However, the implementation often failed …
In a globally connected economy, no logistics company is an island. Success depends on how efficiently information flows between shippers, freight …
Polycrate API 0.11.27 is a major feature release focusing on K8sApp pod status tracking, DataSource integration, and UI modernizations. K8sApp Pod …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.16 brings comprehensive improvements for monitoring Kubernetes workloads and a new knowledge base for AI-assisted …
Scaling at the Limit: How Track & Trace Processes Millions of Events in Real-Time During the “Peak Season” – from Black Friday to …
In a highly automated logistics center, time is the most critical currency. When an autonomous guided vehicle (AGV) approaches an intersection or a …
In logistics, success is measured in cycle rates. A modern logistics center is a high-frequency clockwork of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), …
The Year European Regulation Becomes Operational 2026 is not a year of new grand digital policy announcements. It is the year when European digital …
In theory, the promise of the cloud is enticing: all data is stored and processed centrally. However, in the highly sensitive environment of a …
For MedTech companies and developers of Digital Health Applications (DiGAs), the path to market is not a sprint but a hurdle race through regulatory …
In modern acute medicine, IT is no longer a supporting process – it is part of the treatment. If imaging procedures (PACS), lab results, or digital …
TL;DR Redis is the undisputed king of in-memory databases, but it has an architectural Achilles’ heel: it is single-threaded. Even on an …
Nothing is more frustrating for a customer than a “Click & Collect” experience that ends in cancellation. You see online: …
The Architecture of Independence: What Sovereignty Really Looks Like What was decided last week in the EU Parliament marks far more than a political …
TL;DR The load balancer is the front door to your infrastructure. Relying on standard cloud services like the AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) …
TL;DR IoT sensors, application metrics, and financial data have one thing in common: they are time-based and generated in massive quantities. …
Retail is faster than ever today. A new trend on social media, a sudden strategic shift by the competition, or the introduction of a new payment …
The vision of “Omnichannel Retail” sounds perfect in theory: order online, pick up in-store (Click & Collect), digital price tags …
In retail, timing is ruthless. A system failure on a Saturday afternoon, during the peak sales hours, is not just an “IT problem” for a …
With Polycrate CLI 0.29.15, we have resolved the root cause of a persistent bug where endpoints with tls: false were not correctly serialized into the …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.13 introduces debug logging for operator startup and an important NetworkPolicy fix. Startup Debug Logging Previously, …
With version 0.29.14, we have implemented two important bug fixes in the Polycrate Operator that significantly enhance the reliability of backup …
Polycrate API 0.11.23 introduces crucial fixes for API key authentication and enhances contact management. API Key Authentication Fix User API keys …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.12 addresses critical operator stability issues and corrects debug logging. Operator Startup Fix The operator was being …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.11 enhances the diagnosis of TLS issues in API-managed endpoints. TLS Type-Cast Debug Logging In API-managed endpoints, …
Service or Architectural Decision? CI/CD is often treated as a tool question: Which service, which pipeline, which provider? In reality, CI/CD is an …
Data Warehouse as a Cloud Product or as an Open Analytical Platform Analytical data is no longer just an appendage to reporting. It forms the basis …
Pipeline Orchestration or GitOps as an Operational Model CI/CD is often treated as a tool question: Which pipeline, which runner, which service? In …
Version Control as a Cloud Component or Platform Core Version control is often reduced to a technical minimum: store code, track changes, done. In …
Managed Convenience vs. Technical Control AWS Timestream and InfluxDB solve the same fundamental problem: efficiently storing, querying, and …
Buying Dependency or Building Resilience Block storage is one of the invisible yet most critical layers of any cloud and Kubernetes architecture. …
Consuming or Controlling Object Storage On paper, AWS S3 and MinIO fulfill the same technical task: providing highly available, scalable object …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.10 focuses on security, bringing comprehensive Kubernetes hardening for the Operator according to NIST SP 800-190 and CIS …
Polycrate API 0.11.22 fixes the LoadBalancer metrics query. The detail UI now shows correct bandwidth data. LoadBalancer Metrics Fix The LoadBalancer …
Polycrate API 0.11.21 addresses two critical issues: S3 buckets with Ceph backend now display correct storage metrics in the detail UI, and the …
With Polycrate API 0.11.17, we enhance the diagnostic capabilities for the timeline charts in the detail UIs. The Problem After the 0.11.16 release, …
Polycrate API 0.11.20 fixes a JavaScript error and adds debug logging to identify the cause of empty timeline data. Fix: Chart resize TypeError In the …
Polycrate API 0.11.19 enhances the S3 Bucket Table UI with Storage and Objects columns and introduces consistent bar charts for all timeline …
With Polycrate API 0.11.16, we address two critical bugs that could occur in production environments. 🔥 S3 Bucket Reconciliation Fix The Issue: S3 …
Polycrate API 0.11.18 fixes a critical error in timeline data extraction and changes the chart style to bar charts. Hotfix: timezone.utc …
With Polycrate API 0.11.15, we resolve the last remaining collectstatic error in production environments. KaTeX/LaTeX Removed The Milkdown Editor CSS …
With Polycrate API 0.11.14, we address two critical bugs that could occur in production environments. Certificate API Upsert The Polycrate Operator …
With Polycrate API 0.11.13, we address critical production issues that emerged after the 0.11.12 release. collectstatic Fix The milkdown-theme/ …
Managed Cache or Controlled Data Structure AWS ElastiCache and KeyDB address the same need: extremely fast in-memory data storage for caching, …
Polycrate API Version 0.11.12 brings extensive UI modernization with the new Milkdown Editor, S3 Media Storage, and significant performance …
TL;DR Kubernetes clusters should not be managed manually or with fragile scripts. While AWS CodePipeline tries to enforce deployments through external …
TL;DR Modern software development requires more than just code hosting. While hyperscalers like AWS attempt to lock developers into their platforms …
TL;DR In modern distributed systems, it’s no longer enough to just know if a server is up or down. You need to understand why it’s slow. …
Polycrate API version 0.11.11 delivers massive performance improvements by removing the unused discovery phase and optimizing activity tracking. …
Polycrate API version 0.11.10 addresses several UI bugs and performance issues in the endpoint monitoring system. Highlights Agent Detail Lazy Loading …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.9 brings significant improvements to endpoint monitoring with a complete redesign of Agent Health data. Agent Health Data …
In the growth phase of a SaaS company, there is a dangerous curve: the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS). As user numbers increase, cloud costs often explode …
Polycrate API version 0.11.7 corrects the representation of host objects. Host String Representation The base model ManagedObject uses display_name as …
Polycrate API version 0.11.6 addresses critical validation errors that prevented updates via the operator. UniqueValidator Fixes K8sApp Block …
With version 0.29.7, Polycrate receives important bug fixes for the operator’s API communication. API Schema Update The API client has been …
Polycrate CLI version 0.29.8 significantly improves error diagnosis for all API operations. Enhanced API Error Diagnosis All 42 API client functions …
With version 0.11.5, the Polycrate API receives important bugfixes and UX improvements. Tables now refresh faster, and objects can be directly …
With version 0.29.6, Polycrate receives a critical bug fix: The operator was unable to synchronize K8sApp objects with the API. The Problem The …
With version 0.11.4, the Polycrate API receives extensive UI improvements for better clarity and faster navigation. The new Dynamic Tables, Info …
TL;DR Data is the new oil, but traditional data warehouses (like AWS Redshift) are often expensive, sluggish refineries. ClickHouse has revolutionized …
TL;DR Storage has traditionally been the heaviest “anchor element” in cloud architecture. Using AWS EBS or S3 ties your data physically …
In the traditional server world, the mantra was: “Better too much RAM than too little.” In Kubernetes, this mindset leads directly to a …
TL;DR ArgoCD has established itself as the industry standard for Continuous Delivery in Kubernetes. By implementing the GitOps paradigm, it …
The classic Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) of Kubernetes is like a thermostat: When the room gets too warm (CPU > 80%), the air conditioning …
“Base64 is not encryption.” This phrase should be displayed prominently in every platform engineering team. Default Kubernetes Secrets …
For a long time, Kubernetes was considered the operating system for the “big” data center. But in 2026, the most exciting developments …
When companies invest in Platform Engineering, 90% of resources often go into technology: Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and security …
Imagine buying a ready-made meal at the supermarket without an ingredient list. For years, this was the standard in software development: we download …
With version 0.29.5, Polycrate receives a critical bug fix: Endpoints with wildcard hostnames like *.example.com can now be correctly synchronized …
With version 0.11.3, the Polycrate API addresses a critical bug in the K8sCluster filter that impacted operator communication. The Problem The …
With version 0.29.4, Polycrate receives critical bug fixes for the operator: Correct cluster detection with workspace UUIDs, automatic TLS port …
In the IT world of 2026, sustainability is no longer just a marketing buzzword. With the expansion of EU reporting obligations (CSRD), IT …
When an AI model leaves the training phase, the real challenge begins: productive inference operation. Serving a Large Language Model (LLM) in a …
With version 0.29.3, Polycrate introduces Host SSH-Agent Auto-Mount for seamless Git operations within the container, branch-aware Git commands, and …
Anyone operating traditional microservices knows: metrics, logs, and traces are the lifeline. However, conventional monitoring approaches hit their …
With version 0.11.1, the automatic Alert Notification Loop in the Polycrate API is temporarily disabled. This is a patch release aimed at controlling …
The excitement around Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI has brought a fundamental question back to IT departments: How do we scale …
In the past two years, “Internal Developer Platform” has become a buzzword. However, while Gartner praises the IDP as a remedy for …
For critical applications, “down-time” is no longer just a technical issue for medium-sized businesses, but a direct business risk. …
With version 0.11.0, the Polycrate API gains two key new features: Downtime Detection & Logging for automatic capture and SLA tracking of service …
With version 0.29.2, Polycrate receives an important bugfix release with corrections for the Kubernetes Operator and critical panic fixes. Operator: …
Avoiding Production Downtime: How Self-Healing Infrastructures Relieve OT In the world of Operational Technology (OT), equipment availability is the …
In the software world, “Continuous Delivery” is standard. However, in the industrial sector, the reality is often different: Updates for …
In theory, the cloud sounds like the perfect solution for everything. In the practice of industrial manufacturing, however, it often reaches its …
With version 0.29.0, Polycrate receives significant improvements for the Kubernetes Operator and integrated CLI tools. Operator Auto Workspace …
How Seemingly “Sovereign” Cloud Offerings Disguise Dependencies – and What ZenDiS Clarifies Digital sovereignty has taken a firm place in …
TL;DR Starting point is a multi-tenant Django SaaS application, which is taken from the first line of code to production operation on the ayedo …
TL;DR Multi-Tenant deployments consolidate many customers in a shared environment with logical isolation (e.g., via namespaces), enabling economies of …
Kubernetes Make or Buy – Considerations for Decision Makers In few other technology sectors is there such passionate debate about self-management …
Cloud Brokering for True Sovereignty The discussion about digital sovereignty in Europe is old, but it is more relevant than ever. Especially since …
DevOps Still Isn’t Working Why ego, responsibility, and reality continue to thwart the dream of ‘shared ownership’. Over a decade …
Docker Here, Docker There – I’m Going Back to the Old Ways You hear it more and more often, half-serious, half-annoyed: “Docker here, …
TL;DR Guardrails are automated guidelines around your deployments: They prevent typical misconfigurations, enforce security by default, and enhance …
TL;DR GitOps describes an approach where Git serves as the central, versioned source for the desired state of your infrastructure and applications; …
TL;DR GitLab CI/CD is much more than a build tool: When used correctly, it becomes the central backbone of your delivery process – from commit to …
TL;DR GitOps with ArgoCD anchors the desired state of your applications and infrastructure in Git, making deployments reproducible, auditable, and …
TL;DR GitLab CI/CD becomes the central orchestrator of your delivery workflow: clearly structured stages (build, test, package, deploy) make your …
TL;DR Delivery Operations describe the journey from code in your version control to running workloads in production – including build, test, …
TL;DR The ayedo Software Delivery Platform combines a production-ready Kubernetes distribution, the automation framework Polycrate, and the Helm …
Title: OpenAI and Nvidia: $100 Billion for the AI Arms Race Markdown-Content: The Reuters report is making waves: Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 …
Sovereignty Through Architecture Cloud-native software development is more than just a set of methods. It describes a paradigm that designs …
Since September 8th, concrete evidence has emerged that a number of extremely widespread NPM packages — including debug, chalk, ansi-styles, …
Starting Point: Quarterly Figures and Big Promises At the end of July 2025, Meta released its latest quarterly figures – alongside strong revenues …
The security of the software supply chain is one of the central topics in modern software development. With every new dependency, external artifact, …
Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) have been a hot topic in software development for several years. Companies face the challenge of managing complex …
Kubernetes v1.34: Precision, Security, and Maturity Kubernetes continues to grow – with version 1.34, the next major release is here. The cycle …
Operating databases in Kubernetes was long considered risky: Stateful workloads, persistent data, and container orchestration seemed incompatible. …
Kubernetes has become the standard for running containerized applications in recent years. As its adoption grows, so does the need to monitor …
Spoiler Alert: Yes, it is – and it’s not only possible but already a standard in many enterprise environments. Does .NET Fit with Kubernetes? …
Summary in Three Points Controlplane on demand: With k3k, you can run a fully-fledged k3s control plane as a Kubernetes workload – without agent …
Developer Platforms by ayedo: Tailored, Flexible, and Future-Oriented At its core, Developer Platforms enable teams to guide software securely, …
Kubernetes has evolved from an experimental playground to the de facto standard for cloud-native applications in recent years. Its flexibility and …
Sometimes a single sentence is enough to reveal the political reality in all its bitterness. In this case, it is: “The tariff deal with the USA …
Why security vulnerabilities are not just technical risks but should provoke political decisions The newly discovered security vulnerability …
An Oath of Disclosure – in the Truest Sense of the Word We’ve suspected it for a long time, it was downplayed, relativized, dissected in …
One year after the enactment of the Online Access Act 2.0, the results are sobering. The big promises remain, but noticeable progress for citizens …
A software developer, 22 simultaneous jobs, a scandal: The Soham Parekh case reads like a script for a sequel to “Catch Me If You Can.” …
Kubernetes is the de facto standard for container orchestration, but when it comes to handling specialized hardware like GPUs and other accelerators, …
New Features for More Control, Security, and Flexibility On July 1st, our sister company Loopback released a comprehensive update to their cloud …
Digital administration in Saarland is at a standstill. Only 29% of administrative services have been digitized under the Online Access Act (OZG) …
Saarland ranks last in the current Bitkom Länderindex 2024 in the “digital administration” category. Only 29% of the digital …
In industries where systems must operate with utmost reliability and stringent performance requirements, such as telecommunications, high-performance, …
by Leon, 8th Grade I spent three weeks at ayedo – and honestly: The internship was much better than I had imagined. I didn’t just watch; I …
How SAP Evades Responsibility – and What It Reveals About the State of the German Tech Industry On June 21, 2025, the Tagesspiegel published an …
A security incident is systemic when it repeats, scales, and becomes normalized. The current data breach with over 16 billion compromised credentials …
Modern generative AI and large language models (LLMs) present unique traffic management challenges for Kubernetes. Unlike typical ephemeral, stateless …
Introduction to Managing Sidecar Containers in Kubernetes In the world of Kubernetes, Sidecar containers are useful helpers that extend …
AI in the Classroom: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future of Education The debate around the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education …
We are excited to announce the general availability of Gateway API v1.3.0! Released on April 24, 2025, this version brings exciting new features. …
The Forgotten Vulnerability in Your CI/CD Pipelines: The Registry Everyone talks about build pipelines, deployment automation, GitOps, blue/green …
When running applications in production, you don’t need pretty dashboards, but hard data. Performance issues never arise when there’s …
Why IT and OT Must Converge In modern industrial environments, increasingly complex data streams are emerging at the interface between production and …
The Gap Between Shopfloor and Enterprise IT In more and more companies, IT and OT (Operational Technology) are converging. Production facilities, …
The Cloud Loses Its Innocence The cloud was once the epitome of efficiency, scalability, and digital transformation. However, the reality has caught …
Finally, Secure Access to Private Container Images! In the world of Kubernetes, surprises are not uncommon, and the functionality of imagePullPolicy …
Managing Kubernetes cluster stability becomes increasingly critical as your infrastructure grows. One of the most challenging aspects of operating …
Kubernetes Volume Populators are now generally available (GA)! With the AnyVolumeDataSource feature, users can now specify any suitable custom …
Image Volumes were introduced as an alpha feature in Kubernetes version v1.31 and have now been promoted to beta status in version v1.33. This is part …
In Kubernetes v1.33, support for user namespaces is enabled by default. This means that Pods, when system requirements are met, have the ability to …
Beneath the glittering facade of the tech industry, where bean bags, free kombucha, and flexible working hours are touted as perks, lies a deeper, …
In today’s work landscape, the concept of remote work has brought about a remarkable change by offering flexibility while simultaneously …
Kubernetes has established itself as the preferred platform for deploying complex, distributed systems. One of the most powerful yet subtle design …
The sudden dismissal of Jutta Horstmann as the managing director of the Center for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS) raises fundamental questions about …
The Kubernetes Scheduler is a crucial component of the Control Plane that determines which node a Pod will run on. Anyone using Kubernetes relies on a …
Kubernetes vs. Docker – Why You Need Both and Shouldn’t Pit Them Against Each Other The question of whether to use Kubernetes or Docker is …
In the world of Kubernetes development, there’s exciting news: JobSet has been introduced, an open-source API specifically designed for managing …
A Look at SIG etcd In this article, we take a look at the Kubernetes Special Interest Group (SIG) etcd. We spoke with some of the key players to learn …
Kubernetes 1.31 has completed the largest migration in Kubernetes history by removing the in-tree cloud provider. Although the migration of components …
Kubernetes is the de facto standard for container orchestration, but when it comes to handling specialized hardware like GPUs and other accelerators, …
Efficient management of Kubernetes clusters is becoming increasingly important, especially as cluster size grows. One of the biggest challenges with …
With Kubernetes 1.32, the storage manager has officially reached General Availability (GA) status. This marks a significant step towards more …
The Kubernetes Scheduler is the core component that determines which nodes will run new pods. It processes these new pods one at a time. Therefore, …
The latest version of Kubernetes, v1.32, brings exciting innovations and improvements! This version, named “Penelope,” marks the tenth …
We are the organizers of the Kubernetes Upstream Training in Japan. Our team consists of members who actively contribute to Kubernetes, including …
Maximize Data Sovereignty with Our Internal RAG Solution and the ayedo Cloud Introduction In today’s digital era, efficiently managing large …
Introduction In the context of Deaf Awareness Month, the CNCF Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Working Group (DHHWG) takes center stage. We take a look at the …
Kubernetes 1.31 introduces an exciting new feature that enhances the handling of group memberships in containers within Pods. This change aims to …
In Kubernetes v1.31, we are excited to introduce a significant improvement in CPU management: the distribute-cpus-across-cores option for the …
Ten years ago, on June 6, 2014, the first commit of Kubernetes was published on GitHub. This initial commit, comprising 250 files and 47,501 lines of …
ayedo Cloud: Performance Optimization for Cloud-Native Applications The performance of cloud-native applications is a critical factor for business …
In the world of container orchestration, Kubernetes is the undisputed leader, powering some of the most complex and dynamic applications globally. …
The Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI) is the central link between the kubelet and the Container Runtime. These runtimes must provide a …
Linux offers various namespaces to isolate processes from each other. A typical Kubernetes Pod runs in a network namespace to isolate network identity …
Introduction Have you ever thought about creating your own cloud? Maybe you’ve even tried it! With Kubernetes, it’s certainly possible, …
In our series on building your own cloud with the Kubernetes ecosystem, we continue our journey today. In the previous article, we explained how to …
In this exciting continuation of our series on Kubernetes, we explore how you can run Kubernetes in Kubernetes (K8s in K8s). Technologies like Kamaji …
Kubernetes has established itself as a key technology for managing and operating containerized applications, including those used in the Internet of …
Kubernetes can help a software or digitalization agency generate additional revenue through the highly available operation of software in various …
Kubernetes plays a crucial role in supporting open source AI applications by providing a robust, scalable, and flexible platform for deploying, …
Laravel is one of the most popular PHP frameworks, offering a range of features that make it an excellent choice for developing Software-as-a-Service …
Docker and Docker Swarm are closely related technologies in the realm of containerization and orchestration, each covering different aspects of …
Netbird is a modern peer-to-peer (P2P) networking solution that enables the creation of a secure, scalable, and easy-to-manage network. It is an …
PostgreSQL and MongoDB are two of the most popular database management systems (DBMS) that fundamentally differ in their approach and use cases. …
Cilium is an open-source project that provides network security and monitoring for container orchestration systems like Kubernetes. It uses a modern …
Apache Kafka and NATS are high-performance messaging systems used in modern distributed architectures to connect components through message exchange. …
PostgreSQL and MariaDB are both popular open-source relational database management systems (RDBMS) used for storing and managing data. Although both …
Prometheus and VictoriaMetrics are both powerful time-series databases suitable for monitoring and alerting tasks in complex IT environments. …
Redis and KeyDB are both powerful in-memory database systems known for their speed and efficiency in data processing. Despite their similarities, …
In today’s digital world, managing user identities and access permissions is a central challenge for companies of all sizes. Single-Sign-On …
ArgoCD and Flux are both tools used for Continuous Deployment (CD) and GitOps workflows in Kubernetes clusters. They automate the deployment of …
Criterion Kubernetes VMware Technology Container orchestration platform Virtualization platform Level of Abstraction Virtualizes applications at the …
Learning about Kubernetes and the entire ecosystem of technologies surrounding it is not without challenges. In this article, we take a look at the …
Criterion Kubernetes OpenShift Developer Open-source project by Google, managed by the CNCF Container platform developed by Red Hat, based on …
Criterion Kubernetes Docker Functionality and Purpose Container orchestration platform for deploying, scaling, and managing container applications …
Docker is an open-source platform for containerizing applications. It allows developers to package applications and their dependencies into …
Introduction The Release Special Interest Group (SIG Release) is the heart of Kubernetes when it comes to releasing new features and bug fixes every …
Welcome to a topic that is crucial for every Kubernetes user: the Container Network Interface (CNI). In this discussion, we not only explore the …
In today’s world, where technology plays a central role in our daily lives, the idea of a connected home - a Smart Home - has gained …
The release of Kubernetes 1.29 introduces an exciting new feature: an alpha capability that allows volumes to be modified by changing the …
In a complex IT landscape, monitoring and understanding application performance can become a real challenge. The open-source framework OpenTelemetry …
There is a lot of discussion about whether not using Kubernetes resource limits could actually be beneficial (for example, in articles like For the …
Zero-downtime deployments with Docker Swarm and Portainer Part 2/2 What have we achieved so far? Prerequisites Linking Portainer Stack with GitHub …
Every year, just before the official opening of KubeCon+CloudNativeCon, a very special event takes place that holds a special place in the hearts of …
We are excited to announce the release of Gateway API v1.0 on behalf of the Kubernetes SIG Network! This release marks a significant milestone for the …
Efficiency and scalability are often critical factors for the success of a project in the fast-paced world of software development. A technology that …
On September 26, 2023, nearly 50 contributors gathered for the Kubernetes Contributor Summit in Shanghai, as part of the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + …
Ever wonder how software gets deployed onto a system that is deliberately disconnected from the Internet and other networks? These systems are often …
In the digitally connected world, constantly logging into various services is more than just a nuisance—it’s a challenge for data security and user …
In modern software development, container orchestration is no longer an unfamiliar term but an essential tool for DevOps teams. It enables efficient …
Zero-downtime deployments with Docker Swarm and Portainer Part 1/2 What are Zero-downtime deployments? Rolling Updates vs Zero-downtime deployments …
On August 15, 2023, the Kubernetes project announced the general availability of the community-managed package repositories for Debian and RPM …
Operating your apps in Kubernetes is a breeze with ayedo. However, sometimes the built-in tools aren’t enough to ensure the smooth operation of …
With ayedo, running your apps in Kubernetes is a breeze. With Docker Swarm, we offer a production-ready alternative to Kubernetes for those who are …
Introduction The Kubernetes community took a significant step with version v1.24 by digitally signing their container image-based artifacts. With the …
Probes are checks that the Kubelet of a node performs on or against a Pod to verify its status. Using probes, you can check, for example, whether the …
In the latest version of Kubernetes, v1.27, there’s an exciting new feature: the ability to adjust CPU and memory resources for running pods …
Kubernetes v1.27, released in April 2023, introduces improvements in Memory QoS (alpha), enabling more efficient memory management on Linux nodes. …
Since the introduction of the auto-refreshing official CVE feed as an alpha feature in version 1.25, we have made significant improvements and …
Why This Post? What is Portainer? Practical Section Deploying Portainer Setting Up Portainer Deploying an Application Conclusion For those who want …
In my previous article, I introduced the topic of Checkpointing in Kubernetes and explained how it can be set up. This time, I want to show you how to …
Have you ever wondered how to set up a cluster of thousands of nodes in seconds, simulate real nodes with low resource requirements, and test your …
Kubernetes has established itself as a leading orchestration engine used by many organizations to efficiently manage workloads. Proper pod scheduling …
Kubernetes v1.26 brings significant advancements in network traffic management. Two features, support for internal traffic policy for Services and …
The release of Kubernetes 1.26 introduces a stable implementation of the Job controller, which reliably tracks a large number of highly parallel jobs. …
Kubernetes v1.26 introduces an exciting new feature: the general availability (GA) of Kubelet Credential Provider Plugins. This extensible plugin …
In Kubernetes 1.26, the first alpha version of Validating Admission Policies is available! These new policies utilize the Common Expression Language …
Introduction With the release of Kubernetes 1.26, the Device Manager is now generally available! This feature, originally introduced in Kubernetes …
Introduction In the latest version of Kubernetes 1.26, there is an exciting new feature: the Alpha API for dynamic resource allocation. This feature …
The long-awaited day has arrived: HostProcess containers, the Windows counterpart to Linux privileged containers, are finally generally available in …
Forensic container checkpointing is based on Checkpoint/Restore In Userspace (CRIU) and allows for the creation of stateful copies of a running …
Introduction In the world of cloud-native technologies, OpenTelemetry (OTEL) is often cited as the key to enhancing application monitoring. This …
Kubernetes v1.25 introduces a significant new feature: support for user namespaces. This functionality allows for secure workloads in Kubernetes by …
Introduction With the release of Kubernetes 1.25, there are exciting updates for developers and DevOps teams: Two important features, minReadySeconds …
Building cloud native software and running it in production is quite a challenge these days. Besides getting the architecture of your software right, …
The release of Kubernetes v1.25 marks a significant milestone for pod security controls: the Pod Security Admission Controller (PSA) has reached …
The PodSecurityPolicy (PSP) was removed with Kubernetes v1.25. This decision was previously announced in the blog post PodSecurityPolicy Deprecation: …
Did you know that Kubernetes v1.24 includes a total of 46 enhancements? In just four months, the team has integrated an impressive number of new …
Introduction The official documentation is the central resource for any open-source project. For Kubernetes, this is a continuously growing Special …
The Working Group for Structured Logging has introduced new features to the logging infrastructure in Kubernetes 1.24. In this article, you’ll …
The release of Kubernetes 1.24 introduces Storage Capacity Tracking as a generally available feature. This innovation enables developers and DevOps …
Ensuring the reliability of SIG Node upstream code is a continuous effort that takes a lot of behind-the-scenes effort from many contributors. There …
Introduction The SIG Multicluster is the Special Interest Group focused on applying Kubernetes concepts beyond the confines of a single cluster. …
Kubernetes v1.22, released in August 2021, introduces a new alpha feature that enhances how Linux nodes manage memory resources. This advancement …
Introduction In Kubernetes, a Node represents a single machine in your cluster. SIG Node is responsible for these crucial Node components and supports …
Kubernetes v1.22 introduced an exciting new alpha feature for clusters with Windows nodes: HostProcess Containers. HostProcess Containers extend the …
On April 23, 2021, the release team adopted a Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal (KEP) that changes the release cycle from four releases per year to …
The Kubernetes API is constantly evolving, which means that older APIs are regularly reorganized or updated. With the release of Kubernetes 1.22, …
Kubernetes 1.21 introduces the first officially supported stable metrics with the completion of the Metrics Stability Framework. These new stable …
In Kubernetes v1.21, the CronJob resource has reached General Availability (GA). This not only means that CronJobs are now stable and ready for …