Topic: kubernetes
Nirmata releases policy management solution to ensure compliance of Kubernetes workloads
Policy-based security and automation company Nirmata has announced the release of its Cloud Native Policy Management solution, which helps teams ensure security, compliance, and readiness of Kubernetes workloads. According to Nirmata, automating the creation, deployment, and management of policy-based guardrails allows customers to get insights, alerts, and reports. It also allows for better collaboration across … continue reading
A People’s History of Kubernetes
The 30th anniversary of Linux gives us a chance to reflect on the evolution of open source and how it has transformed the corporate landscape of technology-makers. While open-source software was originally seen as a democratization of technology and a threat to traditional corporations, disruptive startups and tech giants who have adapted successfully have found … continue reading
Rookout introduces new Kubernetes debugging capabilities
Observability platform Rookout has announced the release of new debugging capabilities for Kubernetes. According to Rookout, debugging complex, cloud-native applications can be difficult even for experienced engineers due to their distributed nature. Rookout has attempted to solve this by creating a new UI that groups cloud resources by namespace, pod, and cluster, and highlighting components … continue reading
Crossplane accepted as Incubating project at CNCF
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has announced that the Kubernetes control plane Crossplane has been accepted as an Incubating project. “Kubernetes and cloud native projects have demonstrated that multi cloud innovation is possible and truly a reality in manproduction environments,” said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF. “The industry is ready for cross-cloud managed services … continue reading
The Kubernete$ blindfold: New CNCF survey illuminates overspending
If more of your budget has been going to Kubernetes-related cloud costs, well, at least you’re not alone. A newly released survey and the first of its kind from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is shedding new light on just how fast – and just how much – Kubernetes-related spend is increasing for the … continue reading
Three ways to protect Kubernetes data from ransomware
Ransomware attacks were up 150% from 2019 to 2020 with the amount paid by victims increasing by more than 300%. There is no question that ransomware can be devastating to businesses of all sizes – the very recent and very prominent ransomware attack on the Colonial Oil Pipeline underscores the potential for disaster as attackers increasingly target … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: MicroK8s
MicroK8s allows for low-ops, minimal production Kubernetes for devs, cloud, clusters, workstations, edge and IoT. It is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) certified upstream Kubernetes deployment that runs entirely on your workstation or edge device. The project automatically chooses the best nodes for the Kubernetes datastore, and when a cluster database is lost, another … continue reading
Pixie Auto Telemetry now available in New Relic One
Pixie Auto Telemetry, an observability tool that provides visibility into Kubernetes applications, is now available as part of New Relic One. Pixie automatically captures application profiles with function-level granularity, full-body requests, system metrics and the Kubernetes-specific state of pods and services. “The ever-changing, dynamic nature of Kubernetes environments results in blind spots, and alternative Kubernetes … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Otomi
Otomi is intended to act as an extension of Kubernetes to turn it into a “full blown container platform.” It provides an advanced ingress architecture, a suite of integrated pre-configured applications, multi-tenancy, and governance and security policies. One of the goals of the project is to support common DevOps use cases. It strongly relies on … continue reading
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.3 released
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes offers tighter integration with the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform that fuses modern management capabilities with traditional and hybrid IT environments. The integration is designed to accelerate the automation and cohesion between cloud-native clusters, VMs and traditional infrastructure with streamlined tooling and coordination. RELATED TOPICS: Red Hat to … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Cluster API
Cluster API is a Kubernetes sub-project focused on providing declarative APIs and tooling to simplify provisioning, upgrading, and operating multiple Kubernetes clusters. The project was started by the Kubernetes Special Interest Group (SIG) Cluster Lifecycle to automate cluster lifecycle management for platform operators. At first, the SIG working group started kubeadm to address a set … continue reading
Google Cloud launches new virtual machine family Tau VMs
Google Cloud announced a new virtual machine family, Tau VMs, that delivers price-performance for scale-out workloads. The first instance type in the Tau VM family, T2D, is based on Gen AMD EPYC processors and it enables the VMs to scale out workloads of any public cloud provider available today. According to Google, Tau VMs offer … continue reading
