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docker

Distroless: Using Minimal Container Image for Kubernetes Workload

Distroless Docker images are a stripped-down version of regular Docker images. In essence, they only contain the absolute essentials required to run an application.

postgresql

Cloud Native PostgreSQL: Install Scalable PostgreSQL Distribution on Kubernetes

Cloud Native PostgreSQL is a modern solution that encapsulates PostgreSQL within a Kubernetes-native framework, aiming to streamline its deployment, scaling, and management on Kubernetes platforms.

drone

Drone CI: A Quest to Implement Open Source Cloud Native CI/CD Tools on Kubernetes (Part 1)

Drone CI is a Continuous Integration system built with simplicity and effectiveness in mind. It's an open-source platform that orchestrates your build workflows, automating the testing and integration of code changes.

gitops

FluxCD: Install the most popular GitOps Platform on Kubernetes

FluxCD is a leading tool in this GitOps movement. As an open-source project, its primary function is to monitor Git repositories for changes and synchronize those changes in a Kubernetes environment, ensuring a consistent state.

microk8s

Meilisearch: How to Install Open Source Search Engine on MicroK8s

MeiliSearch is an open-source search engine designed to provide developers with a tool that is not only powerful but also easy to implement and maintain.

kubernetes

Kubernetes 101: Kustomize

The Kubernetes ecosystem is vast, continuously evolving, and encompasses a wide range of tools that aim to simplify, streamline, and optimize application deployment. Amid this landscape, two names frequently emerge in the context of configuration and deployment: Helm and Kustomize.

devops

Kubernetes 101: Role-Based Access Control

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) provides a mechanism to manage authorization, which means determining what operations an authenticated user can perform.

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Kubernetes 101: Service Account

Service accounts in Kubernetes are meant to provide an identity for processes that run in a Pod. While user accounts are designed for humans, service accounts cater to processes, like those inside your Pods.

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Kubernetes 101: Jobs and CronJobs

Cron is a long-standing feature of Unix-like operating systems, which provides a mechanism to schedule scripts or commands execution at specific intervals.

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Kubernetes 101: Horizontal Pod Autoscaler

The Horizontal Pod Autoscaler, commonly referred to as HPA, is a Kubernetes component that automatically scales the number of pods in a deployment, replication controller, replica set, or stateful set based on observed CPU utilization.

devops

Networking 101: Basic Computer Networking

In its essence, a computer network is a system comprising interconnected computing devices that facilitate communication and resource sharing.

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Kubernetes 101: Statefulsets

In the Kubernetes ecosystem, StatefulSet is a vital resource for managing applications that require persistent state.

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Kubernetes 101: Ingress

Ingress in Kubernetes is a robust API object that manages external access to the services within a cluster.

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Kubernetes 101: Storage

Facilitating data persistence and sharing, the Volume component is central to Kubernetes' functionality.

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Kubernetes 101: Secret and ConfigMap

Kubernetes Secrets are designed to store and manage sensitive information. Such sensitive information could include tokens, passwords, or ssh keys.

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Kubernetes 101: Service

In Kubernetes, a Service is a pivotal abstraction that defines a logical set of Pods through policies describing how to access them.

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Kubernetes 101: Deployment

A Deployment runs multiple replicas of an application and automatically replaces any instances that fail or become unresponsive.

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Kubernetes 101: YAML Manifest

Deploying resources using Kubernetes manifests is fundamentally about describing the desired state of your system or application in a YAML file.

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Kubernetes 101: Pod

Pods are the smallest deployable units in Kubernetes that can be created, scheduled, and managed.

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Kubernetes 101: Introduction

Kubernetes (often abbreviated to K8s) is a powerful, open-source system for managing containerized applications across multiple hosts.

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ProxySQL: Setup MySQL Replication tools on Kubernetes Cluster

ProxySQL is an advanced, high-performance, and GPL licensed MySQL protocol proxy, transforming MySQL into a more robust, scalable, and reliable SQL platform.

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Linux 101: Filesystem

In Linux, everything is considered a file, including devices and system resources.

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Linux 101: Linux Distro

Linux is a free, open-source operating system (OS) based on UNIX created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.

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Linux 101: Kernel

Think of the Linux Kernel as the heart of the Linux operating system, pumping life into your computer.

devops

Docker: Revolutionizing Software Development and Distribution

At its core, Docker is an open-source platform designed to facilitate the process of containerization. It enables developers to package an application along with its libraries, dependencies, and other requirements within a standalone unit known as a container.