The Kubernetes Current Blog
Read our thoughts on all things Kubernetes and stay current on the latest news from Rafay
Rafay Joins Amazon EC2 Spot Ready Program to Provide Cost-Saving Solutions for AWS Customers
Rafay is pleased to announce that we have been named a Pilot Partner in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Service Ready Program for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Spot Instances. This designation recognizes that the Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform… Read More
Rafay Extends Support for Amazon EKS Anywhere with Turnkey Automation and Governance Capabilities
While the growth in cloud computing over the past decade is undeniable, many enterprises expect to continue running some applications in datacenters or colocation environments due to legal, security or regulatory reasons. Examples of such scenarios are listed below: Highly… Read More
Rafay Launches Service Mesh Manager and Network Policy Manager for Traffic Management and Transport Security for Kubernetes
Kubernetes usage continues to experience record growth. According to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), 96% of organizations are either using or evaluating Kubernetes. This surge has also led to an increase in security risks as enterprises are forced to… Read More
Paralus Applies to Become a CNCF Sandbox Project
For organizations managing user access to numerous Kubernetes clusters at once, maintaining security while ensuring that users can access only the resources they need is a complex balancing act. Oftentimes, teams manage access to each cluster separately, sometimes using jump… Read More
Streamline Network Security with Centralized and Automated Network Policy Management
In a previous blog post, Securing Your Kubernetes Environments via Network Policies, we alluded to the value that network policies bring to Kubernetes environments in terms of isolation and reducing the lateral attack surface area, while also articulating some of… Read More
Top 7 Reasons Why a Centralized Management Platform is Key to Overcoming Day 2 Kubernetes Challenges
Your organization has committed to modernize its software efforts, you’ve successfully deployed Kubernetes, and you have applications in production. Perhaps you’ve even established a platform team with the goal of implementing a shared services model and improving operational efficiency. While… Read More
Goodbye PodSecurityPolicy, Hello OPA Gatekeeper
The recently released version of Kubernetes v1.25 removed the ‘PodSecurityPolicy (PSP)’ capability. The intent behind PodSecurityPolicy (PSP) was to control security-sensitive aspects of pod specifications by defining the requirements that Pods must meet. If the PSP requirements aren’t met, the… Read More
IaC vs GitOps: What’s the Difference?
A platform team can face significant challenges when it comes to operating a dynamic Kubernetes environment with multiple clusters spanning development, testing, and production. Frequent code deployments: In modern application environments, code changes frequently—often multiple times per day. Frequent infrastructure… Read More
Webinar Follow-Up: Secure your Kubernetes Infrastructure with Zero Trust Principles
During this webinar, Ashish Kar, VP of Product Management at Aarali Networks, and Naveen Chakrapani, Director of Product Management at Rafay Systems, covered securing K8s environments with Zero Trust principles. You can access the recording of the webinar here. A… Read More
What Makes Kubernetes Cost Management Difficult?
Kubernetes as a platform allows teams to scale up applications at a rapid pace but this may come at a significant cost if done inefficiently. According to the 2021 CNCF survey, more than 68% of organizations reported an increase in… Read More
Unlocking Four Requirements for Enterprise-Grade Kubernetes
For enterprises of all shapes and sizes, Kubernetes has become a go-to-choice for shipping software and improving delivery time, visibility, and control of CI/CD workflows. With more organizations enjoying the benefits of Kubernetes, it is all the more crucial to… Read More
Securing Your Kubernetes Environments via Network Policies
Today, one of the most significant benefits of Kubernetes is the ability to quickly deploy and connect applications, whether across namespaces in a cluster or across different cloud environments. By default, a pod/application running in a Kubernetes cluster has the… Read More