The Kubernetes Current Blog
Read our thoughts on all things Kubernetes and stay current on the latest news from Rafay
Helm Chart Hooks Tutorial
Helm chart hooks are a useful tool in your Kubernetes deployments and are used to perform certain actions at specific points in a release cycle. Helm supports a variety of hooks and this blog serves as a tutorial to help… Read More

Top 5 Trends for DevOps & Kubernetes in 2021: Welcome the KubeMaster
2020 has been a challenging year for many companies due to the global pandemic, which has had a varying impact on businesses. The software technology industry, for the most part, has been able to react faster to the changing landscape,… Read More


Using Kubernetes (and not VMs) for Edge Computing and Machine Learning
There is near-universal agreement in IT circles that containers and Kubernetes are de facto technologies used for managing modern applications both for on-premises and cloud deployments. But what about emerging use cases such as edge computing and machine learning? Edge… Read More


What is Amazon EKS Distro (EKS D)?
At re:Invent this week, Amazon announced Amazon EKS Distro (AKA EKS-D). But what is EKS-D all about and where or when should you use it? Read on to learn the basics about EKS-D. What is Amazon… Read More


How to Provision and Manage Amazon EKS Distro (EKS-D) Using Rafay
Today Amazon announced Amazon EKS Distro (EKS-D), a Kubernetes distribution based on and used by Amazon EKS. EKS-D enables organizations to create reliable and secure Kubernetes clusters using the same versions of Kubernetes and its dependencies… Read More


Zero-Trust Kubectl Access: The Easiest & Most Secure Option For Managing Kubernetes Clusters
This post was authored by Stephan Benny, Bheema “Sarat” Kaki and Avinash Varma. Rafay delivers a SaaS-first Kubernetes management platform that enables companies to deploy and manage modern applications across data centers, public cloud, and edge… Read More


Verizon Partners with Rafay Systems to Power Cutting-“Edge” Application Kubernetes Platform
Today we are extremely excited to publicly talk about the work we’ve been doing with Verizon over the last year: Verizon announced a new managed offering called… Read More


Rafay Systems Achieves Advanced Technology Partner Status in the AWS Partner Network
Today I am excited to announce that Rafay Systems has achieved Advanced Technology Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). The Advanced tier is the highest… Read More


Rafay Product Bytes: Zero-Trust Security for Kubectl, Deeper Amazon EKS Integration, Enhanced Fleet Management and More!
Welcome to our new, ongoing blog series called Product Bytes that highlights recent product enhancements we’ve made to our Managed Kubernetes Platform (for enterprises) and… Read More


Provision and Manage Amazon EKS on AWS Outposts with Rafay
AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS capabilities to a customer’s facility providing a truly consistent hybrid experience. AWS services run locally on AWS Outposts and can be accessed using familiar AWS APIs and tooling making… Read More


A Kubernetes Sea Change: The Path to Enterprise-Grade Kubernetes
Our mission at Rafay is pretty simple: empower enterprises and service providers to support modern applications that are critical to them keeping up with the fast-digitizing economy. Why is this important now? Well, because modern (or containerized) applications are deployed… Read More


What We Learned from the Gartner Forecast Analysis: Container Management (Software and Services), Worldwide
In June 2020, Kubernetes celebrated its 6th birthday. In just a few short years, Kubernetes has become the dominant technology employed to manage clusters and their container-based applications. Not only that, the number of clusters under… Read More