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Rafay Terraform Provider

Customers can interface with the Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform via multiple approaches: Web Console/UI RCTL CLI (with declarative specs) Rafay Terraform Provider Open API Many of our customers that are standardized on the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pattern are heavy… Read More

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Integrated Cost Visibility & Governance for Kubernetes

With Rafay, you can enable visibility into costs associated with your resources in your fleet of Kubernetes clusters in just a single step. categories: Product Blog Training Cost Management Integrated Cost Visibility & Governance for Kubernetes Last week, we wrapped… Read More

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How to Deploy Backstage in Kubernetes With Enterprise-Grade Governance and Automation

With Rafay, you can easily set up open-source Backstage as a means of enabling internal developer platforms and developer self-service on any type of Kubernetes cluster in the following categories: Product Blog Backstage Developer Self-Service Introduction To Backstage Recently, I… Read More

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Cluster Blueprints and Drift Detection

Around three years back, we noticed many of our customers struggling with enterprise-wide standardization of their Kubernetes clusters. Every cluster in their Organization was a snowflake and they were looking for a way to enforce that every cluster had a… Read More

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Learn Basics of Kubernetes: For Everyone

Are you an App Developer struggling to learn the basics of  Kubernetes because you have no time and no access to resources that help you with this in a step-by-step manner? Background Application teams are typically extremely busy with their… Read More

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Amazon EKS and EKS Anywhere – All You Need To Know

Kubernetes as we all know is a complex yet effective system with a lot of moving parts. Pods, services, replica sets, and namespaces are just a few of them. The complexity involved in efficiently managing applications on Kubernetes gave rise… Read More

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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

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How To Optimize Your K8s Cloud Spend with Rafay’s New Kubernetes Cost Optimization & Management Service

Managing Kubernetes costs efficiently is essential while scaling up in the cloud and Kubernetes world. In a previous blog, we discussed a major gap where more than 68% of organizations either do not monitor Kubernetes costs or simply rely on… Read More

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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

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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

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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

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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