The Kubernetes Current Blog
Read our thoughts on all things Kubernetes and stay current on the latest news from Rafay
Four Pillars of Kubernetes Fleet Management
With the success of Kubernetes (K8s), many teams have gone from operating just a handful of clusters to operating “fleets” of K8s clusters—both on-premises and in the cloud. As if the growing pains that come with scaling clusters rapidly aren’t… Read More
AKS vs. EKS: The Battle of Managed Kubernetes Services
Developers love containerization, and Kubernetes (K8s) is the best open-source system for deploying and managing multi-container applications at scale. However, a significant challenge is choosing the best managed Kubernetes service for your application development. In this guide, we compare the… Read More
What is a Shared Services Platform for Kubernetes?
Enterprises around the globe are modernizing their IT architecture and applications for many well-known business reasons, including boosting productivity, increasing agility, and reducing capital costs. By centralizing the delivery of Kubernetes (K8s) services, IT is able to standardize workflows, enable… Read More
Apiiro Warns Companies of ArgoCD 0-Day Vulnerability
Argo CD is a popular open-source continuous delivery (CD) platform that is used by thousands of organizations globally. Recently, a serious vulnerability was uncovered by Apiiro which enables attackers to access sensitive information, such as secrets, passwords, and API keys.… Read More
Best Practices, Tools, and Approaches for Kubernetes Monitoring
In a Kubernetes environment, applications operate across multiple nodes within a cluster, and application services can be distributed across multiple clusters and multiple clouds, making tracking the health of an application and the infrastructure it depends on quite challenging. Kubernetes… Read More
What’s New in Kubernetes v1.23
Many people already have eyes on the upcoming Kubernetes v1.24, which is scheduled for an official rollout on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Indeed, the release schedule is already ongoing. Week one of the release cycle started on January 10, 2022,… Read More
3 Steps to Streamline Kubernetes Multi-Cluster Management
The footprint of Kubernetes is expanding rapidly in all industries. Many enterprises already operate multiple Kubernetes clusters in multiple regions to address the needs of global operations and reduce application latency for customers worldwide. You may already have a large… Read More
Why Run Virtual Machines on Kubernetes?
Containers and Kubernetes are technologies that provide a repeatable, standard way to run applications. The main differences are in terms of scale and portability. The lightweight nature of containers and their shared operating system (OS) makes them very easy to… Read More
Automating Backup for Your K8s Workloads with Rafay and CloudCasa
Having a backup and disaster recovery plan for enterprises has long been a best practice to minimize business risk and be able to quickly recover in the event of a cyber attack, system outage/failure, natural disaster, and more. With enterprises… Read More
Rafay Extends Amazon EKS Operations Support for 5G Edge Applications using AWS Wavelength
As deployment of 5G networks continues to expand and become more widespread globally, technologies such as AWS Wavelength are an integral part of supporting applications on the edge of these networks. First launched in August of 2020, AWS Wavelength allows… Read More
7 Common Kubernetes Backup & Recovery Mistakes
As enterprises move Kubernetes into production and increase the number of Kubernetes clusters and applications in use, they need to deliver the same “enterprise-level” services as for other production applications. Implementing Kubernetes backup is critical to protect your applications in… Read More
Top 5 Takeaways from DZone’s 2021 Kubernetes and the Enterprise Report
It's hard to believe that Kubernetes (K8s) is not yet even a ten year-old system, as it has fundamentally changed the way thousands of organizations automate their deployment, scaling, and development operations. Recently, DZone -- one of the top media… Read More