GCP GCP: App Engine Flex vs Standard (followup) I've left both running for the last couple weeks. I was interested to know what are real world costs. App Engine FlexI've gotten little traffic to the endpoint but in the 8 days
GCP GCP: App Engine Flex Last time we experimented with GCP App Engine Standard which provides an easy way to launch a containerized app provided we stay within some narrowly defined guardrails.But what if we wish a
GCP GCP: App Engine Standard Google Cloud App Engine Standard is an easy way to launch supported languages (Go, Java, PHP, Python and NodeJS) in a preconfigured cloud container. Google gives you 1Gb of data and traffic for
Getting Started Where it began: GCP and Kubernetes It’s probably about time we cover the other leading cloud compute provider - Google. Google gave birth to Kubernetes as an internal project called “Borg” in 2003 and eventually it grew to
k8s DO K8s and AzDO Automation (Part 4) When we last left off we had our Digital Ocean k8s cluster spun with Terraform and Istio installed with helm. Our next steps will be to have automatic sidecar injection and create a
digitalocean DO K8s and AzDO Automation (Part 3) At this point we have a pipeline that is dynamically created, a helm chart launched and lastly torn back down. But how can we actually use this? What more can be done with
digitalocean DO K8s and AzDO Automation (Part 2) Let’s get started making the pipeline. Microsoft will likely suggest the best way is to use the YAML editor, but generally I find it cumbersome and unintuitive. So we’ll use the
digitalocean DO K8s and AzDO Automation (Part 1) We've dug into a few kubernetes launch guides, but in reality, once launched, they aren't of much use without a DevOps pipeline to deliver content. Let's focus on taking a Digital Ocean kubernetes
Getting Started Harness Harness bills itself as "the industry's first Continuous Delivery-as-a-Service platform". You can signup up from the website https://harness.io/ using a few different credentials providers. The product is priced in a few
Getting Started Rancher Rancher calls itself simply "Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Management" and that fairly sums it up. It's an app, most often run as a container that can handle the creation of k8s clusters over a variety
k8s The Other Clouds: Vultr In our last post we explored DigitalOcean following Linode. Another that often gets mentioned alongside DigitalOcean and Linode is Vultr. So how does Vultr compare for k8s hosting? Follow my arduous and at
k8s The Other Clouds: Digital Ocean and Kubernetes Another fantastic public cloud provider outside the big three is DigitalOcean. Known for high speeds and low costs, they’ve been around for 7 years and have quite a fan base. According to
k8s The Other Clouds: Linode and Kubernetes So far we have dug in quite a bit using Azure’s Kubernetes Service (AKS). This is primarily because i’m a bit of a fan and use it daily. But what other
tutorial AKS and Stash: k8s native backups Appscode Stash is slick k8s native suite to backup a variety of kubernetes objects including deployments and more. Let's dig in on AKS to see how we can use stash for a real
k8s Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 7 In our last article we covered deploying AKS with the Azure CLI and Kubespray. Today we will dig into two more ways; Hashicorp Terraform and ARM Templates.TerraformTerraform is Hashicorp's solution for Infrastructure
k8s Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 6 Let's cover all the ways we can create clusters in AKS (and other providers as well): CLI, Kubespray, Terraform, and ARM Templates. We can start by comparing CLI and Kubespray.Azure CLILet’s
k8s AKS and Service Mesh: Istio In our prior guides we covered creating and monitoring clusters, but how do we handle service mesh? That is, a service for discovering and routing services. There are many options for “service mesh”
k8s Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 5 (AppD) In Part 4 we explored setting up EFK, both OSS and Commercial. But in considering commercial, there are other great options as well including ApplicationDynamics (AppD). We are going to use the same
k8s Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 4 (EFK) In the case of those who have a cross cloud or hybrid cloud environment, or prefer to use cloud-agnostic tooling, there are ways to monitor using several other monitoring frameworks. One of the
k8s Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 3 In our last post, we tackled Auto-Scaling AKS clusters which adjusts the size of our clusters based on load. However, we have yet to address monitoring. How can we monitor our clusters using
k8s Backing up and Restoring Containerized PostgreSQL databases Using containerized databases in Kubernetes is quick and convenient. But how can we ensure backups and restores work? Let's examine this in my favourite chart lately, Sonarqube.Assumptions:you have AKS running with
k8s Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 2 In Part 1 we covered the basics of AKS including installing CLI tools, creating a cluster, installing Helm and launching a stable chart. In Part 2 we will be covering scaling, both veritical
tutorial Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 1 Azure’s managed kubernetes service (AKS) is surprisingly easy to get started. Let’s start our series by clearing up an FUD and fire up a little cluster on our own.Creating the
tutorial Azure DevOps (VSTS) security and policies (part 5) In our last post we showed how we can validate candidate code prior to merging with a Pull Request. Pull Requests are a great way to validate code, but sometimes we need specific
tutorial Azure DevOps (VSTS) security and policies (part 4) In our last post we covered the Pull Request process and problems with leaving merged feature branches. But what about validating the code in a pull request before merging? What does AzDO offer
