Kubernetes Bytes

In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin sits down with Jason Dobies - Director of Edge Engineering at SUSE to talk about all things K3s. They discuss why Kubernetes is best suited for Edge deployments, and why K3s was built and how it helps users architect their edge solutions. The discussion goes into topics like Security, Storage, High Availability at the Edge. 

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 Timestamps: 

• 01:20 Cloud Native News 
• 06:01 Interview with Jason 
• 50:42 Key takeaways  

Cloud Native News:

• https://vmblog.com/archive/2024/01/29/dynatrace-to-acquire-runecast-to-enhance-cloud-native-security-and-compliance.aspx - 
• https://chronosphere.io/news/chronosphere-acquires-calyptia/  

Show links: 

• https://k3s.io/ 
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdob/

In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin sits down with Lukas Gentele, Co-founder and CEO of Loft Labs to talk about the vCluster project. They discuss how vCluster helps organizations run multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters, where each tenant gets access to a CNCF-conformant Kubernetes cluster, while still being able to deploy everything they need to build and run their applications on Kubernetes. The discussion goes into topics like how Security, Storage, CICD and GitOps work for virtual clusters running on the host clusters.    

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Timestamps: 

• 00:59 Cloud Native News
• 06:51 Interview with Lukas
• 55:09 Key takeaways 

Cloud Native News: 

• https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/krknchaos-joining-cncf-sandbox
• https://cloudnativenow.com/features/red-hat-makes-idp-based-on-backstage-generally-available/
• https://trilio.io/resources/trilio-announces-backup-and-recovery-for-red-hat-openshift-on-ibm-power-systems/
• https://snyk.io/news/snyk-acquires-runtime-data-pioneer-helios/   

Show links: 

• https://loft.sh/blog/how-codefresh-uses-vcluster-to-provide-hosted-argo-cd/
• https://www.coreweave.com/blog/coreweave-and-loft-labs-leverage-vcluster-in-kubernetes-at-scale
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/gentele/
• https://www.vcluster.com/
• https://loft.sh/
• https://slack.loft.sh/

In the first episode of Season 4 for the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin sits down with Ahmed Bebars, Staff Software Engineer at NYTimes to talk about how the times uses Kubernetes and Platform Engineering to accelerate their developer productivity and improve developer experience. They talk about what the technology stack at NYTimes looks like, how the platform team has built a resilient platform on Amazon EKS and share some best practices for anyone starting their journey with Platform Engineering.

Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/

Timestamps:

• 01:20 Cloud Native News
• 09:55 Interview with Ahmed
• 50:04 Key takeaways

Cloud Native News:

• https://www.aquasec.com/news/60m-additional-funding/
• https://devclass.com/2023/12/12/docker-buys-atomicjar-to-integrate-container-based-test-automation/
• https://www.businessinsider.com/armory-acquired-startup-harness-7-million-2023-12
• https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/19/scaleops-looks-to-cut-cloud-bills-by-automating-kubernetes-configurations
• https://wraltechwire.com/2023/12/21/ciscos-latest-cloud-play-exec-explains-the-deal-for-tech-startup-isovalent/
• https://www.kubernetes.dev/resources/release/

Show links:

• https://open.nytimes.com/
• https://tickets.kcdnewyork.com/
• https://github.com/abebars
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmedbebars/
• https://github.com/nytimes

Learn along side Bhavin and Ryan as they dig into some of basics of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning. They explore what terms mean, what the basic differences are and take an introductory look at how companies approaches to building and using models for various use cases.

News

• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-eks-pod-identity-simplifies-iam-permissions-for-applications-on-amazon-eks-clusters/
• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/use-aws-fault-injection-service-to-demonstrate-multi-region-and-multi-az-application-resilience/

Show Links

• Vector DB Talk DoK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxoqMgFKAlM
• https://www.kubeflow.org/docs/components/pipelines/v1/introduction/
• https://weaviate.io/blog/what-is-a-vector-database
• https://huggingface.co/
• https://docs.ray.io/en/latest/ray-overview/getting-started.html
• https://kueue.sigs.k8s.io/docs/overview/
• https://www.datastax.com/guides/what-is-a-vector-index
• https://www.datastax.com/guides/what-is-vector-search
• https://medium.com/building-the-open-data-stack/whats-a-vector-database-c3e8b6bb0436
• https://www.pinecone.io/blog/aws-reference-architecture/

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin talk about Kubecon + Cloud Native Con North America 2023 in Chicago, and discuss all the vendor announcements from the past couple of weeks. Kubecon North America was in Chicago and had more than 13500 attendees and shows a continuous increase in adoption of Kubernetes as the platform to run containers, virtual machines, AI workloads, etc.  

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Find all the links to the things we discussed during the episode here:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/169mrZGi7oYptuT1nXrmuy-uwIlrAYZ8jJR3p5vRZ5Vo/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode of KubernetesBytes, Bhavin and Ryan interview Viktor Farcic, a Developer Advocate from Upbound, the company behind Crossplane. Crossplane extends Kubernetes into becoming a universal control plane for more than what runs in Kubernetes, however, you get to manage everything in a Kubernetes-native way. Hear what Viktor has to say about Crossplane and what hes been up to.  

• 01:35 Introduction 
• 08:29 Cloud Native News 
• 16:15 Crossplane with Viktor

 Cloud Native News 

• https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/series-b-funding  
• https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/introducing-honeycomb-for-kubernetes?hss_channel=lcp-12957659 
• https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/18/microsoft-launches-radius-an-open-source-application-platform-for-the-cloud/ 
• https://docs.radapp.io/ 
• https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/urgent-new-security-flaws-discovered-in.html 
• https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/news/366557752/CloudCasa-now-offers-self-hosted-Kubernetes-backup-service 
• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kubecost-launches-cloud-cost-optimization-080000850.html   

Links 

• https://youtube.com/@UCfz8x0lVzJpb_dgWm9kPVrw
• https://docs.crossplane.io/ 
• https://www.crossplane.io/community

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Michael o'leary and Ibett A to talk about how developers can build multi-cloud secure architectures using Kubernetes and the principles of Shift Left and DevSecOps.   

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Timestamps:

• 00:00 Interview with Michael o'leary 
• 18:50 Interview with  Ibett A

Show links:  Boston Kubernetes Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/boston-kubernetes-meetup/

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Alexandre Pauwels and Kevin Scheunemann at DevOps Days Boston to talk all about IDPs and Platform Engineering.   

The discussion focuses on how organizations can build IDPs from open source tools and the how DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering teams work together.  

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Timestamps:

• 00:00 Interview with Alexandre Pauwels
• 16:00 Interview with Kevin Scheunemann

Show links: 

• https://bitmantle.com/

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Paul Bruce and Don Luchini - the organizers of DevOpsdays Boston and talk about the value of community, what DevOps means to them and how the event has evolved over the years.   

Listen in to learn more about what to expect when you attend one of these events or meetups in the future, and the guests also share their perspective around DevOps, Kubernetes and Platform Engineering 

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Timestamps:

• 00:00 Interview with Paul Bruce
• 22:25 Interview with Don Luchini

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In this Episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin and Ryan discuss Edge Computing and how Kubernetes and other platforms and distributions can help build better solutions for the edge.   

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Timestamps:

• 00:00 Introduction 
• 05:30 Cloud Native News 
• 15:50 Kubernetes at the Edge   

Cloud Native News: 

1. https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2023/10/11/cloud-native-computing-foundation-announces-cilium-graduation/
2. https://www.pulumi.com/blog/series-c/
3. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ryrfsmtla
4. https://cloudnativenow.com/features/loft-labs-bolsters-virtual-kubernetes-cluster-management-at-scale/  

Show Notes:  

1. https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/08/18/kubernetes-on-the-edge-getting-started-with-kubeedge-and-kubernetes-for-edge-computing/
2. https://youtu.be/rj4FFf1gZ0g?si=j74AHT_09l5wwIMi
3. https://thenewstack.io/a-new-kubernetes-edge-architecture/
4. https://www.packtpub.com/product/edge-computing-systems-with-kubernetes/9781800568594
5. https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/ARM-vs-x86
6. https://www.xenonstack.com/blog/edge-data-management
7. https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/08/18/kubernetes-on-the-edge-getting-started-with-kubeedge-and-kubernetes-for-edge-computing/
8. https://docs.k3s.io/architecture
9. https://microk8s.io/docs/getting-started
10. https://kubeedge.io/docs/category/architecture

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner interview Brian Chambers, Chief Architect at Chick-fil-A. Brian walks through some of the design decisions, challenges and architecture of how Chick-fil-A uses Kubernetes at the edge in their restaurants.

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• https://bit.ly/dodb2023 (Main Website, Program, Registration, etc.)
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/devopsdaysbos/(Real-time updates)

Timestamps

• 01:05 Introduction
• 06:22 Cloud Native News
• 19:13 Interview with Madhuri
• 01:13:20 Takeaways

Cloud Native News:

• K8s 1.28 https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/08/15/kubernetes-v1-28-release/
• SC assignment stable- https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/08/15/kubernetes-v1-28-release/#automatic-retroactive-assignment-of-a-default-storageclass-graduates-to-stable
• Non graceful shutdown stable - https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/08/15/kubernetes-v1-28-release/#generally-available-recovery-from-non-graceful-node-shutdown
• Ceph RBD and FS in tree deprecated
• Control plan and node supported version go from n-2 to n-3
• Redhat Openstack services on OpenShift - https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openstack-services-openshift-next-generation-red-hat-openstack-platform
• Alcion 21 Million funding round: https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/19/alcion-which-provides-backup-and-security-services-to-enterprises-raises-21m/
• Veeam was major funder: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/news/366552363/Veeam-leads-funding-round-for-SaaS-backup-provider-Alcion
• Kubescape 3.0 - https://kubescape.io/blog/2023/09/19/introducing-kubescape-3/
• GPU sharing on Amazon EKS with NVIDIA time-slicing and accelerated EC2 instances or MIG based sharing
• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/gpu-sharing-on-amazon-eks-with-nvidia-time-slicing-and-accelerated-ec2-instances
• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/maximizing-gpu-utilization-with-nvidias-multi-instance-gpu-mig-on-amazon-eks-running-more-pods-per-gpu-for-enhanced-performance/
• Akuity launches Kargo - New Open Source project to automate declarative promotion of changes across multiple app environments - https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230918552920/en/Akuity-Launches-Kargo---a-New-Open-Source-Project-to-Automate-the-Declarative-Promotion-of-Changes-Across-Multiple-Application-Environments
• OpenTofu - Linux Foundations alternative to Terraform - loads of community support
• https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/announcing-opentofu?hss_channel=lcp-208777
• CFP already open for Paris!!!! https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/program/cfp/

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Madhuri Yechuri and talk about all things Nodeless Kubernetes and how users can leverage the concept of Just in Time compute provisioning to prevent wasted spend on their cloud bills. Madhuri talks about LUNA and NOVA - a couple of Elotl products that help users run a nodeless Kubernetes multicluster platform for their containerized applications. 

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Timestamps

• 00:30 Introduction 
• 05:18 Cloud Native News 
• 12:48 Interview with Madhuri
• 56:20 Takeaways  

Cloud Native News: 

• https://tech.eu/2023/09/04/rig-dev-first-open-source-baas-platform-on-kubernetes 
• https://d2iq.com/blog/dkp-2-6-features-new-ai-navigator 
• https://securityboulevard.com/2023/09/pluto-finds-deprecated-kubernetes-api-versions-3-questions-from-users/ 
• https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230906419666/en/RapidFort-Launches-Runtime-Protection-to-Automatically-Monitor-and-Secure-Kubernetes-Workloads  
• https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230906393254/en/InfluxData-Announces-InfluxDB-Clustered-to-Deliver-Time-Series-Analytics-for-On-Premises-and-Private-Cloud-Deployments  
• https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/09/04/storage-news-ticker-4-sep-2023/  
• https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/09/07/storage-ticker-7-september-2023/    

Show links: 

• https://www.elotl.co/ 
• https://www.elotl.co/multi-cluster-podcast 
• https://docs.kubefirst.io/aws/faq https://kubefirst.io/slack

In this episode of KubernetesBytes, Bhavin and Ryan interview Rob Croteau of Avesha. Avesha is behind the open source project KubeSlice which aims to enable admins to seamlessly connect multiple Kubernetes clusters no matter where they are located with a few command or clicks. Learn about the challenges teams face today with networking and how Kubeslice and avesha are trying to make connectivity for clusters simple. 

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Time Stamps 

• News 00:05:36 
• Interview 00:14:05
• Takeaways 00:53:50  

Show Links 

• - https://kubeslice.io/ 
• - https://avesha.io/ 
• - https://github.com/kubeslice  

Show Notes: 

• - https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/duet-ai-in-google-cloud-preview 
• - https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/whats-new-with-gke-at-google-cloud-next 
• - Kubecost Cloud now GA - install agent using Helm chart https://siliconangle.com/2023/08/21/kubecost-debuts-kubecost-cloud-help-enterprises-rein-kubernetes-spending/
•  - KEDA graduates - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cloud-native-computing-foundation-announces-graduation-of-kubernetes-autoscaler-keda-301907019.html  
• - Netapp files in google https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/news/366550341/NetApp-cloud-storage-evolving-for-stateful-K8s-AI  
• - GKE Enterprise https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/29/google-introduces-gke-enterprise-to-help-companies-manage-complex-kubernetes-environments/  
• - API GW article https://thenewstack.io/the-api-gateway-and-the-future-of-cloud-native-applications/  
• - Ngrok static domains https://ngrok.com/blog-post/free-static-domains-ngrok-users

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin go back to school after the summer break and talk about What is Kubernetes Observability? They talk about how Observability is different from Monitoring, what are the three pillars of Observability and the CNCF projects viewers can check out to get started with Kubernetes Observability!   

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Chapters:

• 00:30 Introduction
• 06:25 Cloud Native News
• 17:57 What is Kubernetes Observability

Cloud Native News:

1. https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/08/15/kubernetes-v1-28-release/ - Planternetes
2. https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/09/sweet-security-raises-12m-seed-round-for-its-cloud-security-suite/
3. https://www.dynatrace.com/news/press-release/dynatrace-to-acquire-rookout/
4. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230725088248/en/
5. https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2023/07/31/kubeflow-joins-cncf-to-accelerate-the-adoption-of-mlops/?sh=6495358e6e75
6. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/edb-announces-three-ways-run-130000473.html
7. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/portworx-by-pure-storage-recognized-as-a-leader-in-kubernetes-storage-by-gigaom-for-fourth-consecutive-year-301889796.html
8. https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/08/15/nutanix-puts-chatgpt-in-a-box/
9. https://venturebeat.com/ai/middleware-raises-6-5m-to-simplify-cloud-monitoring-with-ai/
10. https://thenewstack.io/aqua-security-uncovers-major-kubernetes-attacks/   

Show Links: 

1. https://signoz.io/blog/kubernetes-observability
2. https://landscape.cncf.io/card-mode?category=monitoring&grouping=category
3. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/webinars/kubernetes-observability-with-opentelemetry-and-beyond

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Kyle Forster CEO at RunWhen - a platform for troubleshooting Kubernetes with Generative AI assistance. The discussion starts by talking about LLMs and GPTs, and why everyone is building a ChatBot powered by AI. They then talk about how Generative AI can act as a co-pilot for SREs working with Kubernetes, and help them troubleshoot things faster.  Watch this episode to learn more about how AI can help you become the 10x engineer / SRE instead of replacing you at your company.   

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• 00:30 Introduction
• 04:44 Cloud Native News
• 18:10 Interview with Kyle
• 58:43 Takeaways

Cloud Native News:  

1. https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/announcing-crunchy-postgres-for-kubernetes-5-4
2. https://www.itpro.com/cloud/cloud-security/kubernetes-on-aws-targeted-by-hackers-abusing-legitimate-pentesting-tools
3. https://www.scmagazine.com/news/cloud-security/scarleteel-targets-aws-fargate-launches-ddos-as-a-service-campaigns
4. https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/feature/Practice-troubleshooting-Kubernetes-clusters-using-log-data
5. https://www.hashicorp.com/state-of-the-cloud
6. https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/12/istio-graduates/
7. https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/07/instacart-flink-kubernetes/
8. https://thenewstack.io/how-to-secure-kubernetes-with-kubelinter/

Show Links: 

1. RunWhen - https://www.runwhen.com/
2. RunWhen Local - https://docs.runwhen.com/public/runwhen-local/getting-started-with-runwhen-local
3. Kyle's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyforster/
4. Ugly Command Party - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7087375534606712833/
   

In this episode Bhavin and Ryan interview Surya Oruganti, Founder of Argonaut. This episode covers the complexities and challenges production Kubernetes environments encounter, how teams are often wrangling with infrastructure and pipelines rather than enabling teams to focus on developing value. Surya helps explain why these problems led him to create the Argonaut project and platform to get teams off and running with full cloud native stacks with all the bells and whistles like GitOps ready to go.   

• 00:30 Intro
• 07:22 News
• 00:17:18 Interview with Surya
• 01:02:04 Takeaways 

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News 

• https://blog.aquasec.com/2023-nautilus-cybersecurity-report-insights-revealed 
• https://siliconangle.com/2023/06/29/causal-ai-company-causely-raises-8-6m-automate-operations/
• https://www.youtube.com/@PlatformEngineering/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1
• https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vOxwMygjoMGB?s=20  https://www-portainer-io.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.portainer.io/blog/announcing-k2d.io?hs_amp=true
• https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/vmware-tanzu-mission-control-self-managed-announcement 
• https://www.opensourceforu.com/2023/07/netapp-launches-spot-ocean-cd-revolutionising-kubernetes-delivery/   

Surya and Argonaut Links 

• https://www.argonaut.dev/ 
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/suryaoruganti/ 
• https://twitter.com/suryaoruganti 
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/argonautdev/
• https://twitter.com/argonaut_dev

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with John Dietz and Jared Edwards - the co-founders of Kubefirst and talk about how users can accelerate their Kubernetes adoption by using Kubefirst. They talk about how Kubefirst allows users to leverage open-source tools and the GitOps principle to start writing code, without having to worrying about deploying CI, CD, Authentication tools manually. They talk about how tools like Kubefirst can reduce the complexity and speed up SDLC for organizations that are just getting started with Kubernetes.

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• 00:30 Introduction
• 04:55 Cloud Native News
• 12:00 Interview with John and Jared
• 56:25 Takeaways

News: 

• https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/06/21/smartx-fast-and-available-iomesh-kubernetes-native-storage-software/
• https://thenewstack.io/kelsey-hightower-predicts-how-the-kubernetes-community-will-evolve/
• https://cloudnativenow.com/features/aws-extends-kubecost-alliance-to-rein-in-k8s-costs/
• https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/06/aws-eks-kubernetes-chill-vibes/
• https://www.newswire.com/news/fairwinds-launches-open-source-tool-for-base-image-detection-22060270
• https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virtana-acquires-cloud-and-kubernetes-observability-solution-powered-by-advanced-ai-and-open-source-telemetry-collection-opscruise-301852142.html
• https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/journeys/118
• https://thenewstack.io/kubernetes-operators-the-real-reason-your-boss-is-smiling/

Show links:

• https://kubefirst.io/
• https://ngrok.com/
• https://docs.kubefirst.io/aws/faq
• https://kubefirst.io/slack

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin and Ryan talk with Shauli Rozen and Craig Box of ARMO security. The discussion focuses on how security mindsets and actions are shifting left to allow developers to include security practices earlier on in the application lifecycle. Also explored is the role open source plays in securing Kubernetes in DevOps and Platform teams. 

• - 00:29 Introduction
• - 04:36 Cloud Native News
• - 15:26 Interview with Shauli and Craig
• - 57:50 Takeaways 

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• - https://landing.armosec.io/state-of-kubernetes-open-source-security-2022 
• - https://www.cncf.io/projects/kubescape/ 
• - https://www.jit.io/lp/automate-cloud-container-security-by-deploying-trivy-lp 
• - https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-open-source-report/2022
• - https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/richard-seroter-on-shifting-down-vs-shifting-left/
• - https://www.armosec.io/blog/unraveling-the-state-of-kubernetes-security-2023/
• - https://armosec.io/
• - https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape
• Craig's cast vote for "Sandra Bullock": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Net_(1995_film) 
• Shauli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaulirozen
• Craig: https://twitter.com/craigbox

News Links

•  - https://winbuzzer.com/2023/05/30/microsoft-introduces-azure-linux-for-its-kubernetes-service-xcxwbn/ 
• - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3696939/yugabyte-adds-multiregion-kubernetes-support-to-yugabytedb-218.html 
• - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/context-aware-kspm-pingsafe-helps-181600047.html 
•  - https://cloudnativenow.com/features/why-you-need-a-kubernetes-bill-of-materials-kbom/ 
•  - ACS Cloud Service - https://cloud.redhat.com/blog/announcing-limited-availability-of-advanced-cluster-security-cloud-service
• - Teleport Assist - https://goteleport.com/features/assist/
• - Alcion - $8 million in seed funding and an AI-forward, security-heavy take on backup - starting with M365 - Kasten co-founders with another backup company -  https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/news/366538893/Alcion-applies-AI-security-focus-to-Microsoft-365-backup
• - Mindsdb - https://mindsdb.com/newsroom/mindsdb-raises-25-million-led-by-mayfield-to-supercharge-developers-with-its-cloud-for-serving-artificial-intelligence-logic
•  - NVIDIA - https://itnext.io/run-more-pods-per-gpu-with-nvidia-multi-instance-gpu-d4f7fb07c9b5
• - Red Hat Dev Hub - based on Backstage - EA later in June and GA later this year. https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releas

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Sachin Mullick and Peter Lauterbach - the Product Management team at Red Hat focused on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and the open-source KubeVirt project and talk about how users can run containers and virtual machines side-by-side on the same Kubernetes cluster. They discuss the benefits of having a unified control plane for all your applications and the different features that enable users to run their applications in production. They also talk about some customers that have implemented this technology in production. Listen to learn more about how you can get started with KubeVirt and run your VMs alongside your Kubernetes pods on your Kubernetes or OpenShift clusters.   

• 03:27 - News Segment
• 13:54 - KubeVirt Interview
• 01:06:12 - Takeaways
  
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  Show Notes:  
  1. Kube by Example - https://kubebyexample.com/
  2. Ask An OpenShift Admin - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaR6Rq6Z4IqdsG6b09q4QIv_Yq5fNL7zh
  3. https://kubevirt.io/
  4. https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift/virtualization  
  
  Cloud-Native News:  
  1. New Security Startup - Stacklok - https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/17/kubernetes-and-sigstore-founders-raise-17-5m-to-launch-software-supply-chain-startup-stacklok/
  2. Traefik Lab announces Traefik Hub - Also raised $11M https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/17/traefik-labs-launches-traefik-hub-a-kubernetes-native-api-management-service/
  3. KSOC releases the KBOM standard - https://tech.einnews.com/pr_news/629861155/ksoc-releases-the-first-kubernetes-bill-of-materials-kbom-standard
  4. Upbound announces managed Crossplane service - https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/05/upbound-managed-control-plane/
  5. Kubernetes 1.27 StatefulSet auto deletion for PVCs to beta https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/05/04/kubernetes-1-27-statefulset-pvc-auto-deletion-beta/
  6. Cost reduction CAST AI company focuses on reducing compute costs running generative AI models on k8s https://siliconangle.com/2023/05/18/kubernetes-firm-cast-ai-adds-support-reducing-generative-ai-deployment-costs/  
  7. Vault secret store operator https://thenewstack.io/hashicorp-vault-operator-manages-kubernetes-secrets/  
  8. Managed Kafka or Run it yourself ? https://thenewstack.io/kafka-on-kubernetes-should-you-adopt-a-managed-solution/  
  9. Cool usecase - edge k8s - robots picking fruit - https://thenewstack.io/fruit-picking-robots-powered-by-kubernetes-on-the-edge/  
  10. Knative 1.10 release https://knative.dev/blog/releases/announcing-knative-v1-10-release/ (4-25 missed it)

In this episode, Bhavin and Ryan chat with Kevin Backman from Major League Baseball (MLB) and Mike Wagner of Metify to talk about how MLB made the transition to baremetal Kubernetes with Anthos to support all 31 major league ballparks and their infrastructure for capturing on field statistics.  

• 03:35 - Cloud Native news segment
• 12:10 - MLB and Metify Interview
• 49:06 - Takeaways

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MLB Article https://technology.mlblogs.com/anthos-on-bare-metal-how-mlb-turned-ball-parks-into-on-prem-k8-clusters-295031253a33   

News 

Kubecon Sessions are live - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2PyrvCoOii4rAopBswfz1p7 

Kubecost Cloud Public Beta  - https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/05/09/2664089/0/en/Kubecost-Announces-Public-Beta-of-Kubecost-Cloud.html 

Group Volume Snapshots - Crash consistent https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/05/08/kubernetes-1-27-volume-group-snapshot-alpha/ 

Coinbase uses Kubernetes to run staking nodes - https://www.coinbase.com/blog/operating-staking-nodes-on-kubernetes

 Kubernetes 1.27: StatefulSet start ordinal simplifies migration https://www.cncf.io/blog/2023/04/26/introducing-sessionize-a-new-cfp-platform-for-cncf-events  

https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cncf-on-demand-webinar-run-wasm-shim-this-way  

https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/opinion/Takeaways-and-emerging-trends-from-KubeCon-Europe-2023  

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/backup-for-gke-concepts-part-1  

https://www.nutanix.com/blog/nutanix-announces-early-access-of-ndk

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin talk about Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023 and discuss all the vendor announcements from the past couple of weeks. Kubecon Europe in Amsterdam had close to 10000 attendees and shows a continuous increase in the adoption of containers and Kubernetes.  

Below, you can find links to the things discussed during the podcast:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LWKrMmneVFLjYkGSmeaTgTqqNZTY7A90UQEa2xZxnVE/edit?usp=sharing

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In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes. Ryan Wallner talks with community organizer and solutions architect Michael O'Leary. Ryan and Michael tackle what it means to build and be part of a community as well as how to participate in meetups. Michael also spends some time talking about his Certified Kubernetes Admin study group and how he's been helping others get their CKA and expanding it to public members of the Kubernetes community, All this and more on this weeks episode!   

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Show Links 

https://community.f5.com https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way https://www.meetup.com/boston-kubernetes-meetup/ https://kubebyexample.com/

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Dan Arcari - a cloud and backend technologist at Zus Health to talk about how they use a combination of Kubernetes, ECS and Serverless  to run their home grown and off-the-shelf applications. Dan was employee #1 and has been involved in building the whole stack for Zus health, so the discussion focuses on everything from HIPAA and SOC2 to how you should chose the right tool for the right job. Listen in to learn more about the practitioner approach to Kubernetes in the healthcare ecosystem. 

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Show Notes: 

• https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cncf-on-demand-webinar-kubernetes-in-2023/
• https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/03/10/image-registry-redirect/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/use-pod-sandboxing
• https://www.meetup.com/data-on-kubernetes-community/
• https://cast.ai/press-release/cast-ai-receives-20m-in-new-funding-led-by-early-stage-vc-creandum/
• https://siliconangle.com/2023/03/07/kubernetes-traffic-replication-startup-speedscale-raises-9m
• https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/03/17/upcoming-changes-in-kubernetes-v1-27/
• https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/03/aks-edge-essentials-ga

Dan Arcari - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-arcari-45a90314/

In this Episode, Bhavin and Ryan tackle the topic of serverless computing. Bhavin and Ryan try to help answer the basics of what serverless is, isnt and why the term can be so confusing.

Show Links

• https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/cloud-native-apps/what-is-serverless
• https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/what-is-serverless/
• https://www.readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.helton/lets-stop-talking-about-serverless-cold-starts/
• https://keda.sh/
• https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/microservices/what-is-knative
• https://www.prisma.io/dataguide/serverless/serverless-comparison
• https://workers.cloudflare.com/
• https://blog.back4app.com/cloudflare-vs-heroku-which-is-the-best-option/
• https://www.bmc.com/blogs/serverless-faas/
• https://world.hey.com/dhh/don-t-be-fooled-by-serverless-776cd730

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Platform engineering expert Luca Galante, head of product at Humanitec to discuss all things Platform engineering, what is it, and how it is different from DevOps. They also discuss when it makes sense to have a platform engineering team and how you can get started on your journey by building internal development platforms. 

Show Notes: 

- What is platform engineering?
- What is an internal developer platform?
- What is Dynamic Configuration Management?
- Platform Engineering community
- PlatformCon 2023
- Luca’s LinkedIn and Twitter

Cloud Native News: 

• InfluxData Series E round - https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/13/influxdata-lands-51m-to-grow-its-time-series-database-offerings
• Cloud Native Security Con - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2NQ-Zi_k5qVmZyxSmLBzM6V
• Adrian's Platform engineering blog - https://adrianco.medium.com/platform-engineering-teams-done-right-b3b3d4a8ad23
• Amazon EKS Anywhere on SNOW - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/new-amazon-eks-anywhere-on-snow
• Kelsey Hightower affirms databases on k8s - https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower/status/1624081136073994240
• NetApp discontinues astra data store https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/01/25/netapp-astra-data-store/
• Edge computing trends 2023 - https://technologymagazine.com/articles/the-cutting-edge-edge-computing-trends-to-watch-in-2023

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin and Ryan sit down with Cloud Native expert Nigel Poulton of https://nigelpoulton.com/ to discuss WebAssembly and in particular its current and future role in the cloud native ecosystem. Nigel, Bhavin and Ryan discuss everything from "What is WebAssembly" to how it can run on Kubernetes with a WASM runtime called runwasi.

Stay till the end to hear our new segment where we ask out guests a question that ChatGPT came up with for some good fun!

Show Links

• This article will show you how to create a "hello world" Wasm app and use Docker tools to build and deploy it"
• https://nigelpoulton.com/getting-started-with-docker-and-wasm/
• This article explains runwasi:
• https://nigelpoulton.com/what-is-runwasi/
• This is the Microsoft article that explains using Wasm nodes in AKS:
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/use-wasi-node-pools
• Runwasi: https://github.com/containerd/runwasi 
• Scale to Zero: https://dzone.com/articles/scale-to-zero-with-kubernetes

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Christoph Hartmann - the CTO and co-founder of Mondoo about all things Kubernetes Security. The discussion starts by talking about Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM) and then dives into Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) and SBOM Attestation. They also talk about the open-source project "cnspec" and how it can help organizations scan their entire infrastructure, including VMs, containers, container registries, code repositories, etc for vulnerabilities. 

News:

• https://www.weave.works/blog/weaveworks-donates-project-kured-to-the-cncf
• https://sysdig.com/blog/top-15-kubectl-plugins-for-security-engineers/
• https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/25/dell-has-acquired-cloud-orchestration-startup-cloudify-sources-tell-us-for-around-100m/
• https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/cncf-hosted-co-located-events/about/
• https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/26/mirantis-acquires-shipa/
• https://www.harness.io/blog/harness-acquires-propelo

Show Links:

1. cnspec Project Pagehttps://cnspec.io

2. cnspec on Github: https://github.com/mondoohq/cnspec

3. Hacking Kubernetes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9onasWkaeuE&t=3s

4. Mondoo https://mondoo.com/

In the first episode of season 3, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Michael Guarino - the CTO of plural.sh about how plural helps users deploy applications on Kubernetes easily. They discuss the challenges associated with deploying applications consistently across different Kubernetes distributions, and talk about how Plural provides a unified solution that auto-generates Kubernetes manifests, HELM charts, and Terraform files and follows GitOps principles to deploy applications across Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, and Google GKE. 

News: 

• Kubernetes v1.26: Alpha support for cross-namespace storage data sources
• Best of 2022: 8 CNCF Projects for Cloud-Native Persistent Storage: https://containerjournal.com/features/8-cncf-projects-for-cloud-native-persistent-storage/
• Best distributes file/block for k8s - Reddit 2023 thread - https://www.reddit.com/r/kubernetes/comments/100wdrq/best_distributed_fileblock_storage_for_kubernetes
• JuiceFS https://juicefs.com/docs/cloud/use_juicefs_in_kubernetes.
• Chronosphere funding round - https://chronosphere.io/learn/115m-series-c-funding-chronospheres/

Show Links:

1,  https://www.plural.sh/

2. https://app.plural.sh/

3. https://github.com/pluralsh/plural

4. https://docs.plural.sh/

In the first episode of season 3, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Michael Guarino - the CTO of plural.sh about how plural helps users deploy applications on Kubernetes easily. They discuss the challenges associated with deploying applications consistently across different Kubernetes distributions, and talk about how Plural provides a unified solution that auto-generates Kubernetes manifests, HELM charts, and Terraform files and follows GitOps principles to deploy applications across Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, and Google GKE. 

News: 

• Kubernetes v1.26: Alpha support for cross-namespace storage data sources
• Best of 2022: 8 CNCF Projects for Cloud-Native Persistent Storage: https://containerjournal.com/features/8-cncf-projects-for-cloud-native-persistent-storage/
• Best distributes file/block for k8s - Reddit 2023 thread - https://www.reddit.com/r/kubernetes/comments/100wdrq/best_distributed_fileblock_storage_for_kubernetes
• JuiceFS https://juicefs.com/docs/cloud/use_juicefs_in_kubernetes.
• Chronosphere funding round - https://chronosphere.io/learn/115m-series-c-funding-chronospheres/

Show Links:

1,  https://www.plural.sh/

2. https://app.plural.sh/

3. https://github.com/pluralsh/plural

4. https://docs.plural.sh/

In this last episode of Kubernetes Bytes Season 2, Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner dive into Service Mesh. You will learn all about the benefits of Service Mesh, how it helps reduce overhead for developers, the different deployment models (sidecar and Ambient Mesh), and the challenges and benefits for each.

News:

• Trilio raises $17M - https://trilio.io/resources/funding-and-executive-update
• Snyk raises $196.5M at $7.4B valuation - https://snyk.io/news/snyk-closes-196-5-million-series-g-funding-at-7-4-billion-valuation/
• Blocks and Files - Kubernetes Storage Tests Update -  https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/12/15/ondat-beats-pures-portworx-in-container-storage-tests/

Links / Background:

• https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/definition/service-mesh
• https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/microservices/what-is-a-service-mesh
• https://linkerd.io/what-is-a-service-mesh/
• https://kublr.com/blog/implementing-a-service-mesh-with-istio-to-simplify-microservices-communication/
• https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/istio-ambient-explained/9781098142698/ch01.html
• https://istio.io/latest/blog/2022/introducing-ambient-mesh
• https://youtu.be/6zDrLvpfCK4
• https://youtu.be/16fgzklcF7Y

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin talk Cesar Saavedra of Gitlab about the importance of GitOps, DevSecOps and more with Kubernetes. They also cover what Gitlab has to offer in this particular space and what new features they have been working on.

• EKS/Container Marketplace as EKS add-ons https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-marketplace-for-containers-now-supports-direct-deployment-to-amazon-eks-clusters/
• New – Announcing Amazon EFS Elastic Throughput
• This new throughput mode is designed to provide your applications with as much throughput as they need with pay-as-you-use pricing.
•  Trivy now scans Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) - https://blog.aquasec.com/trivy-now-scans-amazon-machine-images-amis
• multicloud with crunchy postgres https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/multi-cloud-strategies-with-crunchy-postgres-for-kubernetes
• Get ready for 1.26 https://www.armosec.io/blog/kubernetes-1-26-everything-you-should-know/
  • Get ready for 1.26 (diff vendor) https://sysdig.com/blog/kubernetes-1-26-whats-new/
• Argo has graduated - Dec 6 -  https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2022/12/06/the-cloud-native-computing-foundation-announces-argo-has-graduated/
• Flux graduates from CNCF incubator - Nov 30 https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2022/11/30/flux-graduates-from-cncf-incubator/

GITLAB INFO

https://docs.gitlab.com/

@cesar_saavedr

GitLab Learn

GitLab Blog

GitLab Docs

GitLab Snapshots (YouTube videos)

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Alexander Mattoni - Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Cycle.io about When to use and When to not use Kubernetes. The discussion focuses on the challenges associated with Kubernetes adoption - On Day 0 and Day 2, and what are other alternatives available to organizations that are just looking to run their applications easily. We talk about how Cycle.io can help organizations build a simplified infrastructure stack to run their applications. Have a listen and let us know what you think about Kubernetes. 

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Show Notes: 

Alexander Mattoni - https://twitter.com/alexmattoni

Cycle.io - https://cycle.io/

News: 

• AWS Controllers for Kubernetes - ACK for Amazon EC2 https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/aws-controllers-kubernetes-ack-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-generally-available/
• Removal of GlusterFS in 1.26 - https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/11/18/upcoming-changes-in-kubernetes-1-26/
• Two possible data inconsistency issues in etcd v3.4.[20-21] and v3.5 - https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/dev/c/sEVopPxKPDo?pli=1
• Kubecon NA 2022 recordings - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2O5aNpRM71NQyx3WUe1xpTn
• Kubernetes Bytes season 1 on youtube - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCOmEAve4xr2lbCd6sPXMRf6XcZeWuaJ5
• Kubernetes Bytes at Data On Kubernetes Day - Kubecon NA - https://youtu.be/q_K8Ma9LxWA
• Cloud Native Security Con NA - Feb1-2 https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloudnativesecuritycon-north-america/
• TiKV is an open-source, distributed, and transactional key-value database - evolutions of TiKV https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cncf-on-demand-webinar-the-evolution-of-tikv
• Backup and Restore using alpha k8s checkpointing feature - https://martinheinz.dev/blog/85 | https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/node/kubelet-checkpoint-api/

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Jonathan Phillips & Sean Pomeroy from Kubecost join us to talk about understanding the cost of Kubernetes clusters. Kubernetes and the pods that run within the cluster are a large part of the cost story but it doesn't end there, networking, object storage, egress and more are part of the pull optimization story when it comes to cost. Hear what Jonathon and Sean have to say about cost, Kubernetes and what Kubecost can help you achieve.

News Articles

https://bit.ly/kubecost-showlinks 

Kubecost Links

https://www.kubecost.com/

https://www.kubecost.com/install

https://github.com/kubecost
https://github.com/opencost/opencost

https://blog.kubecost.com/tags/#case-study

In this part - 2 episode of Kubernetes Bytes - live from Detroit during the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022, Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah talk to guests on the show floor and learn more about what's new at Kubecon, what are their thoughts on Day 0 events, Keynotes, etc, and also share some things to do in Detroit. They talk to Brad Ascar - Principal Product Manager at Redis, Ben A - Developer Relations at Teleport, Sean Carolan - Director of Sales Engineering at Instruqt, Scott Lowe - Developer Relations at Pulumi. 

Show Notes:

• Redis Active - Active Databases on Kubernetes
• What's new with Pulumi + Kubernetes Oct 2022
• Teleport at Kubecon 2022
• Buddy's Pizza - Detroit
• Happy's Pizza - Detroit
• Instruqt

In this part - 1 episode of Kubernetes Bytes - live from Detroit during the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022, Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah talk to guests on the show floor and learn more about what's new at Kubecon, what are their thoughts on Day 0 events, Keynotes, etc, and also share some things to do in Detroit. They talk to Peter Zaitsev - Founder of Percona, Gabriele Bartolini - VP of Cloud Native at EDB, Tim Banks - Lead Developer Advocate at Dell Technologies and Stephen Rust - Principal Software Engineer at Akamai. 

Show Notes: 

• Percona Kubernetes Operators
• PostgreSQL 15
• CloudNativePG
• Linode Kubernetes Engine 
• Linode Careers

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin and Ryan talk with Vishnu Korde, CEO and Chief Architect of StackOS. The hosts explore the topic of "DeCloud" or decentralized cloud which aims to create anonymity through the use of cross-chain open protocols allowing individuals and organizations to create a decentralized computing layer for the internet allowing teams to bypass traditional infrastructure management and cloud compute silos. Learn how Vishnu's company StackOS is tackling this problem and how they are using Kubernetes as a orchestration layer to provide application deployment into this DeCloud.

Cloud Native Data News of the Week

• Security Slam CNCF :https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cloud-native-security-slam-presents-security-slam-presented-by-cncf-sonatype-maintainer-sign-up
• IBM Doubles down 
•  5 Years of Postgres on K8s
• Lucidity Introduces Autonomous Storage Orchestration Solution
• The Global Cloud Native Storage Market size is expected to reach $41.9 billion by 2028, rising at a market growth of 22.3% CAGR during the forecast period : CAGR - https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/glossary/cagr-compound-annual-growth-rate
• Kafka 3.3 : https://blogs.apache.org/kafka/entry/what-rsquo-s-new-in 
• Hosted Control Plane - https://thenewstack.io/hosted-control-planes-bring-extra-power-and-more-cost-control/ 
• InfluxDB Cloud and Telegraf with K3s - https://thenewstack.io/how-to-monitor-kubernetes-k3s-using-telegraf-and-influxdb-cloud/ 

StackOS Links

• https://docs.stackos.io/stackos-docs
• https://www.stackos.io/
• litepaper:  https://docsend.com/view/wq7qxzjk7zsd3wph
• docs:  https://docs.stackos.io/stackos-docs/
• Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/StackOS/videos
• discord link:  https://discord.gg/g2uxZdkNH8
• telegram link:  https://t.me/StackOS
• app:  https://app.stackos.io/

In this Episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin talk about upcoming conferences and dig into the world of Kuberentes Security. Bhavin and Ryan talk about  and dig into the various aspects of the 4C's of Cloud Native Security (Code, Container, Cluster and Cloud). Bhavin and Ryan dig in a foot deep from everything from encryption at rest, network policies, linux seccomp, software SBOM and ransomeware.

This episode had so many good resources in the show notes, we decided to create a community resource for everyone. Please see the below public google doc with all show notes, links and more. Feel free to comment and engage!

Cloud Native Security 101 Resource Community Document

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Justin Lee, Principal Solutions Engineer at Confluent, about all things Kafka on Kubernetes. The discussion focuses on what Kafka is, how it helps developers build applications, and then dives into how developers or operators can deploy and run Kafka on Kubernetes using either Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK) operator from Confluent, or using Strimzi, an open source alternative. The hosts and Justin talk about the different custom resources needed for running Kafka on Kubernetes and then discuss best practices and case studies around the same.
Have a listen and leave us a review for the podcast series!

Show Links:

• Isovalent raises $40M Series B round - https://member.fintech.global/2022/09/09/open-source-technologies-dev-isovalent-nets-40m/
• EKS Anywhere Curated Packages - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/08/amazon-eks-anywhere-curated-packages-generally-available/
• AWS Karpenter Cluster Consolidation - https://karpenter.sh/preview/tasks/deprovisioning/
• VMware Explore - VMware Tanzu updates - https://www.storagereview.com/news/vmware-tanzu-gets-aria-mission-control-kubernetes-grid-updates
• Kubecon EU Call For Papers now Open - https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/program/cfp/
• CloudCasa and ONDAT partnership - https://www.catalogicsoftware.com/press-releases/cloudcasa-by-catalogic-and-ondat-announce-partnership-to-protect-kubernetes/
• Google adds Hyperdisk support - https://containerjournal.com/features/google-adds-additional-storage-service-for-gke/
• Kubernetes Complexity - https://driftingin.space/posts/complexity-kubernetes
• Confluent for Kubernetes - https://docs.confluent.io/operator/current/overview.html
• Strimzi - Kafka on Kubernetes - https://strimzi.io/
• Upcoming Current (Data Streaming Summit hosted by Confluent): https://2022.currentevent.io/website/39543/welcome
• Confluent for Kubernetes Quick Start: https://docs.confluent.io/operator/current/co-quickstart.html
• Confluent Home Page: https://www.confluent.io/
• Confluent Developer Podcast: https://developer.confluent.io/podcast/
  

In this Episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner dive into GitOps. You will learn about how GitOps came to be, what GitOps is, what tools are used to accomplish GitOps and what the benefits of adopting GitOps on your team will be.

Where to get started

1. https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/getting_started/
2. https://docs.gitops.weave.works/docs/getting-started/
3. https://github.com/weaveworks/awesome-gitops

Links / Background:

• https://about.gitlab.com/topics/gitops/
• https://www.weave.works/technologies/gitops/
• https://developers.redhat.com/topics/gitops
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2W3dJUxpR0
• https://www.youtube.com/c/DevOpsToolkit/videos
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5EpcWp0THw
• https://github.com/weaveworks/awesome-gitops
• https://www.gitops.tech/
• https://www.weave.works/technologies/gitops/
• https://about.gitlab.com/topics/gitops/

News

• SBOM 101 - https://sysdig.com/blog/sbom-101-software-bill-of-materials/ 
• CSI inline volumes - https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/08/29/csi-inline-volumes-ga/ 
• The ultimate list of open source cloud native tools - https://containerjournal.com/features/the-ultimate-list-of-open-source-cloud-native-tools/
• K8s 1.25 is out - https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/08/23/kubernetes-v1-25-release
  • Registry.k8s.io https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/wiki/New-Registry-url-for-Kubernetes-(registry.k8s.io)
• Registry.k8s.io https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/dev/c/DYZYNQ_A6_c/m/oD9_Q8Q9AAAJ?pli=1
• SIG Storage Spotlight - https://www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2022/08/22/sig-storage-spotlight-2022/
• GitLab Release 15.3 - GitOps features free - https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/08/22/gitlab-15-3-released

Ryan (@wallywalls22) and Bhavin (@bhavin04890) talk to Brendan Burns (@brendandburns), co-founder of the Kubernetes open source project and corporate vice president for Azure cloud-native open source, and Ganeshkumar Ashokavardhanan (@ganeshkumar_av), Software Engineer in the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) team about community, Kubernetes and open-source at Microsoft. They also discuss how Ganesh was able to start as an intern and work his way into a fun full-time position with Azure Kubernetes Service. Come listen and learn about all of this and more! Show Links: KEDA https://keda.sh/ Virtual Kubelet https://github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet AKS enhancements - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-kubernetes-service-aks-updates-for-seamless-developer-and/ba-p/3407089 Container Apps GA https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-container-apps-general-availability/ba-p/3416885 MS Build Sessions  https://mybuild.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/cf62806e-b0a6-48ca-9664-92298b049abf https://mybuild.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/b8cb89fa-f065-4711-8ec2-91b41bb39acf

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin talk to the SIG Storage COSI Co-Lead Sid Mani about the Container Object Storage Interface (COSI) project, as it enters the Alpha phase of the maturity cycle. The discussion dives into the need for a different Object Storage standard, how it works with Kubernetes, the vision of the community, and how people/vendors can contribute to the ecosystem.

Show links

• Acorn Labs - https://venturebeat.com/programming-development/open-source-acorn-takes-a-new-approach-to-deploy-cloud-native-application-on-kubernetes/
• Ghost Security Emerges from Stealth, Announces Initial $15M in Funding at $50M validation - https://ghost.security/blog/ghost-security-emerges-from-stealth-announces-initial-15m-in-funding?hsLang=en
• Granulate launches a new free tool for optimizing K8s costs called gMaestro - https://sdtimes.com/kubernetes/granulate-launches-new-free-tool-for-optimizing-kubernetes-costs/
• What's new with Kubernetes 1.25 - https://sysdig.com/blog/kubernetes-1-25-whats-new/
• Kubernetes volumes for beginners - https://dev.to/iarchitsharma/kubernetes-volume-explained-for-beginners-3doj
• Intro to eBPF - https://chrisshort.net/intro-to-ebpf
• XKCD link - https://xkcd.com/927/
• Kubernetes CSI 101 episode - https://anchor.fm/kubernetesbytes/episodes/Container-and-Kubernetes-Storage-101-e1647o1/a-a6cgu6a

In this week's episodes Bhavin and Ryan dive into the three different operators that MongoDB has for deploying and managing MongoDB with Kubernetes with Developer Advocates Joel Lord & Cedric Clyburn. Come learn about the different ways you can get started using MongoDB with Kubernetes, lessons learned getting started and how to use MongoDB's multi-cloud database service, Atlas.

Show Links

News

• Mirantis acquires Amazee.io: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220726005393/en/Mirantis-Acquires-amazee.io-the-Only-ZeroOps-Application-Delivery-Hub-Built-by-Developers-for-Developers
• Cisco buys Banzai cloud: https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/cisco-buys-kubernetes-start-up-banzai-cloud-to-fuel-cloud-native-connectivity
• Amazon Detective adds support for Amazon EKS clusters: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-detective-supports-kubernetes-workloads-on-amazon-eks-for-security-investigations/
• GigaOM report for Cloud Native Kubernetes Storage - https://portworx.com/resource/gigaom-radar-for-cloud-native-kubernetes-data-storage/
• Gateway API Beta https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/07/13/gateway-api-graduates-to-beta/
• Thinking about Kubernetes-native way for data protection https://thenewstack.io/identifying-a-kube-native-approach-to-data-protection/
• 3 database tools from CNCF July 28 https://containerjournal.com/features/3-cloud-native-database-tools-from-cncf/
• Kubernetes Major changes and removals for 1.25 (later in august) https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/08/04/upcoming-changes-in-kubernetes-1-25/

MongoDB

• MongoDB Community -  https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/
• Mongodb Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/mongodb

In this episode, Bhavin interviews Scott Lowe, a Principal Field Engineer at Kong. The discussion dives into what is Cluster API, how it works, and how it helps users deploy Kubernetes clusters at scale using simple YAML files. We also talk about the different components of the Cluster API project and discuss the new features introduced by the community. 

Show Notes: 

1. Scott Lowe - 

    https://twitter.com/scott_lowe

    Blog - https://blog.scottlowe.org/

    Podcast - https://packetpushers.net/series/full-stack-journey/

2. Cluster API - https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/

3. Kustomize with Cluster API - https://blog.scottlowe.org/2021/11/01/using-kustomize-components-with-cluster-api/ https://blog.scottlowe.org/2021/10/11/kustomize-transformer-configurations-for-cluster-api-v1beta1/

News: 

• Grafana lab adds K8s monitoring for Grafana Cloud: https://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Grafana-Labs-Releases-Kubernetes-Monitoring-for-Grafana-Cloud-153953.aspx
• Kubeshop acquires majority stake in InfraCloud’s OSS product BotKube: https://www.cxotoday.com/press-release/kubeshop-acquires-majority-stake-in-infraclouds-oss-product-botkube/
• Kyverno moves to the CNCF Incubator: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/07/12/kyverno-moves-to-the-cncf-incubator/

This Episode

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview CTO of Speedscale Matt LeRay, a testing service that can collect and replay traffic without scripting, to simulate load and chaos, measure performance for Kubernetes workloads. Learn what Speedscale is, what kind of data is works and how it can be used in Kubernetes for various API driven applications.

Weekly News Links

• Trivy 0.29.0 release - RBAC scanning and Config scans for Helm charts - Bhavin
  • https://blog.aquasec.com/trivy-v0.29.0-rbac-security
• EKS Anywhere Bare Metal support
  • https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/getting-started-with-eks-anywhere-on-bare-metal/
• Redis High Availability architecture: (optional)
  • https://redis.com/blog/high-availability-architecture/
• CubeFS - now a CNCF Incubating project
  • https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/07/03/cubefs-accepted-as-a-cncf-incubating-project/
• Over 900000 Kubernetes instances found exposed online - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-900-000-kubernetes-instances-found-exposed-online/
  • https://blog.cyble.com/2022/06/27/exposed-kubernetes-clusters/
• Ondat 2.8 release
  • https://www.ondat.io/blog/the-elusive-octopus-has-arrived-ondat-launches-version-2.8

Speedscale Links

• https://speedscale.com/ 
• https://speedscale.com/free-trial/
• https://speedscale.com/kubernetes/

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Rick Spencer, VP of Products at InfluxData, previously the VP of Platforms for InfluxData. The discussion focuses on InfluxData, creator of InfluxDB, and how they help customers looking for a Time-Series database solution. Rick talks about the interesting IoT and Edge computing use cases, and how getting that real-time sensor information can be transformational for customers. In the second half of the discussion, we focus on how InfluxDB cloud runs across three major cloud providers, running on top of Kubernetes itself. Rick focuses on their Kubernetes adoption journey and talks about their architecture today. We also talk about how users can leverage InfluxDB for monitoring their large-scale Kubernetes deployments too! 

Show Links:

• Datastax raises a private equity round of $115M valuring the company at $1.6B to focus more on Astra DB and Astra streaming - https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/15/datastax-proves-its-still-possible-to-raise-nine-figures-at-higher-valuation-in-2022/
• Platform9 raises $26M bringing the total money raised across all the rounds to $100M - https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/14/platform9-raises-26m-to-help-manage-distributed-cloud-clusters/
• Finout raised $14M Series A funding to help organizations break down the cost of each Kubernetes namespace, each folder in the S3 bucket, each Snowflake Query, etc. -  https://www.geektime.com/finout-wants-to-reduce-your-cloud-costs-with-a-mega-bill-and-14m-in-a-round-funding/
• Mercedez Benz runs 900 K8s clusters -  https://www.infoworld.com/article/3664052/why-mercedes-benz-runs-on-900-kubernetes-clusters.html
• Weave Policy Library for HIPAA compliance - https://www.weave.works/blog/weave-policy-library-introducing-hipaa-policies
• Kanister Webinar - https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cncf-on-demand-webinar-kanister-application-level-data-protection-on-kubernetes
• Cloud-native storage - Kubernetes Podcast - https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/182-cloud-native-storage/
• 2021 K8s Annual Report - https://www.cncf.io/reports/kubernetes-annual-report-2021/
  Enhancements#3337: KEP-3333 Retroactive default StorageClass assignment

In this episode, Bhavin interviews Brad Ascar, Principal Product Manager at Redis, focusing on all things containers and Kubernetes. The discussion dives into the higher-level architecture of Redis, how to deploy a Redis cluster on Kubernetes using the Redis Operator, and what are some of the benefits and challenges of running Redis on Kubernetes. We also talk about how you can upgrade, scale and manage your Redis clusters on Kubernetes, and how you can architect a Geo-distributed Active-Active Redis cluster for your applications! 

Show Notes: 

1. Redis Operator

2. Redis Use Cases

3. Redis on Kubernetes

News: 

1. Mirantis integrates Lens IDE with Docker Desktop

2. Coinbase adopts Kubernetes

3. Dynamic Kubernetes cluster autoscaling at Airbnb

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin talk about Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022 and discuss all the vendor announcements from the past couple of weeks. Kubecon Europe had close to 7500 attendees and shows a continuous increase in the adoption of containers and Kubernetes. Below, you can find links to the things discussed during the podcast: 

1. The State of Cloud-Native Development Report - Q3 2021 (came out in May 2022): https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Q3-2021-State-of-Cloud-Native-development_FINAL.pdf
2. Akuity raises $20M Series A to take Argo project next level: https://siliconangle.com/2022/05/16/kubernetes-startup-akuity-raises-20m-take-argo-project-next-level/
3. Teleport raises $110M series C to $1.1B evaluation: https://goteleport.com/blog/series-c/
4. Snapt launches Nova - https://aithority.com/it-and-devops/cloud/snapt-announces-the-one-security-package-to-run-kubernetes-in-public-cloud/
5. Kasten K10 - v5: https://www.storagereview.com/news/kasten-k10-v5-0-offers-enhanced-kubernetes-security-and-more
6. Datadog https://containerjournal.com/news/news-releases/datadog-enhances-monitoring-and-security-for-kubernetes/
7. Sysdig launches Sysdig Advisor:  https://containerjournal.com/kubecon-cnc-eu-2022/sysdig-introduces-sysdig-advisor-to-drastically-simplify-kubernetes-troubleshooting/
8. Red Hat open sources StackRox: https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/17/red-hat-open-sources-stackrox-the-kubernetes-security-platform-it-acquired-last-year
9. Portworx - PDS and BaaS - https://portworx.com/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-portworx-data-services/
   https://portworx.com/blog/fast-and-simple-data-protection-with-portworx-backup-as-a-service/
10. Datacore launches Bolt - based on OpenEBS after Mayadata acquisition - https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/05/18/datacore-bolt-kubernetes/
11. Kubecost - 1 click Request Sizing to Automatically Optimize Kubernetes Clusters and Eliminate Wasted Spend - https://www.yahoo.com/now/kubecost-launches-1-click-request-060000724.html
12. SUSE open sources NeuVector container security platform - https://containerjournal.com/features/suse-integrates-container-security-platform-with-rancher/
13. Lacework - https://containerjournal.com/features/lacework-dives-deeper-into-kubernetes-security/
14. NetApp Astra Data Store - https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/05/25/netapp-per-ardua-ad-as

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin go back to school and talk about Backup and Restore 101 when it comes to Kubernetes and containerized applications. We discuss why Backup is important, why you need a new approach for Kubernetes, and how do you plan for things like Kubernetes operators and custom resources. We also talk about how backup tools can help you protect from ransomware attacks and look at managed backup solutions to help alleviate administrative tasks when it comes to building and maintaining a data protection solution for Kubernetes! 

Show Links: 

Kubernetes v1.24 is GA - https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/05/03/kubernetes-1-24-release-announcement/

Storage Capacity API - https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/05/06/storage-capacity-ga/

https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler/issues/4517

Volume Expansion support - https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/05/05/volume-expansion-ga/

Cloud-Native PG - http://cloudnative-pg.io/

Quick primer for Kubecon - https://blog.alexellis.io/when-in-spain-a-quick-primer-for-kubecon/

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Andrew Sillifant, a solution architect at Pure Storage working on all things databases and solutions. The discussion starts by talking about Andrew's early days with the LAMP stack, and how he sees the community evolve around containers and Kubernetes. We dive into the MySQL Operator and how it helps Kubernetes operators or developers deploy MySQL InnoDB clusters using simple YAML files. We talk about the benefits and challenges associated with running MySQL on Kubernetes and talk about the different ways users can protect their MySQL databases.

Show links:

Andrew Sillifant - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-sillifant/

Oracle MySQL Operator - https://github.com/mysql/mysql-operator

Percona MySQL Operator - https://www.percona.com/doc/kubernetes-operator-for-pxc/index.html

Bitpoke MySQL Operator - https://www.bitpoke.io/docs/mysql-operator/#

Pokemon Go - https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/bringing-pokemon-go-to-life-on-google-cloud

ARMO raised $30M to build Kubescape - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/armo-raises-30m-for-the-first-open-source-kubernetes-security-platform-301533986.html

Platform9 named a leader in Managed Kubernetes solution platform radar from GigaOM - https://research.gigaom.com/reprint/gigaom-radar-for-evaluating-managed-kubernetes-solutions-platform-993544/

NetApp Astra adds support for private AKS clusters and VMware Tanzu - https://cloud.netapp.com/blog/astra-blg-astra-enhances-azure-integration-application-handling-hybrid-cloud-and-adds-vmware-tanzu-support?linkId=100000122358216&spr=100003061438458

Low-Ops Kubernetes storage with MicroK8s and OpenEBS - https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cncf-on-demand-webinar-low-ops-kubernetes-storage-with-microk8s-and-openebs/

Why and how should you reboot Kubernetes nodes - https://elastisys.com/why-and-how-should-you-reboot-kubernetes-nodes/

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Patrick McFadin, VP of Developer Relations at Datastax, who is a co-author of the upcoming O’Reilly book “Managing Cloud-Native Data on Kubernetes” and a contributor to the Apache Cassandra project. The discussion dives into how K8ssandra helps users deploy Cassandra on Kubernetes clusters, and how customers are using Cassandra as the NoSQL, Distributed DB backend for their applications. We talk about the challenges, benefits, and best practices for running Cassandra on Kubernetes, and what users can look forward to in the near future.

Show links:

• Patrick McFadin - LinkedIn - Twitter
• K8ssandra.io - https://k8ssandra.io
• Introduction to Cassandra - Crash Course - Youtube series - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2g2h-wyI4SqCdxdiyi8enEyWvACcUa9R
• AWS Marketplace - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-iy7gagaxm2foa
• Cassandra Discord community - https://discord.com/invite/qP5tAt6Uwt
• Data On Kubernetes - https://www.meetup.com/Data-on-Kubernetes-community/events/
• Managing Cloud-Native Data on Kubernetes - https://portworx.com/resource/ebook-managing-cloud-native-data-on-kubernetes/

Cloud-Native News:

• Docker raises Series-C funding
• Garden.io raises Series A - $16M funding to combat waste in cloud development 
• Are you Ready for K8s 1.24
• NetApp acquires InstaClustr
• Spring4Shell - Zero Day Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
• Portworx Enterprise 2.10
• Etcd v3.5.[0-2] is not recommended for production
• Announcing Postgres container apps: Easy deploy Postgres apps

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin and Ryan talk to the Co-founder & CTO of ContainIQ Matt Lenhard to dive into eBPF and what role it plays in the Kubernetes observability ecosystem. Learn about what eBPF is, what use cases it is used for and how you can get started learning more.

Show News links

• https://cloud.redhat.com/blog/introducing-red-hat-openshift-4.10 
• https://thenewstack.io/nsa-on-how-to-harden-kubernetes/ 
• https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/cr8escape-new-vulnerability-discovered-in-cri-o-container-engine-cve-2022-0811/ 
• https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220329005227/en/Ondat-Teams-with-SUSE-to-Protect-Customers%E2%80%99-Sensitive-Data-with-Enhanced-Kubernetes-Security 
• https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/program/colocated-events/#attendees 
• https://komodor.com/learn/kubernetes-pvc-guide-basic-tutorial-and-troubleshooting-tips/ 
• https://www.spectrocloud.com/news/spectro-cloud-closes-40m-series-b-round/ 

eBPF Resource Links

• https://github.com/Morpheus-compiler/Morpheus#ebpf-plugin
• https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-native-ebpf-day-europe/
• https://github.com/iovisor/kubectl-trace
• https://github.com/iovisor/bcc

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Gabriele Bartolini, a PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes enthusiast, who is VP of Cloud-Native at EDB. He is a co-founder of PostgreSQL Europe, a founding member of Barman. The discussion dives into how Postgres has evolved over the past 20 years, and how people can now run Postgres on Kubernetes. We talk about the challenges, benefits, and best practices for running Postgres on Kubernetes, and what users can look forward to in the near future.

Show links:

Gabriele Bartolini - https://twitter.com/_GBartolini_ / https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbartolini/

Planet PostgreSQL - https://planet.postgresql.org/

Data on Kubernetes - https://www.youtube.com/c/DoKcommunity/search?query=PostgreSQL

vSphere CSI driver v2.5 supports CSI snapshots for block volumes - https://cormachogan.com/2022/03/03/announcing-vsphere-csi-driver-v2-5-support-for-csi-snapshots/

DataStax Extends Operator Reach for Databases - https://containerjournal.com/features/datastax-extends-operator-reach-for-databases/ 

Dirty Pipe CVE - https://blog.aquasec.com/cve-2022-0847-dirty-pipe-linux-vulnerability

KubeCon EU Schedule - https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/program/schedule/ 

Secrets store CSI driver - https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cncf-on-demand-webinarsecrets-store-csi-driver-bringing-external-secrets-in-house

What is a Kubernetes controller (35s video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W-NeSg0TBY 

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes hosts Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner discuss Kubernetes Operators and how they use persistent storage. Operators are software control loops that extend Kubernetes to automate and provide ease of use for application such as databases. Learn about some database operators and how they utilize storage.

Check out our Pod Page! https://www.podpage.com/kubernetes-bytes/ 

Show links

• https://blog.kubecost.com/blog/series-a-funding-announcement/ 
• https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CNCF-AR_FINAL-edits-15.2.21.pdf 
• https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/24/kubernetes-development-platform-okteto-raises-15m-series-a/ 
• https://signadot.com/blog/announcing-public-beta/ 
• https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220224005128/en/Zenoss-Launches-Advanced-Monitoring-Capabilities-for-Kubernetes 
• https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220223005265/en/TrilioVault-for-Kubernetes-Now-Available-in-AWS-Marketplace
• SODACODE - Data and Storage Hackathon - https://events.linuxfoundation.org/sodacode/
  • https://www.sodafoundation.io/home-2/
• https://www.robin.io/featured-press/rakuten-symphony-agrees-to-acquire-leading-us-based-cloud-technology-company-robin-io-to-deliver-highly-integrated-telco-cloud-for-mobile/ 
• https://operatorhub.io/
• https://operatorframework.io/operator-capabilities/
• https://github.com/cetic/helm-postgresql
• https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/operator/ 

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Vineeth Pothulapati, a product manager at Timescale, and talk about Kubernetes Observability. The discussion dives into what are the three pillars for Observability and how users can leverage different CNCF and Open-source tools like Prometheus, Promscale, and tobs - The Observability Stack for Kubernetes to get started with Observability. 

Show links:

Vineeth Pothulapati: https://twitter.com/VineethReddy02

https://opentelemetry.io/

Promscale - https://github.com/timescale/promscale

Kube-Prometheus stack - https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/tree/main/charts/kube-prometheus-stack

tobs - https://github.com/timescale/tobs

Timescale DB - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFudksxlZjk

PX-Backup As A Service - Early Access Program

NetApp Astra Enhancements 

TechTarget storage magazine and search storage announce storage products of the year 2021 award winners

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Xing Yang, Tech Lead at VMware and a co-chair of the CNCF Storage TAG, a co-chair of the Kubernetes Storage SIG, a co-chair of the Data Protection WG in Kubernetes, and a maintainer in Kubernetes CSI. The discussion dives into how Kubernetes SIGs and WGs collaborate, and how people can get started. We also talk about storage features and enhancements introduced in Kubernetes version 1.23 and features and enhancements planned for the Kubernetes 1.24 release.

Show links:

Xing Yang: https://twitter.com/2000Xyang

Storage SIG: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-storage

Data Protection Working Group: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/wg-data-protection

Kubernetes Storage SIG Planning Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t4z5DYKjX2ZDlkTpCnp18icRAQqOE85C1T1r2gqJVck/edit?usp=sharing

Amazon GuardDuty support for Amazon EKS clusters - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/01/amazon-guardduty-elastic-kubernetes-service-clusters/

Diamanti Buys Groudwork and its Kubernetes monitoring capability - https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/01/31/diamanti-buys-groundwork-and-its-k8s-monitoring-capability/

Weaveworks buys Magalix to secure GitOps workflows - https://www.magalix.com/blog/magalix-weaveworks-forging-the-path-of-secure-gitops-workflows

MinIO raises series-B funding to become a unicorn - https://www.zdnet.com/article/minio-the-de-facto-open-source-standard-for-multi-cloud-storage-becomes-a-unicorn-after-a-103-million-series-b-round-funding/

In todays episode of KubernetesBytes, hosts Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah discuss the basic of running distributed databases like Apache Cassandra and Kafka along with Mongo, CockroachDB and others on Kubernetes. There are various capabilities of Kubernetes that were designed for these types of data services and this podcast should help you get a basic understanding of the landscape as well as WHY you may want to run them on Kubernetes.

Show Links:

• https://thenewstack.io/new-tools-for-optimizing-data-resilience-in-kubernetes/
• https://awesome-kubernetes.readthedocs.io/ / https://nubenetes.com/
• https://www.containiq.com/post/should-you-run-a-database-on-kubernetes
• Log4j recap - https://blog.aquasec.com/log4j-vulnerabilities-overview
• IPv6 support for EKS - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-adds-ipv6-networking/
• https://thenewstack.io/testkube-a-new-approach-to-cloud-native-testing/
• GigaOM DP report 2 https://gigaom.com/report/gigaom-radar-for-kubernetes-data-protection-2/
• https://portworx.com/blog/kubernetes-failover-mongodb/
• https://thenewstack.io/the-perfect-pair-kubernetes-and-distributed-sql/
• https://www.purestorage.com/docs.html?item=/type/pdf/subtype/doc/path/content/dam/pdf/en/white-papers/wp-kafka-on-kubernetes-with-portworx.pdf
• https://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra-oss/3.0/cassandra/dml/dmlAboutDataConsistency.html
• https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/ba-multi-data-center-cassandra-cluster-kubernetes-platform/
• https://thenewstack.io/the-perfect-pair-kubernetes-and-distributed-sql/
• https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset/

In this first episode of season 2, Bhavin and Ryan interview Kenny Coleman a Technical Product Manager at VMWare working with Tanzu. This episode dives into what Tanzu is, how to get started, what day 1 and day 2 solutions there are as well as where to learn more. 

Show Links:

• https://kube.academy/
• https://twitter.com/vmwaretanzu?lang=en
• https://tanzu.vmware.com/developer/ 
• https://bourbonpursuit.com/ 

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Luay Alem, an enterprise solution architect at Portworx. Luay is a Kubernetes enthusiast, working with Cloud Native and Open Source technologies helping customers with their digital transformation journey. The discussion dives into challenges associated with running Kubernetes on AWS, the different storage options available, and how customers are leveraging Portworx for their Data Management, Data Migration, and Disaster Recovery needs.

Show Links:
1. Pokemon Go uses Kubernetes: https://thenewstack.io/how-pokemon-go-creator-builds-on-kubernetes-for-developers/

2. Creating the enterprise app store - using GitOps and Kubernetes: https://youtu.be/ke-cKKzqriM

3. Improve Core-to-Edge Mobility and Resiliency for Cloud-Native Applications: https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cloud-native-live-improve-core-to-edge-mobility-and-resiliency-for-cloud-native-applications/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--UstWsorHoSJybBAmT9r_f8z61VwnHr0ELrHqmFbUmktlg8skl62FSwF98-y5pXr-R80PS

4. Lacework funding round: https://www.lacework.com/press-release/lacework-closes-seriesD-funding-round/

5. Datacore buys Mayadata: https://blocksandfiles.com/2021/11/18/boom-datacore-arrives-in-kubernetes-storage-space-by-buying-mayadata/

6. Inspecting container filesystems: https://blog.px.dev/container-filesystems/

7. Portworx is hiring: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bhavin04890_kubernetes-vexpert-vexpertmodernapps-activity-6861314066154041344-WzEU

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Michael Cade, a community first technologist for Kasten by Veeam. Michael has been in the industry for over 16 years, with a key focus on technologies such as cloud-native, automation, and data management. The discussion dives into challenges associated with managing data on Kubernetes and how data protection and disaster recovery solutions have changed from virtual machines to containers.

Show links:

Michael Cade: 

• https://twitter.com/MichaelCade1/
• https://vzilla.co.uk/
• https://cndmday.com/

Azure Container Apps: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure/introducing-azure-container-apps-a-serverless-container-service/ba-p/2867265?ocid=AID3042118

Azure Arc enabled data services: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-arc/directly-connected-mode-for-azure-arc-enabled-data-services-is/ba-p/2908836

101 Content: 

• https://loft.sh/blog/kubernetes-persistent-volumes-examples-and-best-practices/
• https://www.squadcast.com/blog/introduction-to-kubernetes-storage

The rise of Kubernetes and its impact on enterprise databases: https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/03/the-rise-of-kubernetes-and-its-impact-on-enterprise-databases/

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, hosts Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner recap their experiences with KubeCon North America 2021. The hosts talk about their opinions in regards to the overall success of KubeCon NA 2021, their first-hand experiences both in-person as well as virtual and the various as news and announcements that relate to using data on Kubernetes.

Show Links

• https://kubebyexample.com/>
• https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2021/10/13/entry-level-kubernetes-certification-to-help-advance-cloud-careers/
• https://dok.community/dokc-2021-report/
• https://cilium.io/blog/2021/10/13/cilium-joins-cncf
• https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/program/cfp/
• https://openssf.org/press-release/2021/10/13/open-source-security-foundation-raises-10-million-in-new-commitments-to-secure-software-supply-chains/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kc8BbiVDVU "Whats new in Kubernetes Storage - Xing Yang"
• Portworx - PX-Backup 2.1 - https://portworx.com/blog/introducing-px-backup-2-1/
• Red Hat OpenShift 4.9 and Advanced Cluster Management 2.4 - https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-openshift-4-9s-single-node-clusters-for-the-edge/
• NetApp Astra Data Store - https://www.crn.com/news/storage/netapp-debuts-astra-data-store-with-kubernetes-native-software-defined-file-services
• Google Anthos for VMs - https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/hybrid-cloud/introducing-anthos-for-vms-and-other-app-modernization-tools
• IBM Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Protect Plus - https://www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/simple-resilient-hybrid-cloud-with-ibm-storage/
• SUSE Harvester - https://www.zdnet.com/article/suse-harvester-deploying-virtual-machines-with-kubernetes
• Akuity - https://venturebeat.com/2021/10/11/akuity-launches-to-be-the-argo-ent

In this episode, Bhavin and Ryan interview Kai Davenport who has been running Kubernetes in GKE to host various projects. Kai is a developer and an operator rolled into one and tells us about his lessons learned and experience running Kubernetes as a team of one. The discussion dives into Kubernetes as an abstraction, how to manage backups of applications and data, when to use quotas and more.

Show Links

• https://github.com/binocarlos
• CNCF Kanister Presentation 
• OpenEBS 3.0 (release)
• StorageOS → Ondat
• Project Cascade http://bit.ly/ProjectCascade 
• Project Capitola http://bit.ly/ProjectCapitola 
• Tanzu Community Edition
• Cert Manager

In this episode, Bhavin and Ryan interview Umair Mufti, the product owner of Portworx Data Services; the new database as a service for Kubernetes. They discuss Umair's experience at Dreamworks Animation creating a database as a service platform as well as why he felt is was necessary to build it and some of the lessons learned along the way.

Show links

• https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/01/11/why-is-storage-on-kubernetes-is-so-hard/
• https://www.dataversity.net/data-container-architecture-answers-and-challenges/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n_Jz4VO_Tg (Chris Adkins) Arc Enabled DS’s
• https://thenewstack.io/maintaining-data-resiliency-in-the-age-of-kubernetes/
• State of DevOps Report: https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/state-of-devops-2021.pdf
• https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer/google-cloud-launches-backups-for-gke
• https://portworx.com/products/portworx-data-services/
• https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2021/09/28/announcing-vsan-7-update-3/

In today’s episode we explore the topic of data management on various Kubernetes orchestration systems. We have Andy Gower on the podcast as our first guest  Who has a background in solutions. He previously worked at SONY Playstation and IBM and now works on solutions for Pure Storage. We’re excited to have him on the podcast to talk about some experience he has working with different orchestration systems. We talk with Andy about his past experience at IBM and explore what Kubernetes data management means for organizations looking to use a platform rather than build one themselves.

Show Links

• https://www.cncf.io/blog/2021/09/08/how-seagate-runs-real-time-analytics-at-the-edge/
• https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cloud-native-live-kubernetes-clusters-need-persistent-data
• https://ubuntu.com/blog/kubernetes-ci-cd-pipelines-what-why-and-how
• https://www.infoworld.com/article/3632142/how-docker-broke-in-half.html
• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-eks-anywhere-now-generally-available-to-create-and-manage-kubernetes-clusters-on-premises/
• https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cncf-on-demand-webinar-using-csi-snapshots-to-backup-and-restore-your-data-in-kubernetes
• https://kubernetes.io/blog/2021/09/13/read-write-once-pod-access-mode-alpha/
• https://kubernetes.io/blog/2021/08/27/minreadyseconds-statefulsets/
• https://kubernetes.io/blog/2021/08/30/volume-populators-redesigned/
• https://techfieldday.com/appearance/pure-storage-presents-at-tech-field-day-24/
• http://www.curethekids.org/events/ride-for-kids/

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, the hosts explore the topic of Cloud Native Storage vs Traditional Storage. If you are curious what Cloud Native Storage is, how it may be different from traditional SAN and NAS or are interested in why the abstractions introduced by containers, docker and Kubernetes are driving change in how applications consume storage, then this episode is for you.

Show Links

• https://www.openfaas.com/blog/faas-storage-cassandra-astra
• https://thenewstack.io/ibm-red-hat-bring-load-aware-resource-management-to-kubernetes/
• https://containerjournal.com/features/the-challenges-of-kubernetes-storage/
• https://sdtimes.com/security/sd-times-open-source-project-of-the-week-kubescape/?utm_source=pocket_mylist
• https://www.suse.com/news/SUSE-Rancher-2-6-Brings-Enterprise-Customers-Improved-Interoperability/
• https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/releases/tag/v1.2.0 
• https://www.idevnews.com/stories/7472/Platform9-Releases-Managed-KubeVirt-Solution-to-Unify-VMs-and-Kubernetes-Stacks
• https://thenewstack.io/on-premises-vs-cloud-native-storage/
• https://cloudian.com/blog/understanding-cloud-native-storage/
• https://a.rever.co/challenges/168 

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, the hosts explore the topic of Container and Kubernetes Storage 101. This podcast focuses on a beginner/101 level view of why containers need storage, how volumes were originally used by docker, how orchestration systems like Kubernetes needed to orchestrate volumes and what basic building blocks are used in Kubernetes to manage persistent storage. This episode is a great way to familiarize listeners with a little bit of container and volume history as well as how persistent storage is used in Kubernetes today.

Show Links:

• CNCF Cloud Native Survey Part 2
• RedHat and Nutanix Support OpenShift
• Windows CSI Proxy
• Kubernetes Application Consistency
• Cloud Native Data Management Day Abstract Form
• KubeDB DoK Meetup

K8s Storage 101 Resources

• https://cloudian.com/guides/kubernetes-storage/kubernetes-storage-101-concepts-and-best-practices/
• https://www.baeldung.com/ops/docker-volumes
• https://www.slideshare.net/Docker/everything-you-need-to-know-about-docker-and-storage-by-ryan-wallner-clusterhq
• https://docs.portworx.com/portworx-install-with-kubernetes/storage-operations/kubernetes-storage-101/volumes/
• https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inJ7YJ-jt8I
• https://www.netapp.com/knowledge-center/what-is-kubernetes-persistent-volumes/

In this pilot episode of Kubernetes Bytes, meet co-hosts Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner as they introduce the Kubernetes Bytes podcast. Learn about Bhavin and Ryan and their backgrounds as well as get sneak peak into some of the topics they plan on covering in future episodes. They cover some recent cloud native data management news such as Kubernetes 1.22 CSI for Windows becoming GA, Portworx 2.8.0, PX-Backup 2.0.0 and how the recent NSA Kubernetes Hardening guide can apply to the security of your stateful applications.

Links from show

• https://kubernetes.io/blog/2021/08/04/kubernetes-1-22-release-announcement
• https://www.nsa.gov/News-Features/Feature-Stories/Article-View/Article/2716980/nsa-cisa-release-kubernetes-hardening-guidance/ 
• https://docs.portworx.com/reference/release-notes/portworx/
• https://scribe-replication.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html 

Trailer for "Kubernetes Bytes"

Kubernetes Bytes is a podcast bringing you the latest from the world of cloud native data management. Hosts Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah come to you from Boston, Massachusetts with experienced backgrounds in cloud-native tech. They'll be sharing their thoughts on recent cloud native news and talking to industry experts about their experiences and challenges managing the wealth of data in today's cloud-native ecosystem.