Podman is a container engine—a tool for developing, managing, and running containers and container images. Containers are standardized, self-contained software packages that hold all the elements necessary to run anywhere without the need for customization, including application code and supporting libraries. Container-based applications have revolutionized software development over the past decade, making distributed and cloud-based […]
Kubernetes users struggle with security, Red Hat survey says
Security is a significant concern for Kubernetes and container-based development, according to Red Hat’s State of Kubernetes Security report for 2022. In fact, 93% of survey respondents experienced at least one security incident in their Kubernetes and container environments in the past 12 months, sometimes leading to the loss of customers or revenue. This was […]
Draft 2: Microsoft kickstarts Kubernetes development for AKS
Cloud-native development isn’t as easy as it could be. Platforms such as Kubernetes simplify the process of running a scalable set of services, but you still need to create the application you’re running in the cloud. It’s not a matter of putting your code in a container and writing some configuration YAML; you need much […]
Microsoft Azure eases Kubernetes development with a new Draft
Cloud-native development isn’t as easy as it could be. Platforms such as Kubernetes simplify the process of running a scalable set of services, but you still need to create the application you’re running in the cloud. It’s not a matter of putting your code in a container and writing some configuration YAML; you need much […]
Google gets serious about Gitops
Google has made its most significant commitment yet to the emerging practice of Gitops, by building out a set of open source tools aimed at helping organizations consistently configure and manage their containerized applications at scale. As the container orchestrator Kubernetes—which emerged from Google in 2014—continues to become a core layer for cloud-native organizations, being […]
Scaling Kubernetes with an AWS Senior Developer Advocate
We chatted with Justin Garrison (@rothgar), a Developer Advocate at AWS, about the challenges of Kubernetes at scale, what he’s seen in his experience, and what he thinks the future holds for container orchestration. Read on for insights from a practitioner who has solved real-world problems in the field, and now helps guide developers through […]
Understanding Flatcar Container Linux
Microsoft isn’t only a Windows company. It now shepherds several Linux distributions alongside its own operating systems. It’s important to remember that these aren’t general-purpose Linuxes like Ubuntu or Red Hat. Instead, they’re targeted at specific use cases: SoNIC for cloud-scale network hardware, SphereOS for secured industrial Internet of Things hardware, and CBL-Mariner as a […]
How the UK Department for Work and Pensions cut deployment times to 15 minutes
The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions says it has been able to reduce the deployment times for its cloud-native services from hours down to 15 minutes, by automating key deployment steps and running on a common container orchestration platform. Formed in 2001, the DWP is responsible for a variety of public services in the […]
Google to donate Istio service mesh to the CNCF
Google Cloud has submitted its popular open source service mesh technology Istio for donation to the vendor-neutral Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). “Today we are excited to announce that Google and the Istio Steering Committee have submitted the Istio project for consideration as an incubating project,” Chen Goldberg, VP of engineering at Google Cloud wrote in a […]
Kubernetes support for dockershim to end on May 3
The upcoming version 1.24 of Kubernetes, which is set for a delayed release on May 3, marks a significant departure for the popular open source container orchestration system, as built-in support for dockershim will be removed once and for all. Docker was the first container runtime used by Kubernetes. But as the Kubernetes project transitioned […]
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