Container security meets Kubernetes: What IT pros need to know

Source:-techrepublic.com Docker brought containers into the enterprise; static scanning makes sure they are secure when the images are created. Who watches them when they run? Docker made it possible to have an exact copy of the core elements of the operating system and the application code in a single, manageable file. BusyBox, the simplest production-ready Docker image, is only 2.1MB. That is small enough to check into version control and small enough to copy around on the network. It’s small

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AWS Adds GUI to Snow Edge Computing Family

Source:-devops.com Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week announced it has added a graphical user interface (GUI) tool dubbed AWS OpsHub for Snow Family to provide an alternative to the command-line interface (CLI) tool it makes available to manage its family of Snow appliances deployed in on-premises environments. At the same time, AWS announced it is making available additional Snowball storage appliances that are 25% faster than previous generations thanks to additional memory, support for more virtual CPUs and 100GB networking.

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Appvia Simplifies Kubernetes Deployments for Developer Teams

Source:-containerjournal.com Appvia this week launched a distribution of Kubernetes that is easier to provision and deploy on behalf of developer teams. Company CEO Jonathan Shanks says Appvia developed its open source Appvia Kore platform as an outgrowth of the experience company founders gained deploying Kubernetes clusters on behalf of the British Home Office. It quickly became apparent that other IT organizations would also need a prescriptive approach to deploying Kubernetes clusters for teams of developers in a highly repeatable fashion.

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