Linbit builds Kubernetes on-ramp for WD OpenFlex

Source:-https://blocksandfiles.com Western Digital’s composable OpenFlex flash storage system now supports Kubernetes storage, courtesy of Linbit’s LINSTOR software. OpenFlex is a physical chassis, containing SSDs or disk drives, which is addressed as an NVMe target device. It’s basically an NVMe-oF JBOD (Just a bunch of drives) and needs additional software to link it to containerised environments. Manfred Berger, WD’s senior manager for business development, platforms, said in a statement: “With Linbit’s LINSTOR software added to our OpenFlex offering, the software-defined-storage solution

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Armory Achieves AWS DevOps Competency Status

Source:-https://www.einnews.com SAN MATEO, CA, UNITED STATES, November 2, 2020 The enterprise software company commercializing Spinnaker, the open source continuous delivery platform from Netflix and Google, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) DevOps Competency status. This designation recognizes that Armory provides proven technology and deep expertise to help customers implement continuous integration and continuous delivery practices on AWS. Achieving the AWS DevOps Competency differentiates Armory as an AWS Partner that provides specialized demonstrated technical proficiency and proven

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Accelerating Kubernetes Development

Source:-https://containerjournal.com Building a tool for Kubernetes developers means solving a bunch of problems (e.g., multiple clusters, kubeconfigs, secrets, kubectl functionality, how to represent the hierarchy of abstractions inside a cluster, etc.) and creating a user experience that promotes speed. A good dashboard lets you select from among multiple clusters and: See the states of everything and work with whatever you’re permissioned to access (this translates into zero need for IT operators to centrally administer dashboard-specific permissions). Drill into abstractions—see what’s

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StackRox Tool Prevents Kubernetes Misconfigurations

Source:-https://containerjournal.com StackRox today unveiled an open source static analysis tool dubbed Kubelinter that analyzes YAML files and Helm Charts to identify misconfigurations in Kubernetes deployments prior to deployment. Viswa Venugopal, staff software engineer at StackRox, says given the prevalence of misconfigured Kubernetes clusters it’s apparent there is a need for a security tool that IT teams can employ before a Kubernetes cluster is deployed. Written on the Go programming language, Kubelintr accomplishes that goal in a single binary file that

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Aqua Security Simplifies Kubernetes Security

Source:-https://containerjournal.com Aqua Security today unveiled a Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM) offering that provides IT teams with a set of policies and controls to automate configuration and compliance of Kubernetes clusters. In addition, Aqua Security has added a Kubernetes Runtime Protection module that provides an option for using Kubernetes Admission Controllers to deploy security controls as a set of sidecar containers directly on to a Kubernetes pod. KSPM comes with more than 20 predefined rules available out of the box

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NetApp Uses Kubernetes for Storageless Infrastructure

Source:-https://containerjournal.com NetApp today at its online NetApp Insights 2020 conference announced it has added a storageless computing service that extends an existing Spot Ocean serverless computing framework for containers to make storage resources available on-demand in Kubernetes environments. Ronen Schwartz, senior vice president and general manager for cloud volumes at NetApp, said as Spot Storage by NetApp continues to evolve, IT organizations will be able to leverage a storageless computing framework across hybrid cloud computing environments without having to administer

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Managing Multi-Cloud, Multi-Distro Kubernetes Cluster Deployments

Source:-https://containerjournal.com As enterprises ramp up their adoption of modern architectures that embrace microservices, containers and Kubernetes, application deployment strategies are being re-evaluated. Organizations operating and serving customers globally or regionally need to think about how best to make their applications available, responsive and high-performing no matter where the end user (or end device) lives. But in an environment where enterprises operate both on-premises and in the cloud (and perhaps multiple clouds), operating Kubernetes clusters across multiple environments brings about a

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Overcoming Kubernetes Infrastructure Challenges

Source:-https://containerjournal.com The widespread adoption of the Kubernetes standard for container orchestration has redefined how organizations manage computing deployments at the edge. In turn, more innovative use cases have emerged for lightweight Kubernetes distributions like K3s, designed for small footprint workloads. These Kubernetes deployments can range in size from 500 to 600 single-node clusters to 15,000 to 20,000 clusters, with an average size of 1,700 clusters. As an example, an oil and gas support services company, and Rancher Labs customer, intends

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Sydney’s CMD Solutions says Tanzu on VMware Cloud for AWS would boost cloud-native adoption

Source:-https://www.crn.com The addition of VMware’s Tanzu application modernisation suite to VMware Cloud on AWS would see more organisations adopting cloud-native apps and provide flexibility, according to CMD Solutions boss Andre Morgan. Sydney-based CMD is an AWS partner and cloud consultancy that also specialises in application modernisation through containers like Kubernetes. The company is also an accredited VMware Cloud on AWS partner. Following the recently concluded VMworld 2020, CMD was receptive to the announcement around Tanzu, VMware’s suite of software and

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5 Questions To Ask Before Adopting Kubernetes

Source:-https://containerjournal.com It may seem as if these days everybody is using Kubernetes. There’s a lot of hype. But the truth is, most companies are still using virtual machines and on-premises data centers, and that’s quite fine. Before you go and adopt Kubernetes, I want to share with you some misconceptions about Kubernetes and help you understand those problems won’t be magically solved by adopting it. Will Kubernetes Reduce Your Costs? One of the most popular reasons to adopt Kubernetes is

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Red Hat Accelerates Hybrid Cloud Automation With Catalog of Ready-to-Use, Certified and Supported Ansible Automation

Source:-https://www.businesswire.com RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced several upgrades to its enterprise automation platform, including the latest version of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform with new Red Hat Certified Ansible Content Collections, automation services catalog and private Automation Hub. With dynamic global challenges requiring rapid adjustments in operational domains and environments, automation projects have helped mitigate the complexity that these conditions produced and provides faster responses to changing business requirements. Bringing

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How to become a Kubernetes expert

Source:-https://www.techrepublic.com Kubernetes has become quite the buzz word within the enterprise and for good reason. Demand for job candidates with Kubernetes skills has increased in recent years as more organizations use this container management technology. According to Indeed, between October 2015 and October 2019, the share of Kubernetes jobs per million grew by 2,141%, while the share of Kubernetes job searches increased 2,125%. Kubernetes is an open source container orchestration system that is used for automating computer application deployment, scaling,

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Shipa debuts its cloud-native application management framework

Source:-https://siliconangle.com Shipa Corp., a startup that has built a cloud-native application management framework for managing the full app development lifecycle, is emerging from stealth mode today after banking $3.75 million in seed funding round led by Engineering Capital and Jump Capital. Shipa is trying to make life easier for developers that build containerized applications based on Kubernetes. Software containers are used to host the components of modern apps that can run on any infrastructure, while Kubernetes is the open-source software

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Veeam acquires Kasten for $150mn to push Kubernetes backup

Source:-https://www.expresscomputer.in Backup solutions provider Veeam Software has acquired Kasten, market leader for Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery, for $150 million in a cash and stock deal. The acquisition will help Veeam and Kasten’s modern data management platform speed the production deployment of container-based applications. “With the acquisition of our partner Kasten, we are taking a very important next step to accommodate our customers’ shift to container adoption in order to protect Kubernetes-native workloads on-premises and across multi-cloud environments,” said Danny

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Kubernetes Architecture: How the Market and Ecosystem Are Changing

Source:-https://www.itprotoday.com The Kubernetes architecture, which debuted as an open source project in 2014, is no longer very new. But there are many new dimensions to the ecosystem surrounding Kubernetes, which has changed remarkably in just the past year. Not only has Kubernetes itself continued to evolve and (arguably) finally reach maturity, but acquisitions and other major moves by vendors in the market have carried important implications for the way Kubernetes is created and consumed. 1. The Kubernetes market is consolidating.

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Cloudian paves the way for new era of storage with more container-based support

Source:-au Cloudian has officially started offering support for container-based applications with the intent of enabling organisations to modernise their storage infrastructure. The new Cloudian Kubernetes S3 Operator provides a self-service tool for developers to dynamically provision Cloudian HyperStore S3-compatible object storage. IT managers can utilise a Kubernetes-enabled private cloud solution that employs the industry-standard S3 API to maximise application portability. By combining self-serve, multi-tenant storage agility with enterprise-grade scalability, durability and security, Cloudian aims to meet the needs of both

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HPE Extends Data Fabric Across Multiple Kubernetes Clusters

Source:-containerjournal.com Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has extended the capabilities of a rechristened container platform to now include support for a data fabric spanning multiple Kubernetes clusters that can be physically located in data centers in different geographies. Now known as the HPE Ezmeral, the data fabric is based on technology it gained from HPE’s acquisition of MapR Technologies last year. The data fabric creates a global namespace that is accessible via application programming interfaces (APIs). Containerized and non-containerized applications can

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5 Essential Digital Adoptions To Grow Your DevOps Enterprise

Source:-cxotoday.com There are several essential digital adoptions to grow your DevOps enterprise. Studies show that the DevOps market is projected to expand to over $10 billion by 2025. In 2020, the software development demand is already increasing due to the novel coronavirus. As an enterprise developer, you know how DevOps communication and collaboration strategies can streamline your software pipeline for rapid deployment. To cope with the current climate, there are several enterprise conferencing tools due to Coronavirus. Despite the promises

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Efficient MLOps in a Kubernetes Environment

Source:-containerjournal.com MLOps addresses the specific needs of data science and ML engineering teams without impacting Kubernetes If your organization has already started getting into machine learning, you will certainly relate to the following. If your organization is taking its first steps into data science, the following will illustrate what is about to be dropped on you. If none of the above strikes a chord this might interest you nonetheless, because AI is the new frontier and it won’t be long

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Exploring the (lack of) security in a typical Docker and Kubernets installation

Source:-neowin.net I have been in IT for over 20 years, but have never had any hands on experience with containers. Conceptually, I understand what they are and how they work, but since I’ve never had to implement them, I wasn’t sure how it worked. In addition, I had no idea how to actually secure them. Again, the concept sounds great, but the old adage of “as security increases, usability decreases” sat in my head, and with how easy everything container-related

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