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March 26, 2022

Best Practices, Tools, and Approaches for Kubernetes Monitoring

In a Kubernetes environment, applications operate across multiple nodes within a cluster, and application services can be distributed across multiple clusters and multiple clouds, making tracking the health of an application and the infrastructure it depends on quite challenging.

Kubernetes monitoring is the process of gathering metrics from the Kubernetes clusters you operate to identify critical events and ensure that all hardware, software, and applications are operating as expected. Aggregating metrics in a central location will help you understand and protect the health of your entire Kubernetes fleet and the applications and services running on it.

February 2, 2022

Setting Up A Docker Registry As Pull Through Cache

In our last blog post, Peter talked about how to Simulate A Docker Hub Outage, where he gave some context on what a pull-through cache (aka registry mirror) is and why Shipyard needs to mirror parts of Docker Hub.

Peter described the implementation as straightforward. While he’s not exactly wrong, I wanted to share some gotchas and tell you some caveats that I wish I knew before implementing this.

July 15, 2019

Kops vs. EKS: A Comparison Guide

It is fairly safe to say that Kubernetes is now the go-to solution when it comes to deploying containerized apps. EKS simplifies the creation of a secure and capable K8s environment on the Amazon Web Services platform and makes deploying clusters there that much easier. We’ve covered EKS on several occasions previously here and here to read more. As discussed previously, EKS does have its limitations, but the service is very easy to use, even when you are not a server administrator.

However, EKS and similar services are not the only way you can set up a production-grade K8s environment. Kops, or Kubernetes Operations, has been around for a while, offering CLI tools that make creating and managing Kubernetes installations easy. Kops is designed for those who want complete control over their Kubernetes environment but without the usual headaches.