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Implementing Microservices on AWS with the Twelve-factor App - Part 2

Welcome to the second post in a series of “Implementing Microservices on AWS with the Twelve-factor App”. In the first post, we covered the areas around the codebase, configuration, code packaging, code builds, and stateless processes. This article will go through the remaining areas for best practices in microservices. Let’s start the discussion with Port mapping!

What's New in Calico v3.23

Hey everyone. We’re excited to announce the release of Calico v3.23! Thanks to everyone in the community who contributed to the release. We could not have fitted this many improvements in without you. To view the detailed release notes, please visit us here. While we have many improvements in this release, here’s a brief overview of some of the larger features to be aware of.

Docker Log Rotation Configuration | Container Logging for Beginners - Sematext

Docker logs are one of the primary sources of information developers use to spot problems with their apps. However, Docker log files can get huge in a short amount of time. This is why you absolutely must configure Docker log rotation! 🔥Today, we will explain how to free up space on the host machine of your Docker containers. We will also look at how to set up a centralized logging solution for free to get the most out of your Docker logs.

How to write optimized & secure docker file to create docker images

How to write optimized and secure docker file to create docker image. Learn the simplest approach to Docker images and how to use them using a Docker repository, such as Docker Hub, or hosting your own private repository. What you will learn from this video: What is docker? How to write a docker file? How to write an optimized docker file? How to write a secure docker file? What about the docker repository? How to put or host docker images?

Civo Update - May 2022

In April, we made Civo Academy publicly available for all. This was a pivotal step to put developers first so anyone with an interest can learn everything they need to know to create and maintain their Kubernetes environment. We also released a new report called "The Cost of Cloud", a white paper looking into the complexity of cloud costs for businesses and alternatives beyond the hyperscalers.

Kubernetes Basics: Clusters, Pods, and Nodes

Containerization and Kubernetes have taken the DevOps world by storm in the past decade. More and more companies have turned to this technology to enhance their deployment workflows and cut costs. Examples like Pokemon Go and OpenAI would not have been feasible without Kubernetes. While Kubernetes is a growing technology in the current times, it comes with a relatively steep learning curve.

Kubernetes in Docker Desktop Just Got Easier with Epinio

Epinio takes developers from application to URL in one step. In this blog post, I’m going to tell you about the new Epinio extension for Docker Desktop, that allows you to run Epinio on your laptop. DevOps are very interested in the details of containerized workloads and Kubernetes especially, but for developers, the abstraction layer provided by Kubernetes might not be too relevant to their daily work.

Navigating the Rich Observability Features of KubeSphere - Civo Tutorial

Feynman Zhou (Dev Advocate) from the KubeSphere team will walk us through the rich observability features of KubeSphere and how it integrates your favourite tools for multi-dimensional monitoring metrics, multi-tenant log query and collection, alerting, events, audit logs and notification.