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Kubernetes namespaces enable you to organize cluster objects, such as applications, devices and variables. Once you define namespaces, you can use this classification to filter, group and manage objects. You can use the same namespaces in duplicated environments and apply policies to specific clusters segments. Kubernetes namespaces are also important for defining roles and ensuring proper access configuration. If you're monitoring Kubernetes, you should try out MetricFire.

Trying to improve the reliability of your Kubernetes deployment? Start with these 5 chaos experiments. Kubernetes 1.20 is scheduled to be released next week, and this version contains a number of amazing enhancements including graceful node shutdown, more visibility into resource requests, and snapshotting volumes. But the change generating the most buzz is the deprecation of Docker as a container runtime.

Cloud-native is the ultimate buzzword lately. So, is “cloud-native storage” just an attempt to grab on to this concept, hoping for a little boost? Actually, there is something more to it, and I’ll unpack that here. The premise of cloud-native storage is simple: its native habitat is a Kubernetes cluster. When we design with the assumption that a technology will exist in Kubernetes, we get to look around and see what functionalities already exist in that system.

This article describes how easy it is for users of Charmed Kubernetes to switch from the Docker container runtime to containerd. You may have heard that Kubernetes is deprecating Docker as a container runtime after v1.20. Docker as an underlying runtime is being deprecated in favor of runtimes that use the Container Runtime Interface(CRI) created for Kubernetes, such as containerd.

‍Kubernetes is an open-source platform that is used for automating computer application configuration, scaling, and deployment. In order to understand the importance of Kubernetes, let us take a step back and understand why this platform was introduced in the first place.

Organizations are modernizing IT infrastructure, restructuring teams, and accelerating application delivery with containers and Kubernetes. As with any technology, organizations are at various places within their journey. However, according to Gartner, more than 75% of global organizations will be running containerized apps in production by 2022. Chances are your team is using containers for some applications.