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Create Reproducible Security in Kubernetes with Helm 3 and Helm Charts

With the growing popularity of containerized applications, organizations and startups at all levels need to manage their Kubernetes deployments more safely at scale. Today, there is an expanding list of tools and services that can help do this. One of these services is the package manager known as Helm.

Chaos Engineering for a More Secure Kubernetes

Netflix, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and a host of other companies have adopted chaos engineering, which encourages designing systems to proactively ward off potential issues through testing and the anticipation of failure. When it comes to container orchestration tools like Kubernetes, chaos engineering is a vital tactic for enhancing security.

Why SUSE Acquired Rancher Labs

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Now GA: Data-in-Transit Encryption in Calico v3.15

We’re excited to announce that the latest release of Calico includes encryption for data-in-transit. Calico is the open source networking and network security solution for containers, virtual machines, and host-based workloads, offering connectivity and security for container workloads. One of Calico’s best-known security features is its implementation of Kubernetes Network Policy, providing a way to secure container workloads by restricting traffic to and from trusted sources.

MicroK8s HA tech preview is now available

High availability (HA) for MicroK8s, the lightweight Kubernetes, is now available as a tech preview for Linux, Windows and macOS. The Kubernetes control plane can now be distributed across multiple nodes, bringing resiliency to the cluster while maintaining a low footprint using Dqlite, the distributed SQL engine as the Kubernetes datastore.

How to Use the Datadog CLI on Kubernetes | Datadog Tips & Tricks

In this video, you’ll learn how to use the Datadog command line interface (CLI) on Kubernetes to perform key tasks, including checking the status of the agent and viewing custom checks. The Datadog Agent CLI allows you to check the status of the Agents running on the pods in your Kubernetes clusters. It also provides various helpful commands, including starting and stopping the agent, viewing configured custom checks, and sending flares to the Datadog support team to automatically open troubleshooting tickets.

SLOs for AWS-based infrastructure

In our latest two-part series blog, Gigi Sayfan, author of “Mastering Kubernetes”, discusses managing complex infrastructure on AWS with an eye towards SLOs (service level objectives). Though there are many ways to discuss the management of infrastructure, in this two-part series, he covers SLOs for AWS, Observability on AWS, Quotas Limits, and Optimizing cost on AWS and in the second part, he uses the lens of Kubernetes to compare and contrast compute infrastructure on AWS with Kubernetes.