In a relatively short amount of time, Kubernetes has evolved from an internal container orchestration tool at Google to the most important cloud-native technology across the world. Its rise in popularity has made Kubernetes the preferred way to build new software experiences and modernize existing applications at scale and across clouds. With Kubernetes, companies can host workloads running on a single cloud, as well as workloads across multiple clouds.

Without a strategy in place, it will introduce a handful of challenges. Platform teams will be unable to do the following: As you’re defining policies for multi-tenant AKS, EKS, or GKE clusters, consider these tips: To help you get started on the right track, we created this cheatsheet for multi-tenancy success.

Nobody wants to deal with annoying neighbors. Whether it’s the neighbor who always knows everyone’s business or the one who turns up their music late at night, both types of neighbors can have a negative impact on your living environment and daily life. Obnoxious neighbors aren't exclusive to just your physical living space, but in the public cloud where there are multiple Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS, or GKE) and multiple users (or tenants) with the need for cluster access.

To continuously innovate, many organizations are anchoring their infrastructure on container management solutions. The open source project Kubernetes is now the de facto standard for container management, and its popularity is growing in a number of ways. Here are some stats from a recent Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) survey.

It’s that time again: the latest versions of D2iQ Konvoy and D2iQ Kommander have just been made generally available and the D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP) has some powerful new features. As noted with our last update, DKP is the leading independent Kubernetes platform for enterprise grade production at scale and Konvoy and Kommander are the reason why. You can learn more about Konvoy here, Kommander here, and our general approach here.

If your organization is adopting multiple Kubernetes clusters, chances are that multiple users or groups have access to these clusters on the same shared infrastructure. Kubernetes multi-tenancy aims to drive efficient use of infrastructure, while providing operators with robust isolation mechanisms between users, workloads, or teams. Running more applications on the same shared infrastructure means better utilization of resources and a reduction in overall operating costs.

We are seeing organizations struggle to deploy and manage their Kubernetes clusters due to the increasing level of oversight required and the current lack of attention during the planning phase. Day 2 operations can be a “sink or swim” time for these organizations. Without effective Day 2 operations, organizations will face challenges scaling their IT environment and will not be ready to handle new threats to security and availability.

In today’s digital landscape, users expect applications to be available at all times and developers are expected to deploy new versions of these applications several times a day. Both of these expectations can be met by upgrading your Kubernetes cluster. Kubernetes is constantly getting new features and security updates, so your Kubernetes cluster needs to be kept up-to-date as well.

D2iQ Konvoy provides controls to easily upgrade Kubernetes itself, Kubernetes add-ons, like Prometheus, or the Konvoy CLI independently. Best of all, upgrades can be performed in place without disruption. This tutorial will cover how to upgrade node pools, or specify the upgrade based on specific node pools. We’ll also walk through how to upgrade in parallel, or specify the number of concurrent nodes to upgrade. To get started, take a look at the cluster config.

D2iQ Konvoy simplifies the deployment on Azure by providing a command line interface to automate the deployment and operations of Kubernetes clusters all in one place. In this tutorial, we’ll show you the provisioning of an enterprise-grade Kubernetes cluster on Azure using a single command. Before we get started, let’s talk about a few prerequisites you’ll need: First, download the D2iQ Konvoy installer and authenticate it to your Azure account.