Nov 29, 2020Progressive Delivery, Kubernetes, and 3D ChessYou’ve heard about progressive delivery, right? No? Here’s a crash course: Progressive delivery is a software deployment strategy to minimize risk and maximize uptime by deploying iteratively, to a gradually increasing number of clients. Just as progressive delivery is an iterative deployment process, the concept itself is an iteration on…Kubernetes4 min readKubernetes4 min read
Aug 29, 2020Compendium of Kubernetes Application Deployment ToolsDeploying applications to Kubernetes can be as simple as writing a few resource definitions in yaml or json and applying them with kubectl, but it can also be a whole lot more automated (and complicated). A popular meme in application deployment is the combination of Continuous Deployment and GitOps: the…Kubernetes5 min readKubernetes5 min read
Jul 8, 2020When NOT to use KubernetesTL;DR: Default to Kubernetes only when there’s not a better option for your workloads. — You may have heard that Kubernetes is not a silver bullet or that batteries are not included, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use it. …Kubernetes7 min readKubernetes7 min read
Jul 1, 2020DevOps TroubleshootingMany technical people “just know” how to troubleshoot a technical issue, from experience, example, or trial and error, but many of those same highly technical people, when put on the spot, can’t necessarily tell you HOW they troubleshoot. How do YOU troubleshoot? Basic Troubleshooting Framework The obvious answer is, “It depends,” but that’s…Troubleshooting3 min readTroubleshooting3 min read
Jun 15, 2020Kubernetes: Batteries Not IncludedIf you’ve been around Kubernetes for a while, it’s probably no surprise that Kubernetes is both too much and not enough, depending on who you are and what you need. Kubernetes feels like it should be useful to everyone. Every company needs a website and a mobile app, these days…Kubernetes7 min readKubernetes7 min read
Jun 10, 2020A Select List of Kubernetes ToolsSome of these you’ve probably heard of. Some of them you probably haven’t. What makes this list special is that they’ve all be useful to me, while developing and operating Kubernetes platforms and workloads. Hopefully they’re useful to you too! kubectx + kubens — fast cluster & namespace switching kustomize…Kubernetes2 min readKubernetes2 min read
Published in Cruise·Oct 15, 2019Container Platform Networking at CruiseUsing Google Kubernetes Engine with a multi-cloud, private hybrid network. — Authors: Karl Isenberg & Buck Wallander This is part three of our ongoing series on the Cruise PaaS: Building a Container Platform Container Platform Security Stay tuned for more on observability and deployment! In our previous posts, we covered how the Cruise PaaS spans multiple Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters…Kubernetes16 min readKubernetes16 min read
Published in Cruise·Jul 16, 2019Container Platform Security at CruiseBest practices for enterprise-grade Kubernetes security. — Authors: Karl Isenberg & Mike Ruth This is part two of our ongoing series on the Cruise PaaS: Building a Container Platform Container Platform Security Container Platform Networking Stay tuned for more on observability, and deployment! Safety is one of our core values at Cruise. It’s why we challenge our…Docker14 min readDocker14 min read
Published in Cruise·Jun 5, 2019Building a Container Platform at CruiseThe backend for Cruise self-driving cars runs on Kubernetes. — This is part one of our ongoing series on the Cruise PaaS: Building a Container Platform Container Platform Security Container Platform Networking Stay tuned for more on observability, and deployment! Every day, our self-driving cars navigate the streets of San Francisco. Our autonomous vehicles validate our software as they chauffeur…Cloud Computing6 min readCloud Computing6 min read
Mar 18, 2019How Turtles Are MadeWe have lots of jobs and services to run. I think we’re gonna need a lot of machines to run them on. We have lots of workloads and machines. I think we’re gonna need a scheduler to run them. We have lots of different types of workloads to run with…Docker2 min readDocker2 min read
