Throughout the lifecycle of an application, running pods are terminated due to multiple reasons. In some cases, Kubernetes terminates pods due to user input (when updating or deleting a deployment, for example). In others, Kubernetes terminates pods because it needs to free resources on a given node. …

AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS) is a fully managed service for running fault injection experiments to improve an application’s performance, observability, and resiliency. …

Introduction Customers are moving to cloud thanks to its scalability and cost-effectiveness. Some are adopting Kubernetes to modernize their workloads for a more agile way to iterate and deliver time-to-market services or product features to their customers. As the number of clusters to be managed increases, customers struggle with different deployment…

Kubernetes (K8s) and Rancher are both open source projects focused on container management with enormous communities of contributors and users. Kubernetes is the leader in container orchestration. It offers teams the flexibility to efficiently run containerized workloads across multiple public cloud providers and hybrid cloud environments. Kubernetes offers advanced scheduling…

Containerization has revolutionized the way applications are developed, deployed, and managed. Kubernetes and OpenShift are two leading container orchestration platforms that offer robust features for managing containerized applications. …

If you’re running Kubernetes, you’re likely familiar with the standard cluster autoscaler. While it’s a useful tool, it has its limitations. Enter Karpenter, an open-source autoscaling solution that offers many advantages over the standard cluster autoscaler. It is a flexible, high-performance Kubernetes cluster autoscaler built with AWS. How Karpenter Works Karpenter takes a…

This article introduces a technique that helps you with debugging running Pods in production. By changing labels, you can detach Pods from the Service (no traffic), and you can troubleshoot them live. Lets starts the debugging of a POD in Production environment without disturbing the incoming live traffic! Imagine you…

ChatGPT is a large language model chatbot developed by OpenAI based on GPT-3.5. It has a remarkable ability to interact in conversational dialogue form and provide responses that can appear surprisingly human. ChatGPT answers complex questions conversationally. …

Kubernetes is itself an open platform. You can create any type of configuration you want for it, extend the capabilities, and even look at the source code to see how it works underneath the hood. …