Kubernetes deployment strategies

    In Kubernetes there are a few different ways to release an application, it is necessary to choose the right strategy to make your infrastructure reliable during an application update. Choosing the rig...

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    Docker Image-Builder Qualities

    Kubernetes The Hard Way Explained - Chapter 2

    Kelsey Hightower’s tutorial is the goto place for wannabe Kubernetes administrators who want to learn the ins and outs of the platform. With the CNCF’s official Kubernetes Certified Administrator prog...

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    Kubernetes The Hard Way Explained - Chapter 1

    Kelsey Hightower’s tutorial is the goto place for wannabe Kubernetes administrators who want to learn the ins and outs of the platform. With the CNCF’s official Kubernetes Certified Administrator prog...

    How Retailers Use Cloud Native Technologies to Capitalise on Existing Physical Assets

    Most forward-thinking retailers have an ecommerce side to their business. Offering products for sale online opens up their business to new target markets, extends their reach, increases their revenue ...

    Becoming a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider

    Several of us signed up for the Beta of the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. Container Solutions participates in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and our CNCF ambassador Mich...

    Kubernetes on AWS... Cool Your Jets

    When AWS joined the CNCF everyone got so excited for hosted Kubernetes, and the clickbait articles were produced en masse. As much as I would love an AWS managed K8s, I am not holding my breath. I hav...

    How To Install DC/OS on Packet or other Bare Metal Environments

    In this blog I will describe how to install DC/OS on Packet, the bare metal cloud, using the advanced DC/OS installer. I like the advanced installer because it gives a better understanding of the DC/O...

    Securing Microservices with Docker from Adrian Mouat - Part 2

    Last week, Adrian Mouat, Docker captain & author of “Using Docker” gave a webinar on using Docker to secure your microservice containers. The webinar was a teaser for a 2 day training se...