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Part I: the Theory](https://blog.container-solutions.com/does-crossplane-replace-terraform) What is Crossplane? If you don't already know, Crossplane is billed as an: [Read full article](https://blog.container-solutions.com/does-crossplane-replace-terraform) [Kubernetes](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/kubernetes) [Continuous Integration](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/continuous-integration) 18 min read ### [CI Shootout: Getting started with Jenkins, Concourse, Tekton and Argo Workflows](https://blog.container-solutions.com/ci-shootout-getting-started-with-jenkins-concourse-tekton-and-argo-workflows) At EngineerBetter we’ve evaluated four self-hosted CI systems in order to compare them against each other: Jenkins, Concourse, Tekton and Argo Workflows. For each CI system we’ve created some pipeline... [Read full article](https://blog.container-solutions.com/ci-shootout-getting-started-with-jenkins-concourse-tekton-and-argo-workflows) [Kubernetes](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/kubernetes) [networking](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/networking) 39 min read ### [Debugging Kubernetes Networking](https://blog.container-solutions.com/debugging-kubernetes-networking) At EngineerBetter, we’re going through the formality of ensuring that we’ve got the Certified Kubernetes Administrator qualification box ticked. Kelsey Hightower’s Kubernetes The Hard Way is a valuabl... [Read full article](https://blog.container-solutions.com/debugging-kubernetes-networking) [Kubernetes](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/kubernetes) [News](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/news) 4 min read ### [External Secrets Operator Accepted into the CNCF Sandbox](https://blog.container-solutions.com/external-secrets-operator-accepted-into-the-cncf-sandbox) The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has announced that External Secrets Operator (ESO), an open-source solution for synchronising secrets from external APIs into Kubernetes, can begin incubat... [Read full article](https://blog.container-solutions.com/external-secrets-operator-accepted-into-the-cncf-sandbox) [Kubernetes](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/kubernetes) [WTF Is Cloud Native](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/wtf-is-cloud-native) 14 min read ### [Enforcing Policies with Gatekeeper in Kubernetes](https://blog.container-solutions.com/enforcing-policies-with-gatekeeper-in-kubernetes) When managing Kubernetes clusters, cluster administrators need to ensure the overall stability of the system. To accomplish this it is necessary to avoid disruptions to the control plane, and also avo... [Read full article](https://blog.container-solutions.com/enforcing-policies-with-gatekeeper-in-kubernetes) [Kubernetes](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/kubernetes) [Build](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/build) 23 min read ### [Using Kubernetes Monitoring Mixins](https://blog.container-solutions.com/using-kubernetes-monitoring-mixins) The term Kubernetes monitoring mixins appears in many Kubernetes related projects involving Prometheus and Grafana. Despite its broad usage, the details about it cannot be easily found. There are many... [Read full article](https://blog.container-solutions.com/using-kubernetes-monitoring-mixins) [Kubernetes](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/kubernetes) [SRE](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/sre) [CNO](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/cno) 16 min read ### [A Beginner's Guide to Using the Prometheus Operator](https://blog.container-solutions.com/prometheus-operator-beginners-guide) Prometheus is a simple and effective open-source monitoring system. In the years after we published the article Monitoring Microservices with Prometheus, the system has graduated from the Cloud Native... [Read full article](https://blog.container-solutions.com/prometheus-operator-beginners-guide) [Kubernetes](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/kubernetes) [Build](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/build) 6 min read ### [Windows Container on K8s Clusters](https://blog.container-solutions.com/windows-container-k8s-cluster) I recently came across a fun and interesting challenge. In the latest project I joined, a team wanted to do a "lift & shift to the cloud". As a Cloud Native engineer I've seen this pattern fairly ... [Read full article](https://blog.container-solutions.com/windows-container-k8s-cluster) [Kubernetes](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/kubernetes) [Open Source](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/open-source) [Security](https://blog.container-solutions.com/tag/security) 42 min read ### [The Birth of the External Secrets Community](https://blog.container-solutions.com/the-birth-of-the-external-secrets-community) Managing secrets in Kubernetes can be a cumbersome job. In a multi-service multi-environment setup, you can end up with hundreds of secrets without even noticing. It is hard to keep track of everythin... 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