Kubernetes Bytes

In this Episode, Bhavin and Ryan tackle the topic of serverless computing. Bhavin and Ryan try to help answer the basics of what serverless is, isnt and why the term can be so confusing. Show Links https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/cloud-native-apps/what-is-serverless https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/what-is-serverless/ https://www.readysetcloud.io/blog/allen.helton/lets-stop-talking-...

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Platform engineering expert Luca Galante, head of product at Humanitec to discuss all things Platform engineering, what is it, and how it is different from DevOps. They also discuss when it makes sense to have a platform engineering team and how you can get started on your journey by building internal development platforms.  S...

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin and Ryan sit down with Cloud Native expert Nigel Poulton of https://nigelpoulton.com/ to discuss WebAssembly and in particular its current and future role in the cloud native ecosystem. Nigel, Bhavin and Ryan discuss everything from "What is WebAssembly" to how it can run on Kubernetes with a WASM runtime called runwasi. Stay till the end to hear our new...

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Christoph Hartmann - the CTO and co-founder of Mondoo about all things Kubernetes Security. The discussion starts by talking about Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM) and then dives into Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) and SBOM Attestation. They also talk about the open-source project "cnspec" and how it can help organizations scan their entire...

In the first episode of season 3, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Michael Guarino - the CTO of plural.sh about how plural helps users deploy applications on Kubernetes easily. They discuss the challenges associated with deploying applications consistently across different Kubernetes distributions, and talk about how Plural provides a unified solution that auto-generates Kubernetes manifests, HELM charts,...

In this last episode of Kubernetes Bytes Season 2, Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner dive into Service Mesh. You will learn all about the benefits of Service Mesh, how it helps reduce overhead for developers, the different deployment models (sidecar and Ambient Mesh), and the challenges and benefits for each. News: Trilio raises $17M - https://trilio.io/resources/funding-and-executive-update Snyk raise...

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin talk Cesar Saavedra of Gitlab about the importance of GitOps, DevSecOps and more with Kubernetes. They also cover what Gitlab has to offer in this particular space and what new features they have been working on. EKS/Container Marketplace as EKS add-ons https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-marketplace-for-containers-now-supports-direct-deplo...

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Alexander Mattoni - Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Cycle.io about When to use and When to not use Kubernetes. The discussion focuses on the challenges associated with Kubernetes adoption - On Day 0 and Day 2, and what are other alternatives available to organizations that are just looking to run their applications easily. We talk about how Cycle.io...

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Jonathan Phillips & Sean Pomeroy from Kubecost join us to talk about understanding the cost of Kubernetes clusters. Kubernetes and the pods that run within the cluster are a large part of the cost story but it doesn't end there, networking, object storage, egress and more are part of the pull optimization story when it comes to cost. Hear what Jonathon and...

In this part - 2 episode of Kubernetes Bytes - live from Detroit during the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022, Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah talk to guests on the show floor and learn more about what's new at Kubecon, what are their thoughts on Day 0 events, Keynotes, etc, and also share some things to do in Detroit. They talk to Brad Ascar - Principal Product Manager at Redis , Ben A - D...

In this part - 1 episode of Kubernetes Bytes - live from Detroit during the Kubecon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022, Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah talk to guests on the show floor and learn more about what's new at Kubecon, what are their thoughts on Day 0 events, Keynotes, etc, and also share some things to do in Detroit. They talk to Peter Zaitsev - Founder of Percona , Gabriele Bartolini - V...

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin and Ryan talk with Vishnu Korde, CEO and Chief Architect of StackOS. The hosts explore the topic of "DeCloud" or decentralized cloud which aims to create anonymity through the use of cross-chain open protocols allowing individuals and organizations to create a decentralized computing layer for the internet allowing teams to bypass traditional infrastruct...

In this Episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin talk about upcoming conferences and dig into the world of Kuberentes Security. Bhavin and Ryan talk about  and dig into the various aspects of the 4C's of Cloud Native Security (Code, Container, Cluster and Cloud). Bhavin and Ryan dig in a foot deep from everything from encryption at rest, network policies, linux seccomp, software SBOM and...

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Justin Lee, Principal Solutions Engineer at Confluent, about all things Kafka on Kubernetes. The discussion focuses on what Kafka is, how it helps developers build applications, and then dives into how developers or operators can deploy and run Kafka on Kubernetes using either Confluent for Kubernetes (CFK) operator from Confluent, or using Strimzi, an op...

In this Episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner dive into GitOps. You will learn about how GitOps came to be, what GitOps is, what tools are used to accomplish GitOps and what the benefits of adopting GitOps on your team will be. Where to get started https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/getting_started/ https://docs.gitops.weave.works/docs/getting-started/ https://github.com/...

Ryan (@wallywalls22) and Bhavin (@bhavin04890) talk to Brendan Burns (@brendandburns), co-founder of the Kubernetes open source project and corporate vice president for Azure cloud-native open source, and Ganeshkumar Ashokavardhanan (@ganeshkumar_av), Software Engineer in the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) team about community, Kubernetes and open-source at Microsoft. They also discuss how Ganesh...

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin talk to the SIG Storage COSI Co-Lead Sid Mani about the Container Object Storage Interface (COSI) project, as it enters the Alpha phase of the maturity cycle. The discussion dives into the need for a different Object Storage standard, how it works with Kubernetes, the vision of the community, and how people/vendors can contribute to the ecosyste...

In this week's episodes Bhavin and Ryan dive into the three different operators that MongoDB has for deploying and managing MongoDB with Kubernetes with Developer Advocates Joel Lord & Cedric Clyburn. Come learn about the different ways you can get started using MongoDB with Kubernetes, lessons learned getting started and how to use MongoDB's multi-cloud database service, Atlas. Show Links New...

In this episode, Bhavin interviews Scott Lowe, a Principal Field Engineer at Kong. The discussion dives into what is Cluster API, how it works, and how it helps users deploy Kubernetes clusters at scale using simple YAML files. We also talk about the different components of the Cluster API project and discuss the new features introduced by the community.  Show Notes:  1. Scott Lowe -&nbs...

This Episode In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview CTO of Speedscale Matt LeRay, a testing service that can collect and replay traffic without scripting, to simulate load and chaos, measure performance for Kubernetes workloads. Learn what Speedscale is, what kind of data is works and how it can be used in Kubernetes for various API driven applications. Weekly News Links Trivy 0.29.0 release -...

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Rick Spencer, VP of Products at InfluxData, previously the VP of Platforms for InfluxData. The discussion focuses on InfluxData, creator of InfluxDB, and how they help customers looking for a Time-Series database solution. Rick talks about the interesting IoT and Edge computing use cases, and how getting that real-time sensor information can be transforma...

In this episode, Bhavin interviews Brad Ascar, Principal Product Manager at Redis, focusing on all things containers and Kubernetes. The discussion dives into the higher-level architecture of Redis, how to deploy a Redis cluster on Kubernetes using the Redis Operator, and what are some of the benefits and challenges of running Redis on Kubernetes. We also talk about how you can upgrade, scale and...

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin talk about Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022 and discuss all the vendor announcements from the past couple of weeks. Kubecon Europe had close to 7500 attendees and shows a continuous increase in the adoption of containers and Kubernetes. Below, you can find links to the things discussed during the podcast:  The State of Cloud-Native Development Report - Q3...

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin go back to school and talk about Backup and Restore 101 when it comes to Kubernetes and containerized applications. We discuss why Backup is important, why you need a new approach for Kubernetes, and how do you plan for things like Kubernetes operators and custom resources. We also talk about how backup tools can help you protect from ransomware attacks and look at...

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Andrew Sillifant, a solution architect at Pure Storage working on all things databases and solutions. The discussion starts by talking about Andrew's early days with the LAMP stack, and how he sees the community evolve around containers and Kubernetes. We dive into the MySQL Operator and how it helps Kubernetes operators or developers deploy MySQL InnoDB...