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Talk to your cluster with this open source Python API wrapper

rnetser1 — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Talk to your cluster with this open source Python API wrapper rnetser1 Tue, 04/18/2023 - 03:00

Combine the power of an open API and the Python programming language.

Open source projects that create a wrapper around an API are becoming increasingly popular. These projects make it easier for developers to interact with APIs and use them in…

myakove-rh

Run a distributed database on the cloud

wuweijie — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Run a distributed database on the cloud wuweijie Mon, 04/17/2023 - 03:00

Create a distributed database cluster with Kubernetes in two easy steps.

Apache ShardingSphere is an open source distributed database toolkit. It enhances any database with data sharding, elastic scaling, encryption, and many other capabilities…

Develop on Kubernetes with open source tools

rberrelleza — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Develop on Kubernetes with open source tools rberrelleza Mon, 03/20/2023 - 03:00

Use Crossplane and Okteto for cloud-native development in a matter of seconds.

Over the last five years, a massive shift in how applications get deployed has occurred. It’s gone from self-hosted infrastructure to the world of the cloud and Kubernetes…

Monitor Kubernetes cloud costs with open source tools

mattray — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Monitor Kubernetes cloud costs with open source tools mattray Mon, 03/13/2023 - 03:00

OpenCost is a cloud cost monitoring tool that integrates seamlessly with Kubernetes, allowing you to track your cloud spend in real-time so you can optimize your resources…

Kubernetes is a powerful platform for managing dynamic containerized applications in the cloud, but it may be difficult to understand where costs are incurred. Managing the…

What is an edge-native application?

fdesbiens — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000

What is an edge-native application? fdesbiens Fri, 03/10/2023 - 03:00

Edge-native applications differ from cloud-native applications. Edge-native applications carry the following key characteristics.

Cloud-native. Those two simple words redefined how we build, deploy, and even consume software. Twenty-five years ago, when I had hair I could pull on when having trouble with…

What cloud developers need to know about hardware

JayF — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000

What cloud developers need to know about hardware JayF Wed, 03/08/2023 - 03:00

The cloud is everywhere, so hardware is more critical than ever.

It's easy to forget the progress that people in tech have made. In the early 2000s, most local user groups held regular install fests. Back then, to configure a single machine…

juliakreger

Automate OpenStack using Ansible

ajscanlas — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Automate OpenStack using Ansible ajscanlas Tue, 02/21/2023 - 03:00

Ansible offers unique flexibility when automating your infrastructure.

I demonstrated how I manage OpenStack using Terraform in my previous article. Using Terraform as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a significant advantage, but it also requires…

Manage OpenStack using Terraform and GitLab

ajscanlas — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Manage OpenStack using Terraform and GitLab ajscanlas Wed, 02/15/2023 - 03:00

Follow this tutorial to see how using GitLab can further enhance collaboration in your OpenStack cluster.

One virtue of GitOps is Infrastructure as Code. It encourages collaboration by using a shared configuration and policy repository. Using GitLab can further enhance…

Reinvent your release strategy with an API gateway

iambobur — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Reinvent your release strategy with an API gateway iambobur Mon, 02/06/2023 - 03:00

The ability to separate the deployment and release of service (and corresponding API) is a powerful technique, especially with the rise in the progressive delivery approach.

One benefit of moving to an API-based architecture is that you can iterate quickly and deploy new changes to our services. There is also the concept of traffic and routing…

Use Terraform to manage an OpenStack cluster

ajscanlas — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Use Terraform to manage an OpenStack cluster ajscanlas Tue, 01/31/2023 - 03:00

Terraform is a declarative language that can act as a blueprint of the infrastructure you're working on.

After having an OpenStack production and home lab for a while, I can definitively say that provisioning a workload and managing it from an Admin and Tenant perspective is…