What Is Amazon Resource Name (ARN)?
AWS has many services and resources ranging from EC2 instances to S3 buckets, and you can have multiple instances for each resource. In a scenario where you need to identify a specific resource, it is only logical to have a unique ID for each resource. Well, there is, and it's
Choosing the Right Tool for Your Local Kubernetes Development Environment
Imagine you're trying to set up a Kubernetes cluster on your local machine to test a new feature before you deploy it to a production environment. You aim to make this local environment as close to the production environment as possible. A minimal production cluster would require at least three
Quick Installation of Minikube on an Ubuntu Server
In a production environment, a Kubernetes cluster usually consists of at least two master and multiple worker nodes. That means you'll need at least five virtual or physical machines for your production cluster. Setting up a full-scale cluster to test new features quickly or learn about new concepts in your
Practical Guide to Kubernetes Ingress with Nginx
In the first article, you learnt about the concept of Ingress in Kubernetes and how it helps route external traffic to services within the cluster. You saw a list of Ingress controllers, including Traefik, HAProxy and the subject of this article, Nginx. In this article, you'll delve deeper into the
Getting Started with Kubernetes Ingress
Having a clear understanding of the Kubernetes ecosystem isn't an easy task, especially for a beginner. You have to understand various concepts concerning networking, storage, and security, among others. An important aspect to gain an understanding of in Kubernetes networking is how to manage external access to services within a
Monitoring, Observability, and Telemetry Explained
Whenever something goes wrong in a system or application, it affects the customers, the business performance, and of course, the Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) who stay up late to fix it. While engineers often use terms/tools such as monitoring, observability, and telemetry interchangeably, they aren't the same things. Monitoring
How to use AI to Troubleshoot your Kubernetes Cluster
With the increasing Kubernetes (K8s) adoption in modern software development, developers and DevOps teams face a critical challenge when deploying and maintaining applications. Their expertise is often diverted from core application development to analyzing and troubleshooting Kubernetes, affecting their development velocity. To save you time on troubleshooting K8s, Alex Jones
Understanding Docker Architecture: A Beginner's Guide to How Docker Works
Using Docker, developers can package all their code and its dependencies into an isolated environment called an image and then run that image as a container. With Docker, deploying an application from a development server to a production server without worrying about compatibility issues is easy. Aside from knowing basic
