Hello from all of us here at
Sysdig! We’re excited to announce 2017 Sysdig Camp-Con-World-Fest-Summit, the hands-on container conference is back for its second year.
Registration now open!
In this monthly newsletter, as we like to do, we’ll share the latest happenings in the container ecosystem across vendors and open source projects like Docker, Kubernetes, DC/OS Mesos, Openshift, etc.
We hope you enjoy this! Ping us at
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DOCKER
Container isolation gone wrong
Containers can have separate quotas for CPU, memory, storage… what could possibly go wrong? Don’t miss this eye-opening
kernel troubleshooting story.
Is Docker insecure?
Docker is a relatively new, game-changing technology.
Is it secure enough for mission-critical deployments? Spoiler alert: Yes!
Docker for Continuous Delivery
A nice “getting started” Docker tutorial that
starts from the essentials and follows the migration and CI/CD deployment at cars.com.
Container security and immutability
This
post focuses on the concept of container immutability and its close relation with security.
Modernize traditional apps in government IT
This
post and video describes the challenges of migrating a wealth of production government apps to Docker.
A quick look at LinuxKit packaging system
A step by step comprehensive
tutorial on creating your own base image using the LinuxKit tools.
Deploying functions to Docker Swarm
This experimental CLI let’s you easily
deploy code functions to Docker Swarm. How cool is that?
Top 6 changes in Docker CE 17.05
High level
changelog for v17.05.0-ce. The features that stand out for us are ‘Multi-stage builds’ and ‘Task logs’.
What is Docker Enterprise Edition?
Rationale for a
Docker EE with certified platforms, cloud providers and also its associated partner certification program.
Guide to using Docker as a local development platform
Series of blog posts that will help you setup your local programming environment achieving full Docker-independence from your baremetal OS.
Part1,
Part2.
KUBERNETES
High Availability logging using the ELK stack
Learn from the experiences of running a
strictly HA logging deployment required to support low latency PC gaming all over the world.
Self-provisioning storage volumes in Kubernetes
Deploy self-provisioned
storage quotas using the Trident orchestrator, granting more independence to your platform users without the worry.
Which container orchestrator do you really need?
Thorough comparison of Kubernetes vs. Mesos vs. Docker Swarm, offering all the right questions to help you
make an informed decision.
PAM-based webhook authentication
Authenticating your users and groups against Kubernetes ala ‘Windows Domain’? Yes! And seamless migration of your existing authentication mechanisms.
Making Kubernetes production ready
What does it take to
run 7500 containers supporting 300 micro-service based applications? Fasten your seat belts.
Kubernetes by example
Hands-on introduction to Kubernetes. Very well organized and providing
example use cases for each Kubernetes operational entity.
k8sh, shell wrapper for Kubernetes
A
shell wrapper that automatically imports your kubectl configuration providing handy shortcuts and Kubernetes context, neat!
The inner workings of Kubernetes
Go beyond the operative use of Kubernetes and delve deeper into its
core components and loosely coupled distributed system.
Streamlining Kubernetes development with Draft
Want an accessible and automated way to introduce your developers to containerized applications and Kubernetes?
Draft is the tool.
OPENSHIFT
Helm on OpenShift with Monocular
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Monocular is a nice web UI to deploy your Helm charts,
this tutorial will show you how to install it on OpenShift and current compatibility limitations.
DevOps with OpenShift
Three OpenShift experts at Red Hat illustrate infrastructure-as-code an application automation in this
free ebook.
Multiple OpenShift deployment methods
OpenShift is so adaptable and flexible there are many different ways to deploy an application. Find the one that best fits your criteria following the advice in
this blogpost.
MESOS
SMACK stack is the new LAMP stack
Spark, Mesos, Akka, Cassandra, Kafka. Cloud provider agnostic, optimized for machine learning and data-driven.
And Fast Data is the new big data
Are you familiar already with the concept of ‘
Fast Data’? It’s not only collecting huge amounts of data but being able to process it in real time.
How Uber manages a million writes per second
Uber built their own system that runs Cassandra on top of Mesos. Read about some interesting findings from the experience and their
scalability design.
SYSDIG
Sysdig Camp-Con-World-Fest-Summit: The hands-on container conference. REGISTER NOW!
Sept 26-27 in San Francisco. The theme is: Containers in Operation. Bringing together some of the best information possible on Managing, Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Securing containers in the wild. See amazing speakers, like Kelsey Hightower from Google, Loris Degioanni CEO/Founder Sysdig, and Gianluca Borello Sysdig guru and others…
Early bird registration is now live!
Everyone has a story to tell… What’s your container story? OPEN CALL FOR PAPERS.
Help contribute to this exploding new world and share your story. We’re looking for developers, ops, architects, etc to tell their container tips and tricks at our hands-on container conference, Sysdig Camp-Con-World-Fest-Summit:
Submit your story.
Nginx monitoring on Kubernetes: Metrics alerts
Second part of the Nginx monitoring
series, covering the required alerts and warnings.