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Why Enterprise are Shifting from Cloud First to Cloud Repatriation Strategy
The shift from Cloud First to Cloud Repatriation Strategy of an enterprise organization explained

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Oct 156 min read
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What are Good Use Cases for Kubernetes Network Policy and a Sample Demo
This article discusses the basic uses cases of Kubernetes Network Policy and a sample demonstration

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Oct 54 min read
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What is a good Use Case of Service Account in Kubernetes
In the simplest terms, a Service Account enables machines such as applications, chatbots, pods, virtual machines, and others to interact with the Core API in Kubernetes. For instance, if you are creating a chatbot that receives commands to set up infrastructure in a Kubernetes Cluster, such as Deployments and Services, Service Accounts are used to grant both authentication and authorization to the chatbot. The diagram illustrates how external applications, like a chatbot, uti

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Oct 32 min read
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How to Create Certificate Signing Request in Kubernetes
Background Kubernetes allows you to utilize a public key infrastructure (PKI) for client authentication to your cluster. You use a CertificateSigningRequest as part of this process, and either you or some other principal must approve the request. Below is our setup kubectl communicates with kubernetes cluster using csr Step 1: Create a Private Key openssl genrsa -out perry.key 3072 This will generate a private key named perry.ke y openssl private key generation Step 2: Creat

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Sep 302 min read
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Top 6 Challenges of DevOps Hiring Managers
A tip for hiring managers to attract a talented real DevOps applicant during interview.

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Sep 245 min read
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How to Measure DevOps Success to Keep Winning Support from Top Management
Why Measure DevOps Success? You cannot have what you cannot measure. It all starts with the balanced scorecard of a company. Perhaps business measurement of success at organizational layer is a faster time to market, better customer experience, and reduced operating expenses. These are some typical key performance indicators (KPIs) in business but how about in DevOps at project level? The sole reason why the DevOps business case has been approved in the first place is to su

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Sep 235 min read
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Longhorn Distributed File System For Kubernetes In Action
Real Life Problem After installing a Kubernetes Cluster in your own private cloud, you've came to realize that your application can not store data. That is because by default Kubernetes does not come with a storage solution. At most, you can configure a local storage, but that doesn't work in production. That is because data stored in local storage are not available and persisted across pods running in different nodes. You might be tempted to mount NFS but it has limitation,

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Sep 194 min read
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How to Setup an Ingress Controller in Kubernetes in BareMetal
What is Ingress Controller? A Kubernetes Ingress Controller is a specialized application that runs within a Kubernetes cluster and acts as a reverse proxy and load balancer for external traffic. Its primary function is to implement the rules defined in Kubernetes Ingress resources, which specify how external HTTP and HTTPS traffic should be routed to services running within the cluster. What are the benefits of Ingress Controller? Provides secure access to services over HTTP

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Sep 152 min read
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How To Become A Highly Sought DevOps Professional
A career advice on how to become a highly paid DevOps professional from a tech executive hiring manager perspective.

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Aug 204 min read
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How To Adopt DevOps Framework For Executives
This is a high level DevOps Adoption Framework for Executives.

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Aug 197 min read
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What are the components of good CICD DevOps Pipeline
An article describing components of good CICD DeveOps pipeline

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Aug 196 min read
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How to Fix Common Kubernetes Error Status
Operating mission-critical applications in a Kubernetes production environment can lead to various technical challenges. We aim to...

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Aug 184 min read
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How to Fix Top 10 Kubernetes Problems Technology Leaders Faces In An Enterprise
An article describing real-life Kubernetes problems technology leaders encounters in an enterprise. Details their strategy on addressing these issues.

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Aug 169 min read
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Configure Load Balancer using MetalLB in Bare Metal Kubernetes Cluster
Configure Load Balancer using MetalLB in Bare Metal Kubernetes Cluster

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Aug 63 min read
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VMWare Exit Strategy for an Enterprise Company--Is It Worthy
VMWare Exit Strategy for an Enterprise Company

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Aug 45 min read
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How to Expose a Kubernetes Service
How to Expose a Kubernetes Service

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Sep 7, 20243 min read
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How to Install Kubernetes in Apple Mac M Chip
In this blog post, I will explain the most efficient method How to Install Kubernetes in Apple Mac M Chip based on my experience. I've tried Kubernetes on Docker, and Minikube but I always encounter issues. In my opinion, utilizing Rancher Kubernetes Desktop is the most straightforward approach. Here is an overview of the necessary steps. Install Docker Install Home Brew Install Rancher Desktop Install Kubectl Test Kubernetes Install Kubernetes in Apple Mac M Step 1: Install

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Sep 2, 20242 min read
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How to Build and Keep a Winning Technology Team
How to Build and Keep a Winning Technology Team

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Aug 29, 202412 min read
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Step by Step Guide How to Become a Real DevOps Professional
become a DevOps professional I’ve written this article to help guide aspiring professionals or teams in becoming real DevOps. Whether you want to change careers, build a team, or just want to up-skill. This article works for you. I love the IT industry, this is my way of bringing back to the community. Me and my team underwent this DevOps path and I will declare it successful. No shortcuts. I want others to be successful too, that's why I’m sharing this DevOps career path r

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Aug 18, 20248 min read
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6 Cloud Computing Myths, and 1 Teaser DevOps Myth
6 Cloud Computing Myths, and 1 Teaser DevOps Myth

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Aug 11, 20247 min read
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