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Operator
Jun 21, 2023
DoK Operators: Workload Reliability and Availability
On May 24, Akshay Ram and Michelle Au from Google led the DoK Operator Roundtable, representing both the Kubernetes project and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) as a managed Kubernetes provider. DoK roundtables unite operator developers for an informal deep dive into challenges that come up when writing operators and using them in production. The goal of the roundtable was to explore challenges projects are facing when writing operators, and to find opportunities where the Kubernetes project could address those gaps.
Nov 28, 2022
Kubernetes Operator Lifecycle Management
In this Talk, Anynines CEO Julian Fisher shares about the challenges of managing Kubernetes operator’s lifecycle. Julian and his team benchmarked multiple tools that could help with that. The talk covers Carvel, Helm, OLM, Operator SDK, where the pros and cons are shared for each tool.
Oct 11, 2022
Resilient Redis
Redis is a widely used open-source in-memory data store and cache that has become a key component in the development of scalable microservice systems. While all of the main cloud providers provide fully managed Redis services (Amazon ElastiCache, Azure Cache for Redis, and GCP Memorystore), it may also be simply implemented in Kubernetes if you require additional control over the Redis configurations.
Aug 16, 2022
Operating FoundationDB on Kubernetes
FoundationDB is a free and open-source multi-model distributed NoSQL database developed by Apple, with a shared-nothing architecture. In this talk, Apple Site Reliability Engineer Johannes M. Scheuermann shares how to run the FoundationDB on Kubernetes. Which is something the company does on a large scale. Johannes talks about what the FoundationDB operator can do and how it does it up to the upcoming features on the roadmap.
Jul 23, 2022
Bringing Apache Cassandra closer to Kubernetes
Aside from geo-distributed workloads, Apache Cassandra also works great as a stand-alone service. However, since Cassandra was built before Kubernetes existed, there’s a mismatch in how they do things. In line with the series of takeaways we got from DoK Day 2022, Jake Luciani, Chief Architect at the DataStax, discusses how they made Apache Cassandra work more natively on Kubernetes.
Jul 11, 2022
Leaning on Kubernetes Portability to Manage Databases Anywhere
Kubernetes has the potential to change the game by enabling users to run complex databases anywhere they want. Its portability coupled with a SaaS user experience makes it a powerful tool.
Apr 4, 2022
Production Postgres Made Easy on Kubernetes
It’s one thing to get a database up and running on Kubernetes; it’s another to run it in production. There are many “Day 2” operations to manage when running any database in production, including high availability, backups, monitoring, security, and disaster recovery. Kubernetes operators can take care of that and also manage such as advanced features like self-healing, simple scaling, secure credential management, and more.
Mar 27, 2022
How to manage Apache Druid on Kubernetes
This talk introduces Druid operator and how Kubernetes and Operator framework can be used to write an operator that enables provisioning, management, and scaling of a complex cluster of Apache Druid to 1,000 of nodes.
Mar 14, 2022
Kubernetes Needs Deep System Integrations
Cloud juggernaut Kelsey Hightower recently shared that the Google team had, against all odds, created a Kubernetes operator for Oracle database. “Here we are, we have officially crossed the chasm,” said Kelsey. But have we really?
Mar 7, 2022
Developing a Multi-cluster Operator with the K8ssandra Operator
Cassandra is a highly scalable database with an architecture that makes it well suited for multi-region workloads. A Kubernetes cluster often spans across multiple zones within a single region. However, multi-region Kubernetes clusters are less common though due to the technical challenges that they present. This has led to a growing number of multi-cluster solutions.
Feb 22, 2022
DBAs need lovin' too!
An honest discussion about the challenges of running stateful, distributed applications inside of Kubernetes. This talk features Umair Mufti, former Manager of Data Services at DreamWorks where he led the development of a Kubernetes-based, Database-as-a-Service platform. Currently building products for Portworx that incorporate all the lessons learned from managing enterprise-grade databases on Kubernetes.
Jan 30, 2022
Deploying Enterprise Databases on Kubernetes
“Is Kubernetes ready for stateful workloads?” is the first question that pops up when decision-makers consider deploying databases on Kubernetes. For years the answer was “don’t do it”, and for good reasons. Kubernetes was initially designed to handle the orchestration of stateless workload. But the technology has matured, and it is time to reconsider running data on Kubernetes.