Kubernetes Unpacked

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Kubernetes Unpacked 017: Kubernetes In 2023 – 6 Things To Think About Jan 19, 2023

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On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, host Michael Levan discusses six big ideas to consider as you build your Kubernetes foundation in 2023. Topics include abstractions, the need to understand what's beneath those abstractions, Kubernetes security, and more.

Kubernetes Unpacked 016: Taking On Kubernetes As A New Engineer Jan 05, 2023

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On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast we talk about taking on Kubernetes as a young engineer. As all IT pros know, learning Kubernetes isn’t the easiest thing, especially when you’re first entering the field. Guest Alero Awani, a college student, talks about her transition from Data Engineering to cloud and DevOps, and how and why she came to learn Kubernetes.

Kubernetes Unpacked 015: Managing Cloud Costs With FinOps Dec 15, 2022

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In this episode of the Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Michael explores the concept of Financial Operations, or FinOps, with guest Chris Love. As CTOs get their cloud bills, they want to know why and how so much money is being spent. Chris introduces Michael to the concept of FinOps for tracking cloud spend, why it’s important, and how it can help engineers keep their jobs.

Kubernetes Unpacked 014: Using GitOps And AKS To Build And Deploy Applications Dec 01, 2022

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In today's episode of Kubernetes Unpacked, Michael catches up with Steve Buchanan, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, to talk about using GitOps and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to automate the building and deployment of applications. Microsoft has been working incredibly hard on AKS, including integrating different tools and platforms to make the lives of DevOps and Platform Engineers easier.

Kubernetes Unpacked 013: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) In Production Nov 10, 2022

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In this episode, Michael Levan catches up Richard Hooper, Microsoft Azure MVP and Azure Architect, to chat about Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in production. Richard spends the majority of his time working with organizations that are either using AKS, or are migrating to AKS, so he has a ton of experience in how to actually use AKS in the real-world.

Kubernetes Unpacked 012: Getting Hands-On For The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Cert Oct 27, 2022

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In this episode, Michael catches up with Chad Crowell to talk about the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. They talk about why the certification is important, its hands-on emphasis, how you can study for the cert, and what you should know when going in to sit for the exam.

Kubernetes Unpacked 011: Containers Past, Present And Future Oct 13, 2022

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On today's Kubernetes Unpacked podcast, Michael catches up with Eric Wright to discuss the current and future of containers and Kubernetes, as well as a look into how the world of containers has evolved. They dive into virtualization, how orchestration actually works, and how to think about ephemeral workloads.

Kubernetes Unpacked 010: Troubleshooting And Alerting On Kubernetes Sep 29, 2022

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In this episode, Michael catches up with Natan Yellin, CEO of Robusta.dev. Michael and Ned chat about how logging and troubleshooting works in Kubernetes today. They discuss three stages of troubleshooting evolution - manual playbooks, automatic playbooks, and the third stage, which is what you do with logs and how automatic remediation can come into play for any Kubernetes environment.

Kubernetes Unpacked 009: Kubernetes Automation And Repeatability Sep 15, 2022

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In this episode, host Michael Levan talks with Ned Bellavance about why orchestration is important in today’s world, how the HashiCorp stack (primarily Terraform and Vault) fit into Kubernetes, and more.

Kubernetes Unpacked 008: Go – The Language Of Kubernetes Sep 01, 2022

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In this episode, Michael catches up with Josh Duffney, Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft to talk about Go (golang). Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform are all written in Go. Josh and Michael talk about their journey into Kubernetes and Go, some fun projects to play with, how to learn Go, and why understanding certain programming languages is crucial for breaking into Kubernetes.

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