Untitled-4 Blog Jun 30, 2020 Three Azure-Native Storage Options for Azure Kubernetes Service about any kind of workload that you can throw at it ranging from a simple website to big data that requires access to massively scalable compute.
Untitled-4 Blog Jun 24, 2020 When to Use a Service Mesh with Kubernetes If one has been around the Kubernetes space for any significant amount of time, one has probably heard the words, “service mesh” mentioned, or at least some implementation of one such as Istio, Linkered, or Consul. At first, one might...
Untitled-4 Blog Dec 09, 2019 All The Ways to Run Containers on Azure Containers are no longer the best kept secret in IT. Practically everywhere I go, I hear of organizations using containers for everything from small projects to mission critical 24x7 applications with 99.999% uptime SLA’s. These kinds of projects all have...
Untitled-4 Blog Mar 26, 2019 Docker Fueled Nostalgia: Building A Retro-gaming Rig on Kubernetes Every now and then, I get a little nostalgic, and want to play an old computer game that I used to play when I was a kid. I didn’t grow up with consoles like most people my age, rather I...
Untitled-4 Blog Dec 27, 2018 Securing Docker Containers with a Web Application Firewall (WAF) built on ModSecurity and NGINX This project is on GitHub One can never be too paranoid about online security for a number of reasons. Containers are generally considered to be more secure by default that virtual machines because they substantially reduce the attack surface for...
Untitled-4 Blog Jul 27, 2018 Security Best Practices for Docker Images Docker Hub is a blessing and a curse at times. It's a great way to share Docker images to the public, but it can be used by hackers to sneak code into environments with malicious intent. Recently, a hacker uploaded...
Untitled-4 Blog Dec 21, 2017 Containerize a Python App in 5 Minutes Python for better or worse has found cemented itself as the lingua franca of data science. With its rise in popularity also comes how it is deployed. Simultaneously with the rise in Python has also been the rise in container...
Untitled-4 Blog Dec 05, 2017 Containerize a Node App in 5 Minutes Node and Docker are a match made in heaven because the strengths of Node play to the strengths of Docker. Node microservices typically are built on top of the Express web server which can be configured with “just enough” server...
Untitled-4 Blog Nov 07, 2017 Why “Kubernetes vs. Swarm” is the Wrong Question Kubernetes is getting a lot of attention these days. The container industry has coalesced around Kubernetes. And for this reason, many people are giving eulogies for Docker Swarm. While Kubernetes is incredibly popular, the dominance of Kubernetes does not imply...
Untitled-4 Blog Oct 31, 2017 Developing a Business Case for Containers Developing a business case for any technology is not always an easy endeavor. In many organizations, CIO's, CTO's, and CISO's will see the value of adopting new technology strategies, however these are harder to sell to others in the C-suite....
Untitled-4 Blog Oct 06, 2017 Choosing Between Containers and Virtual Machines Containers are simple, but harder to explain. Fundamentally, containers are a virtualization technology and they share a lot of common ground with virtual machines, however the biggest difference between the two is where the abstraction occurs. A VM hypervisor exposes...
Untitled-4 Blog Sep 12, 2017 Turbocharge WordPress With Docker If you’ve ever dealt with WordPress, you’ve probably noticed that it’s not the fastest software out of the box. This is not inherently a problem with WordPress, as it is a complex app that runs on a cross platform technology....