Author: rodrigtech

  • Otomi – PaaS for Kubernetes

    Otomi is a platform as a service for Kubernetes, well let’s unpack exactly what that breaks down to. For instance in Kubernetes you’re mostly empowered depending on how you configure your cluster by numerous plugins/resources. Depending on how you are hosting your cluster this can be limited to the CSP’s native controls but also can…

  • Jenkins on Kubernetes

    Jenkins can be deployed and utilized in many ways for this blog post we are going to deploy the jenkins operator via kubernetes with the use of helm. If your curious on how this is implemented in your kubernetes cluster this blog is just for you and to replicate this I’ve also included the documentation…

  • Jenkins with SAST

    Photo Credit of Jenkins – created by Sarah Moreau – sarahmoreau1995@gmail.com In this tutorial I’m going to run tfsec on a Jenkins Pipeline continuing where we left off last time in Jenkins on Azure. Today I’ve redeployed Jenkins via a container packaged by bitnami as a different approach and set up a fresh CI/CD Server.…

  • Jenkins in Azure

    Jenkins is an open-source automation server that is widely used for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. It allows developers to automate the building, testing, and deployment of their software applications, making the development process faster and more efficient. For todays post this will show how to run this on Azure Virtual Machines and…

  • Deploying Istio Ambient Mesh

    Istio Ambient Mesh is a fairly new area in the service mesh ecosystem this premiere with collaboration of Solo.io and Google and I wanted to cover that further in the purpose of service mesh along with the approach of losing the sidecar. What is a sidecar container? Sidecar containers were introduced as a approach initially…

  • How to Evaluate a Cloud Native Application Platform: What to evaluate and consider

    In order to evaluate a cloud native application platform, it is important to understand what to look for and the different aspects of architecture. There are many benefits to using a cloud native application platform, including the ability to scale applications and manage resources more effectively. When choosing a platform, it is important to consider…

  • Chaos Engineering with Litmus on AKS

    Litmus Chaos Engineering Litmus chaos engineering is a powerful tool that can help you harness the power of chaos engineering concepts. By combining litmus with chaos engineering, you can create a powerful resilience testing strategy that can help improve the stability of your system. In this blog post, we will discuss the benefits of using…

  • Falco and Falcosidekick UI Detection across Kubernetes

    Falco has solidified its holding in the cloud native security space featuring detection of events that can give you visibility into your clusters operations. It’s likely your organization uses a medium to communicate to incident response or security operations teams that allows alerts to be routed or disseminated in a fashion with some quick context…

  • Open Service Mesh in Kubernetes

    Open Service Mesh (OSM) is a popular open-source service mesh technology developed by Microsoft. It provides a simple, lightweight, and efficient way to manage and secure microservices-based applications in a cloud-native environment. In this blog post, we will explore the key features of OSM, its benefits, and technical examples that match various business cases. What…

  • AKS Running Istio and Prometheus

    Terraform by popularity and selection is by far the premier Infrastructure as Code go to for most Infrastructure due to the ability to universally move from one CSP to another. In this blog I will use a few modules such as kubectl and helm that will be used to install Istio on AKS. I’ve been…