23 tips for the CKA exam in 2023
Planning to become a Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) in 2023? These 23 tips will help you get through.
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How to manage images in an air-gapped Kubernetes lab
Offline or an air-gapped test lab is not directly connected to the Ineternet so cannot pull images directl from Docker Hub. Here's a three step alternative.
How to set proxy environment variables for containerd
systemd services like containerd do not read the environment variables configured from the shell. This is a problem when you are working behind a proxy server.
How to do canary deployments on Kubernetes with Argo Rollouts
Argo Rollouts, an open-source progressive delivery controller can automate Kubernetes canary deployments quickly and efficiently.
Canary deployments with Ingress Nginx controller
Canary deployment is a mechanism to roll out a new version incrementally so that you can test the new version and seamlessly migrate the traffic
The rise of the Jamstack
From static site generators to fully-fledged web applications Jamstack has come a long way. Is it going to be the future of web apps - time will tell.
What is Jenkins and what can I do with it
Jenkins is widely used and often misused in CI/CD. There are things it is good at and some other things that it is not so good at.
Git branching tutorial
A follow-along tutorial on Git branching for beginners.
How to set up a private container registry with Harbor
Harbor can store your container images inside your data center. It's secure and quick even for 10GB+ images.
How to set up a private Git server
Start committing code to your private Git server in just 4 steps.
How to use Kubernetes ingress for routing HTTP traffic
Ingress is the preferred way of exposing HTTP applications in Kubernetes. It can manipulate HTTP requests and route traffic to multiple applications inside the cluster.
Kubernetes ingress vs ingress controller
The complete guide to understand what is Kubernetes ingress, what is ingress controller, and why we need them.
Docker CLI quick reference
A quick reference of commonly used docker commands.
How to use Ansible for verifying configurations
You are already using Ansible for configuring Linux servers. Here's how to use Ansible for verifing configurations.
How to manage multiple GitHub accounts in a single workstation
Using SSH key-based authentication and SSH config file, you can easily push code from multiple GitHub accounts in the same computer.
How to extend the root disk space in Ubuntu
While installing Ubuntu Server if you let the installer take care of the disk partitioning, the root volume will not occupy the entire disk by default. But, Ubuntu uses LVM so you can easily extend the volumes, if you run out of space.
What is a Service in Kubernetes
Introduce the concept of Kubernetes Services with a hands-on tutorial.
Running containerized applications in Kubernetes
This article explains the basics of running containerized applications in Kubernetes.
A friendly introduction to Kubernetes
This article will help you grasp the basic concepts of Kubernetes and will also make you familiar with the jargon.
SQL vs NoSQL - How to choose the best database
Thinking on using a NoSQL database for your next app. Do not conclude until you have read this article.
Introduction to Networking in AWS
An introduction to the fundamentals and concepts in networking in AWS.
A hands-on guide to containers with Docker
Get familiat with Docker with this hands-on guide.
All about Availability Zones and Host Aggregates in OpenStack
You can use OpenStack availability zones and host aggregates to deploy applications more resiliently.
Introduction to the concept of SR-IOV
Introduction to cloud-init
