My highlights from KubeCon and CloudNativeCon, Day #2, Europe 2019
Day 2 at KubeCon/CloudNativeCon Europe 2019 started with another set of keynotes. Bryan Liles started with a theme that Kubernetes is a platform for creating platforms. Kubernetes is not an end in itself, it is not a destination but it is a means of building something for future success. This was a good way to introduce us to some of the customer keynotes [...]
Velero and Portworx – Container Volume Backup and Restores
If you've been following my posts for the last week or so, you'll have noticed my write-ups on Velero backups and restores using the new release candidate (RC). I also did a [...]
Getting started with Velero 1.0.0-rc.1
Last week, the Velero team announced the availability of release candidate (RC) version 1.0.0. I was eager to get my hands on it and try it out. Since it is RC (and not GA), I [...]
Portworx, STORK and container volume snapshots
As I continue on my cloud native storage journey, I found myself looking at Portworx. The reason for this was down to the fact that Portworx provide a plugin for the Heptio [...]
A first look at the Couchbase Operator
A few weeks back, I took a look at Heptio Velero, formely known as Ark. Velero provides backup and restore capabilities for cloud native applications. During that research, I [...]
Fun with PKS, K8s, MongoDB Helm Charts and vSAN
I've been spending a bit of time lately look at our Heptio Velero product, and how it works with various cloud native applications. Next application on my list is MongoDB, [...]
More Velero – Cassandra backup and restore
In my previous exercise with Heptio Velero, I looked at backing up and restoring a Couchbase deployment. This time I turned my attention to another popular containerized [...]