Server Side: Kubernetes, Microservices, Grafana Beyla, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 16, 2023

• CIQ Begins Rollout of Ascender Infrastructure Automation Installers for All Kubernetes Platforms, Offering 'Zero to Automation' in Minutes

  Ascender, now available for turnkey deployment with Kubernetes as a cost-effective, well supported platform for infrastructure automation at scale.

  RENO, Nev., Sept. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CIQ, the company building the next generation of software infrastructure for enterprises running performance-intensive workloads atop Rocky Linux, today is making available its Ascender enterprise infrastructure automation platform installer. This marks the launch of the CIQ rollout of Ascender installers for all Kubernetes-based platforms.

• Heavy Networking 699: Connecting Multicloud Kubernetes Clusters With Virtual Application Networks

  Virtual Application Networks, or VANs, are today’s Heavy Networking topic. Our guest is Ted Ross, an open source developer and motive force behind the Skupper.io project. Skupper creates VANs largely in the context of multi-cluster Kubernetes. That is, install Skupper in multiple K8s clusters, do a little plumbing, and you’ve built a Virtual Application Network that’s conceptually like a VLAN or VPN, except that all the magic is happening up at layer 7.

• Top 9 Microservices Design Patterns

  There are several microservices design patterns, each with its unique characteristics and use cases. Here are nine to consider.

• Grafana Beyla Provides Auto-Instrumented Observability through eBPF

  Grafana has released Grafana Beyla, an open-source eBPF auto-instrumentation tool for application observability. Beyla is able to report span information and RED metrics (Rate-Errors-Duration) for both Linux HTTP/S and gRPC services. This is accomplished without having to make code modifications for inserting probes.

• Exploring Alternatives to Synology: Your Comprehensive Guide

  As someone who's spent a good amount of time exploring various network-attached storage (NAS) solutions, I've developed a particular fondness for Synology.