kubernetes tools

Kubernetes tools

This list is being updated on regular basis General info https://kubernetesreadme.com/ Comparison API comparison https://kube-api.ninja/ https://learnk8s.io/research https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RPpyDOLFmcgxMCpABDzrsBYWpPYCIBuvAoUQLwOGoQw/edit#gid=907731238 Hosting kapsule https://www.scaleway.com/en/ free https://cloud.okteto.com/ Secrets External secrets management integration with k8s https://github.com/godaddy/kubernetes-external-secrets Integrate Kubernetes with 1Password https://github.com/1Password/onepassword-operator Kubernetes mutating webhook for secrets-init injection https://github.com/doitintl/kube-secrets-init AWS EKS Secrets store CSI driver https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-use-aws-secrets-configuration-provider-with-kubernetes-secrets-store-csi-driver/ RBAC RBAC practices and tooling https://rbac.dev/ Visualize RBAC https://github.com/team-soteria/rback RBAC Manager is designed to simplify authorization in Kubernetes https://github....

March 16, 2024 · 2 min · Oleksandr Kulbida

k8s security best practices

Keep the cloud provider platform secure Least privilege Secure traffic into cluster Run security test in development environments Mirror environments Cluster authentication & authorization Leverage OIDC for k8s authentication RBAC - define roles In cluster network/security/micro segmentation Prevent namespace-to-namespace communication Network policy Policy & Governance k8s admission controllers Read only Non-privileges ports Runtime security & monitoring...

August 7, 2022 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida

k8s 1.30 version

Reasons to upgrade to k8s 1.30 Container resource based autoscaling Container resource based autoscaling is now promoted to stable https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/issues/1610 Horizontal Pod Autoscaler examines the total resource usage of the entire pod i.e. sum of all containers and scale pods based on average CPU or memory usage. Container resource based autoscaling feature allows HPA to scale workloads based on the resource usage of individual containers within a pod, instead of the aggregated usage of all containers in the pod...

April 21, 2024 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida

k8s InPlacePodVerticalScaling

Kubernetes InPlacePodVerticalScaling feature Kubernetes v1.27 introduces InPlacePodVerticalScaling, allowing seamless pod resource resizing without restarts Enhanced Continuity: Eliminates the downtime and potential data loss caused by pod restart Cost Savings: Avoid overprovisioning and optimizing resource usage. InPlacePodVerticalScaling lets you allocate resources precisely as needed In this example for pod memory resources configuration, the resizePolicy indicates that changes to the memory allocation require a restart of the container, and for CPU resources the restart is not necessary during resizing....

April 20, 2024 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida

Resolving Helm issues after kubernetes upgrade

After upgrading Kubernetes (k8s), you might encounter errors such as no matches for kind "Deployment" in version "apps/v1beta1". These errors typically indicate that certain resources have become deprecated. To resolve these issues without the need to delete your Helm chart, you can follow this simple solution: helm plugin install https://github.com/helm/helm-mapkubeapis helm mapkubeapis <releasename> helm upgrade <releasename> It’s important to note that you may still need to update your Helm chart templates, especially if there have been structural changes between versions....

December 23, 2023 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida

EKS expose pods through cross-account Load balancer

Expose Amazon EKS pods through cross-account load balancer https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/expose-amazon-eks-pods-through-cross-account-load-balancer/

December 23, 2023 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida

EKS simplified access

Simplified EKS access https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/12/amazon-eks-controls-iam-cluster-access-management/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/a-deep-dive-into-simplified-amazon-eks-access-management-controls/ https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/issues/34982

December 23, 2023 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida

EKS Add-Ons Now Supports CoreDNS and kube-proxy

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) now supports using the Amazon EKS console, CLI, and API to install and manage CoreDNS and kube-proxy in addition to existing support for the Amazon VPC CNI networking plugin. https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/05/eks-add-ons-now-support-coredns-kube-proxy/ https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/eks-add-ons.html

May 24, 2021 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida
kubecon 2021

Kubecon2021

Full list of videos from KubeCon 2021 Europe https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2MqBm19mRz9SYLsw4kfQBrC

May 15, 2021 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida
AWS Secrets CSI for kubernetes

AWS Secrets CSI for EKS

How to use AWS Secrets & Configuration Provider with your Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI driver. One more example of kubernetes secrets management among vault, external-secrets and 1password operator 😅 https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-use-aws-secrets-configuration-provider-with-kubernetes-secrets-store-csi-driver/

April 27, 2021 · 1 min · Oleksandr Kulbida