There are a lot of tools out there that help you manage a single Kubernetes cluster, including the Kubernetes Dashboard, kubectl, hosted cloud solutions, and many, many more. Until recently, none of them really let you manage resources across multiple clusters or clouds.…
In the largest software acquisition ever, IBM announced they would be acquiring tech giant Red Hat. While the initial reactions were mixed, many in the tech community seem concerned with what will happen to Red Hat’s numerous open-source initiatives, including...…
Just as companies migrated from on-prem to the cloud, moved from monolithic apps to microservices, adopting Kubernetes is the next big undertaking on many roadmaps. Even at Containership, we’ve begun sunsetting our existing platform in favor of our Containership 3.0, which is based on Kubernetes. As it stands…
Kubernetes is backed by a distributed key value store called etcd, which is used for storing and replicating the state of the cluster. While many Kubernetes users are removed from the complexities of running etcd through the use of cluster management services like Containership, it is always interesting to understand…
Today we’re excited to announce the launch of CKE, the easiest way to provision and manage Kubernetes clusters on your favorite cloud provider in just a few clicks. Traditionally, management of the Kubernetes cluster lifecycle has been difficult, especially when administering multiple highly-available clusters, potentially across a variety of…
Kubernetes is taking the cloud infrastructure world by storm because it allows operators to stop worrying as much about individual servers thanks to its distributed clustered nature. It also puts a lot more power into the hands of developers to deploy and manage their own workloads, which is key for…
Note: This blog post is related to the legacy Containership Platform and the content is no longer relevant. Same Ship, Different Way Last summer, we announced our plan to move forward with full Kubernetes compatibility. We launched our initial beta release in July 2017 and have been working tirelessly towards…
Using multi-master clusters is one of the most important aspects of building solid infrastructure. We built our original open-source scheduler with a multi-master setup from the ground up, because we recognize how important it is to provide our customers with failover and high availability. In fact, the entire Containership team…
Over the past few years, Kubernetes has grown to become the most popular container orchestration tool. Kubernetes automates the process of creating, deploying, and monitoring containers across a cluster. And while it's built on the same principles as containers, Kubernetes introduces its own philosophy for building and deploying microservices. We'll…
We are happy to announce that we have joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation as a silver member! While we actually joined way back in May of 2017, we held off on our announcement until we had launched our official support for Kubernetes as a scheduler in our Containers-as-a-Service platform,…