Tag: RKE2

Kubernetes Prometheus And Grafana With kube-prometheus-stack

Posted on by Marco Antonio Carcano

When using Kubernetes, it is mandatory to collect performance metrics so as to be able to plot them into meaningful graphs (a must-have during troubleshooting), visualize alerts in dashboards and get email notification of critical events. The best practice is to deploy Prometheus, Grafana and Alertmanager.

In the "Kubernetes Prometheus And Grafana With kube-prometheus-stack" post we see how to easily deploy and setup these three amazing components to setup a full featured alerting and performance monitoring solution.

The post also shows how to deploy additional Grafana Dashboards and how to deploy custom Prometheus rules to trigger application specific alerts.

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RKE2 Tutorial – RKE2 Howto On Oracle Linux 9

Posted on by Marco Antonio Carcano

Kubernetes is certainly the most popular and probably the best solution for orchestrating containerized workloads, but maintaining its vanilla distribution is certainly a challenge, so you must carefully guess pros and cons in terms of maintenance costs and operational risks.

A very cost effective and interesting alternative to running the vanilla Kubernetes is the "Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2" (RKE2), a certified Kubernetes distribution focused on security to adhere to the U.S. government’s compliance requirement. RKE2, besides providing a reliable Kubernetes distribution, smoothly integrates with Rancher.

In the "RKE2 Tutorial - RKE2 Howto On Oracle Linux 9" post we see it in action, installing a highly available multi-master Kubernetes cluster, exposing the default ingress controller using MetalLB for providing Load Balancing services.

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Rancher Tutorial – Rancher Howto Install On Oracle Linux 9

Posted on by Marco Antonio Carcano

Rancher is a complete software stack for managing multiple Kubernetes clusters either on a public cloud or on premises. With the first stable release issued in 2016, it has slowly improved its feature set and become more and more popular. Currently it is probably the best option for managing Kubernetes clusters.

In the "Rancher Tutorial - Rancher Howto Install On Oracle Linux 9" post we see it in action learning how to to quickly deploy and install it on a Oracle Linux 9 platform, so to be able to immediately start playing with it and learning how this amazing tool can really simplify your life when dealing with Kubernetes.

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