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How to Connect an App Running in GKE to Google Cloud SQL
4 min readHow to Connect an App Running in GKE to Google Cloud SQL Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Google Cloud SQL are powerful, fully managed services provided by Google Cloud Platform. …
KubeBackup: Automating Kubernetes Cluster Backups
3 min readBacking up your Kubernetes cluster is critical for disaster recovery and operational continuity. KubeBackup is a tool designed to simplify cluster backups by exporting YAML …
Subnet Mask Cheat Sheet
3 min readSubnet Mask Cheat Sheet Understanding subnet masks is crucial for anyone managing networks, especially when dealing with IP address allocation and routing. In this cheat sheet, …
Exploring Backup Tools for Kubernetes: Velero, Longhorn, and More
3 min readBacking up your Kubernetes cluster is critical for disaster recovery and ensuring continuity. Besides KubeBackup, other tools offer complementary and robust solutions for backing …
Is Your Pod’s Environment Variable Not Resolving a Reference to Another Variable?
4 min readEnvironment variables play a crucial role in configuring Kubernetes Pods, but things can quickly go wrong when these variables fail to reference other variables correctly. This can …
Pulling Data from an etcd Backup: How to Extract a Secret from an etcd Snapshot Without Doing a Full Cluster Restore
4 min readIn Kubernetes, etcd serves as the backend data store for all cluster state, including secrets, configuration data, and application state. But what happens if you need to pull a …
Viewing Logs from the Previous Container Instance When Your Container Is Crashing
3 min readWhen a Kubernetes Pod enters a CrashLoopBackOff state, it can be challenging to figure out what’s going wrong, especially since the container may be repeatedly crashing and …
How to Use One Helm Chart for EKS and GKE
4 min readAs Kubernetes grows in popularity, many organizations are deploying clusters across multiple cloud providers like Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) and Google GKE (Google …