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Rafael Natali
Oct 4, 20242 min read
Restrict K8s Secret access to a specific ServiceAccount
Restrict K8s Secret access to a specific ServiceAccount. Good practices for Kubernetes Secrets.
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Rafael Natali
Sep 21, 20242 min read
Hands-on: Assigning Pods to Nodes using Affinity Rules
Create a highly available and resilient Kubernetes platform using Pod Affinity/Anti-affinity.
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Rafael Natali
Sep 13, 20244 min read
Handling Kubernetes vulnerabilities with CIS Benchmark
In this article, I will use a tool called kube-bench to evaluate a Kubernetes cluster for vulnerabilities covered in the CIS benchmark.
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Rafael Natali
Sep 7, 20242 min read
Securing your Azure Kubernetes Services Cluster
In this article, I will present my perspective on securing an Azure Kubernetes cluster with the principle of least privilege as a top priori
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Rafael Natali
Feb 5, 20242 min read
Kubernetes Network In Action - 3/3
This is the third and final articles explaining and detailing the Kubernetes Network model with a hands-on approach. In the first article...
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Rafael Natali
Jan 30, 20243 min read
Kubernetes Network In Action - 2/3
This is the second of three articles explaining and detailing the Kubernetes Network model with a hands-on approach. In the first...
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Rafael Natali
Jan 22, 20242 min read
Kubernetes Network In Action - 1/3
This is the first part of three articles explaining and detailing the Kubernetes Network model with a hands-on approach. The series will...
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Rafael Natali
Jan 15, 20242 min read
Monitoring Kafka Container Health with Probes
This article will describe how to use Kubernetes Probes to monitor the health of your Kafka pods. Container Health K8s provides a number...
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Rafael Natali
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Backing up an etcd cluster
All Kubernetes objects are stored on etcd. Periodically backing up the etcd cluster data is important to recover Kubernetes clusters...
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Rafael Natali
Nov 23, 20232 min read
Monitoring Kafka with Prometheus and Grafana
This page describes the steps to quickly implement basic monitoring for Kafka Brokers using Prometheus and Grafana. Enabling Prometheus...
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Rafael Natali
Sep 26, 20233 min read
Running Kafka in Kubernetes with Kraft mode and SASL authentication.
Learn how to launch an Apache Kafka with the Apache Kafka Raft (KRaft) consensus protocol and SASL/PLAIN authentication. This article is...
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Rafael Natali
Sep 20, 20233 min read
Running Kafka in Kubernetes with KRaft mode and SSL
Learn how to launch an Apache Kafka with the Apache Kafka Raft (KRaft) consensus protocol and SSL encryption. This article is a...
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Rafael Natali
Sep 14, 20233 min read
Running Kafka in Kubernetes with KRaft mode
Learn how to launch an Apache Kafka with the Apache Kafka Raft (KRaft) consensus protocol, removing Kafka's dependency on Apache...
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Rafael Natali
Aug 22, 20233 min read
Deploying Applications in Kubernetes Engine Made Easy with Ansible
Ansible infrastructure-as-code to automate Nginx deployment in Google Kubernetes Cluster (GKE) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)....
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Rafael Natali
Aug 22, 20234 min read
Automate Your Kubernetes Cluster Setup Using Ansible: A Comprehensive Tutorial
Using Ansible to install, setup, and configure a Google Kubernetes Cluster (GKE) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Automating the setup of...
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Rafael Natali
Aug 15, 202310 min read
How to expose Kubernetes services to external traffic using Istio Gateway
Use a Gateway to manage inbound and outbound traffic for your mesh, letting you specify which traffic you want to enter or leave the...
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