When PID 1 in a container isn't your workload, Kubernetes can only report what the wrapper tells it. A practical look at where that goes wrong, and how to make process death visible again.

Escape rising VMware costs by migrating virtual machines to license-free open-source alternatives like KVM, libvirt, or KubeVirt v1.8 on bare metal.

This blog explores the technical differences, pros, and cons of using Kubernetes CNI-native WireGuard encryption versus building a VM-level WireGuard underlay network, helping you choose the right security architecture for your cluster.

Combining Strimzi for Kubernetes-native automation and AxonOps for deep observability provides a battle-tested, production-ready stack for managing and monitoring Apache Kafka workloads with high resilience and operational clarity.

Stop managing certificates manually. Learn how to automate Kubernetes SSL/TLS for Ingress and internal services using cert-manager, Vault, and OpenBao.

Skip hours of Kubernetes setup with a pre-configured VM that launches instantly on AWS. Get developers coding faster with a ready-to-use sandbox, development environment, and training platform that costs significantly less than managed services like EKS.

The Hidden Costs of Kubernetes – and How to Control Them

It is easier than you thought

Make Europe Great Again

One step at a time

Mesh networks provide a resilient, scalable, and cost-effective alternative to traditional VPNs

And save a few dollars

Switching between workloads and environments safely

Running Kubernetes without an Ingress

The truth is sometimes hard to hear

Running PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with the CloudNative-PG operator: what works well, what is missing, and how it fared in operational testing.

Takeaways from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2023 in Amsterdam: OpenTelemetry, GitOps, data on Kubernetes, service mesh and the Gateway API.

How to implement a secure access to a Kafka cluster in Kubernetes

Cloud is fast to start but expensive for data workloads. We compare price and performance of cloud, bare metal and hybrid, and how to choose.

How we secure Kubernetes ingresses with mutual TLS using Traefik TLSOptions, cert-manager and HashiCorp Vault, plus the gotchas we hit.

Why Karpenter is now a default on our EKS clusters: right-sized node provisioning, better use of spot instances, and the trade-offs to know.

How we remove static database passwords with HashiCorp Vault dynamic credentials and the vals-operator DbSecret, so access expires within an hour.

How to add AxonOps monitoring to Apache Cassandra running on Kubernetes with the k8ssandra operator, from agent install to the dashboard.

The core stack Digitalis uses to build and run Kubernetes for customers: Terraform, Rancher, Vault, ArgoCD, Traefik, Linkerd, OpenTelemetry and more.

Vals-Operator 0.6.2 syncs secrets from external stores into Kubernetes secrets. This release updates core libraries and adds secret templates.

Highlights from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022 in Valencia: OpenTelemetry, service mesh, eBPF, GitOps, operators, data on Kubernetes and cost.

Plan for losing Rancher: create an emergency service account and kubeconfig so you can still reach the Kubernetes API when Rancher is down.

Want some security tips and context for cloud-native platforms in financial services?

At Digitalis we have embraced SUSE Rancher and became Gold partners with SUSE Rancher. Do you want to know why? Keep reading.

We’re going to look at how to manage network policies in Kubernetes with Calico.

An introduction to Kubernetes Network Policies

Introducing vals-operator — an opensource tool for managing secrets in Kubernetes

Learn about capacity planning in Kubernetes with Vertical Pod Autoscaler

The built-in ones are good for most use cases. They are pretty granular covering access to Rancher itself down to individual projects or…

Digitalis is now a SUSE Gold Partner specialising in SUSE Rancher Kubernetes products and services

The kind defines which API you require for this application to be deployed and the apiVersion is used to differentiate between development…

How to deploy Apache Cassandra on Kubernetes with AxonOps management tool. AxonOps provides the GUI management for the Cassandra cluster.