640 posts tagged with "Kubernetes"
Container orchestration, Cluster API, and self-hosted control planes
Two European Bare-Metal Giants Diverge: OVHcloud Chases Kubernetes AI Conformance While Hetzner Stays the Self-Hoster's Default
OVHcloud earned CNCF Kubernetes AI conformance in March 2026 while Hetzner kept the price floor. A numbers-first comparison of the badge versus the box — and the workload-shape rule that tells a self-hosted fleet which bet to place.
Shadow AI in the Pipeline: What to Audit From Laptop to Kubernetes Before Unvetted AI Becomes a Supply-Chain Bridge
Unmanaged AI tools now sit at every stage from developer laptop to production cluster. A stage-by-stage audit of what to check and which open-source controls clamp each risk on a build fleet you own.
Skupper vs Submariner vs Istio Ambient: Picking the Cross-Cluster Link for a Hetzner-Split Fleet
Submariner merges networks, Skupper links services, and Istio's ambient multicluster — beta since KubeCon EU 2026 — merges meshes. A concrete comparison of what each demands of a Cluster API fleet split across Hetzner regions, and which layer a git-push PaaS should own for tenant traffic.
SSH Into a Throwaway Instance: Render's Ephemeral Shell and the New Bar for PaaS Debug Access
Render's June 2026 ephemeral SSH instances plus shell-session audit events define what tenant debug access should look like. Here is how to match it on a self-hosted PaaS with same-digest debug pods, session-scoped RBAC, and an explicit call on session recording.
Velero Is a CNCF Project Now: What That Buys Your Self-Hosted Disaster-Recovery Story
Broadcom donated Velero to the CNCF Sandbox at KubeCon EU 2026, ending three years of single-vendor risk on Kubernetes' default backup tool. Here is what neutral governance changes and the concrete DR blueprint for a fleet you own — S3-compatible storage, nightly schedules, and the Cluster API restore drill.
Zero-Downtime Docker Compose Deploys Hit HN: What Compose-Native Blue-Green Means for a Self-Hosted PaaS
StatusDude's HN-surfaced guide proves zero-downtime deploys need only Docker Compose, an HAProxy redispatch config, and a ten-line rolling loop — thousands of checks a minute with nothing dropped. Here is the exact recipe, the true blue-green sibling, and the capability gap that appears the moment deploys span machines.
The Agentic Enterprise's Second Platform User: Designing Golden Paths That Both Developers and Deploy Agents Can Safely Consume
AI agents now provision, deploy, and investigate incidents alongside developers. A side-by-side comparison of a human-only portal with a machine-readable golden path, and the four contracts that make deploy from chat safe.
Backstage Scaffolder vs Port in 2026: What a Service Catalog Buys When Your Deploy API Already Owns the Golden Path
Backstage Scaffolder vs Port's managed catalog in 2026: what each adds over a git-push deploy API that already owns the golden path, plus the service-count rule for when a catalog earns its keep.
Your Kubernetes Fleet Runs at 8% CPU — Here's What That Costs on Metered Cloud vs. Owned Hardware
Cast AI's 2026 report puts average Kubernetes CPU utilization at 8%, down from 10%. A line-by-line comparison of what that waste costs on metered cloud versus flat-rate dedicated hardware — with the sensitivity analysis that keeps the math honest.