DEVOPS WEEKLY ISSUE #596 - 29th May 2022
Incident management, several posts on kubernetes technology choices, writing Rego and KubeCon this week, plus the launch of the latest Accelerate State of Devops survey.
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News
KubeCon EU wrapped up last week, and this post covers a selection of the talks, keynote sessions and breakouts, plus some of the wider issues around large scale tech events.
https://loft.sh/blog/kubecon-valencia-2022-wrapup/
The 2022 Accelerate State of DevOps survey is open now, with a focus this year on security. It’s open until July 22nd if you have time to complete it.
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/devops-sre/take-the-2022-state-of-devops-survey
Good incident management requires a team mentality. This post talks about how individuals can sometimes end up as too critical a piece, and how to fix hero culture.
https://firehydrant.com/blog/time-for-sre-hero-to-pass-the-ball-and-how-to-get-there/
A handy style guide for anyone writing Rego, the language used by Open Policy Agent.
https://github.com/StyraInc/rego-style-guide
A short course, comprising 7 lessons, on practical observability. Looks like a good introduction to the subject.
https://academy.o11y.io/courses/practical-observability
An overview of some of the options for monitoring Kubernetes.
https://speedscale.com/2022/02/28/the-best-kubernetes-monitoring-tools/
Ingress is a key part of Kubernetes. This post looks at several criteria for choosing the best ingress controller for your use case.
https://traefik.io/blog/13-key-considerations-when-selecting-an-ingress-controller-for-kubernetes-d3e5d98ed8b7
Tools
Immudb is an immutable key-value database with a SQL interface, tamperproof data storage and data change history.
https://github.com/codenotary/immudb
kpt is a package-centric toolchain that enables a WYSIWYG configuration authoring, automation, and delivery experience, which simplifies managing Kubernetes platforms. Interesting to see the focus on improved GUI tools, which are great for certain audiences.
https://kpt.dev/