Since the latest Helm v3 release, there is experimental support for distributing charts via OCI-based registries. While the Open Container Initiative Distribution Spec aims to standardize container image distribution, it can be used to publish a wide variety of artifacts. …

The elastic stack has been the go-to solution for log monitoring since quite a while now. Storing your log data inside elasticsearch indices and querying or visualising the data in Kibana is one of the most flexible, secure, high-available and scalable solutions out there. …

iTerm2 recently released version 3.3 of the terminal emulator for mac, featuring a new status bar and more! In this hands-on introduction we will customize the status bar to show various dynamic information from the environment of our shell, like the current Kubernetes Context or the selected AWS profile. Usually…

Recently automotive companies Daimler AG and BMW Group joined forces to invent a new way of urban mobility. This post shares insights from an infrastructure perspective of the AWS architecture featuring CloudFront, EKS and more, as well as the key elements that lead to a successful launch of your-now.com. 11:00 AM, 02/22/19: Press Conference Dieter…

At my workplace we are heavily using GitLab CI pipelines to orchestrate infrastructure as code on AWS, so we were looking for a lightweight solution to run simple GitLab pipelines on AWS. This article will give deep insights into the proof of concept workflow of making the first serverless GitLab…

Data-plane is fairly stable, mixed experiences with control-plane, new features added regularly. In general positive experience, however current limitations should be considered in detail before running production workloads. Disclaimer: As always the opinions in this post are my own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of my company. At…

Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) in Kubernetes, will soon abstract away every cloud provider, and therefore become the single interface of every developer to the cloud. Lets elaborate on this, by first illustrating what the development workflow in the cloud looks like today, and then explaining how CRDs can greatly improve…

With new microservices surfacing every day, securing the communication between the different entities, becomes more and more important. Using Transport Layer Security (TLS) communication will ensure the integrity and privacy of exchanged messages as well as the authenticity of involved parties. When using TLS at scale, a fitting Public Key…