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How to Deploy a PHP Application with Kubernetes on Ubuntu 16.04
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Managing Kubernetes Just Got a Lot Simpler
We've opened up DigitalOcean Kubernetes to everyone. Read about the current features and the planned roadmap
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Running Cloud Native Applications on DigitalOcean Kubernetes
An introduction to leveraging Kubernetes to manage and scale applications
Tutorial
An Introduction to Kubernetes
A guide that discusses some basic Kubernetes concepts including how it is designed and organized at a high level
Comprehensive, expert tutorials to help you at every stage of production, whether you're learning, practicing, running, or optimizing
Learn
A discussion of some of Kubernetes' basic concepts
An Introduction to the Kubernetes DNS Service
A look at both the kube-dns and CoreDNS versions of the Kubernetes DNS service
An Introduction to Helm, the Package Manager for Kubernetes
Helm allows easier packaging, configuration, and deployment onto Kubernetes clusters
Modernizing Applications for Kubernetes
Modernize your applications, running and managing them in a Kubernetes cluster
Building Optimized Containers for Kubernetes
Create high quality images and goals to help decisions on containerizing applications
Kubernetes Networking Under the Hood
A look at how data moves inside a pod, between pods, and between nodes
Architecting Applications for Kubernetes
Principles and patterns to help you scale and manage your workloads on Kubernetes
Learn, Run
Building Blocks for Doing CI/CD with Kubernetes
How to automate building, testing, and deployment taking a Cloud Native approach
Run, Optimize
How To Back Up and Restore a Kubernetes Cluster on DigitalOcean Using Heptio Ark
Heptio Ark compresses and backs up Kubernetes objects to object storage
Run
How To Set Up an Elasticsearch, Fluentd and Kibana (EFK) Logging Stack on Kubernetes
Use Fluentd to collect, transform, and ship log data to the Elasticsearch backend
Practice, Run
How To Create a Kubernetes 1.11 Cluster Using Kubeadm on Ubuntu 18.04
A guide to set up a Kubernetes cluster from scratch using Ansible and Kubeadm
How To Create a Kubernetes 1.10 Cluster Using Kubeadm on CentOS 7
How To Create a Kubernetes 1.10 Cluster Using Kubeadm on Ubuntu 16.04
How to Set Up an Nginx Ingress with Cert-Manager on DigitalOcean Kubernetes
Set up an Nginx Ingress Controller, and create some Ingress Resources to route traffic
Practice, Optimize
How To Inspect Kubernetes Networking
Tools and techniques for inspecting network connectivity between all the containers in a cluster
Step-by-step guides by experts on key Kubernetes concepts
Series: CI/CD on Kubernetes
Building Blocks to run CI/CD on Kubernetes
The basics required before diving deep into CI/CD with Kubernetes
Cloud Native CI/CD with Jenkins-X and Spinnaker
Learn package management using Helm and Jenkins X, implemented using Kubernetes CRDs
CI/CD pipelines with a service mesh
A look at how a service mesh can be used in conjunction with CI/CD pipelines
CI/CD Toolsets
An overview of other useful toolsets which can be used for CI/CD
Series: Deploying & Managing Containerized Workloads in the Cloud
Getting Started with Containers
Learn one method for converting Docker containers into Docker images
Building Containerized Applications
Explore managing multi-container applications with Docker Compose
Getting Started with Kubernetes
Learn to configure Kubernetes on DigitalOcean
A Closer Look at Kubernetes
Learn the building blocks of Kubernetes
Deploying and Scaling Microservices in Kubernetes
Learn to package, deploy, and scale a microservices application
Deploying Stateful Services in Kubernetes
Deploy a highly available MongoDB ReplicaSet in Kubernetes as a StatefulSet using Helm
Learn about how we're thinking about and using Kubernetes at DigitalOcean
KubeCon North America 2018
Adopting Prometheus the Hard Way
Learnings from scaling the adoption of Prometheus and the importance of fostering an Observability culture
Towards a Vendor Neutral Kubernetes
How the community has been moving towards a vendor-neutral model prioritizing sustainability and portability
KubeCon Europe 2018
Global Container Networks on Kubernetes
How DigitalOcean uses BGP, Anycast, and a variety of open source technologies to achieve a fast and reliable container network
How to Export Prometheus Metrics from Just About Anything
Learn how to gather metrics from a wide variety of data sources, and to build a reliable Prometheus exporter using Go
KubeCon Europe 2017
Kubernetes at DigitalOcean: Building a Platform for the Future
How you can make Kubernetes your own as the platform for the future
KubeCon North America 2016
Crossing the Chasm with Kubernetes
A lightning talk on adopting the right technology at the right time
Delivering Services at DigitalOcean
How using code instead of convention promotes a healthier service lifecycle and helps remove complexity
Talks at DigitalOcean
Container Security & Kubernetes
Security best practices and how to secure containers
Official documentation for running DigitalOcean's Managed Kubernetes
Kubernetes Overview
High-level information including plans and pricing, availability, feature overviews, and known issues.
Kubernetes Quickstart
Just the essentials to go from zero to working in a few minutes.
Kubernetes How-Tos
How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.
Kubernetes Resources
Resources on native and third-party tools as well as additional documentation sources on working with Kubernetes.
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