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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.

Running Cloud Native Applications on DigitalOcean Kubernetes

An introduction to leveraging Kubernetes to manage and scale applications.

An Introduction to Kubernetes

A guide that discusses some basic Kubernetes concepts including how it is designed and organized at a high level.

Tutorials

Comprehensive, expert tutorials to help you at every stage of production, whether you're learning, practicing, running, or optimizing.

An Introduction to Kubernetes

A discussion of some of the basic concepts of Kubernetes.

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.

Building Blocks for Doing CI/CD with Kubernetes

How to automate building, testing, and deployment taking a Cloud Native approach.

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.

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.

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

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 Ubuntu 16.04

A guide to set up a Kubernetes cluster from scratch using Ansible and Kubeadm.

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

How To Inspect Kubernetes Networking

Tools and techniques for inspecting network connectivity between all the containers in a cluster.

Webinars

Step-by-step guides by experts on key Kubernetes concepts.

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.

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.

Presentations

Learn about how we're thinking about and using Kubernetes at DigitalOcean.

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.

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.

Kubernetes at DigitalOcean: Building a Platform for the Future

How you can make Kubernetes your own as the platform for the future.

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.

Container Security & Kubernetes

Security best practices and how to secure containers.

Product documentation

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.

White papers

Running Cloud Native Applications on DigitalOcean Kubernetes

An introduction to leveraging Kubernetes to manage and scale applications.

Cloud Native App Development and the Developer Experience

An IDC white paper regarding business reasons for using Kubernetes and containers, and DigitalOcean Kubernetes as an easy-to-use solution.