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Kubernetes Cluster Backup & Restore on S3 Bucket using Velero

Pranjal Tripathi — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:39:13 +0000

Introduction Someone deletes a namespace by accident. A migration goes sideways and you need last week’s cluster state back, not just today’s. A node group gets torn down before anyone thought to check what was running on it. Kubernetes does not protect you from any of this by default etcd holds your cluster’s state, but […]

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Guide to Fixing CVEs in Amazon EKS Worker Nodes by Updating Node Group AMIs

Ashish Soni — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:34:57 +0000

A Practical Guide to Fixing CVEs in Amazon EKS Worker Nodes by Updating Node Group AMIs Learn how to identify security vulnerabilities (CVEs) in your EKS worker nodes, update them safely without affecting running applications, and automate the process so your clusters stay secure over time. Executive Summary When you create an Amazon EKS cluster, […]

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Rolling Node Replacement: The Safest Way to Upgrade Kubernetes

Chetan Singh — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 03:10:28 +0000

Introduction What if upgrading your Kubernetes cluster required no downtime at all? Imagine if you could upgrade your Kubernetes cluster and keep everything running smoothly, with zero downtime. Sounds pretty great, right? A lot of teams worry that upgrading will mean their apps go offline, but with solid planning, it’s actually possible to have safe […]

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Implementing Istio Service Mesh in Kubernetes

Pranjal Tripathi — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:44:13 +0000

Introduction As the Kubernetes cluster grows it becomes very difficult and complex to manage the communications between different microservices as the N numbers of services interacts in real time and identifying issues like failed connections, packet loss, unstable connections becomes challenging. Istio Service Mesh provide solutions to these challenges by creating infrastructure layer that handles […]

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Canary Deployments: Ship Fast. Break Nothing.

Nitin Kumar — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:53:55 +0000

The Problem With ‘Flip the Switch’ We’ve all been there: the new version is ready, the tests are passing in the staging environment, everybody is reasonably confident, and you deploy – only to find out that in a matter of minutes, the error rates are through the roof. Suddenly, you’re in the process of an […]

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Setting up Kiali in Istio: Visualize your mesh

Pranjal Tripathi — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 06:14:36 +0000

Introduction Nowadays, Managing the Microservices that are interacting with each others in real time becomes challenging especially when the clusters are running with hundreds of these microservices. There’s always somethings breaking up or causing performance issues and for looking into these issues you need to go thoroughly with the traffic flow, need to understand where […]

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Integrating InnoDB Cluster with Kubernetes and Containers

Kanishk Mandliya — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 02:48:06 +0000

Introduction In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, database management has become more complex yet essential for ensuring high availability, scalability, and resilience. One of the most effective ways to manage MySQL databases in a cloud-native environment is by integrating InnoDB Cluster with Kubernetes and containers. This integration leverages MySQL Group Replication and MySQL Router to […]

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Ensuring high availability: Testing AWS availability zone failover with Fault Injection Service (FIS)

Umang Dakh — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:05:41 +0000

Introduction In this blog, I have checked application availability when one of the availability zones is down. AWS has regional services where there are more than one data centers, which are known as availability zones, to ensure High availability and redundancy. For instance, we have three availability zones for the ap-south-1(Mumbai) region, i.e., ap-south-1a, ap-south-1b, […]

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Striving for Legacy Transformation: A Pragmatic Approach to Modernizing Monolithic Systems

Sanyam Munjal — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 06:22:31 +0000

Nowadays, every org wants to migrate to a microservices architecture; the idea sounds great on paper. But when you’re staring at an 8-year or decade-old monolith that processes millions of transactions and somehow never breaks, suggesting a complete rewrite feels… well, insane. I’ve been down this road more times than I care to admit. Be […]

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Optimizing Kubernetes Security with EKS Pod Identity: A Business Imperative

Garvit Mishra — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:54:36 +0000

Introduction For over a decade, we’ve relied on AWS Managed Kubernetes (EKS) clusters to deploy our microservices workloads. As businesses increasingly depend on cloud-native applications, security, and compliance have become critical components for ensuring business continuity and growth. These applications, deployed across clusters, need to interact securely with other cloud services, adhering to the principle […]

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Kubernetes vs OpenShift: The Future of Container Orchestration

Deepak Parihari — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:47:37 +0000

Introduction In today’s fast-paced DevOps world, technologies like Kubernetes, OpenShift, and CI/CD are reshaping how applications are deployed and managed. Many enterprises are transitioning to Red Hat OpenShift for faster and more secure application deployments. This article explores the evolution of cloud deployment technologies—from bare metal to virtualization, containers, and finally, Kubernetes & OpenShift—along with […]

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Enhancing Business Agility: A Cloud Migration Success Story for a Multimedia Platform

Keshav Kashyap — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 08:05:30 +0000

In today’s business world, agility, scalability, and performance are more important than ever. Many organizations face the challenge of managing rapid growth while ensuring high uptime and operational flexibility. Initially deployed on-premises using Docker Swarm, this infrastructure required a more scalable solution to meet the demands of an expanding user base. We encountered similar challenges […]

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