Blog posts tagged
"k8s"

30 posts


sidfaber
23 November 2020

Exploring ROS 2 Kubernetes configurations

Article Cloud and server

Kubernetes and robotics make a great match. However, as we have seen, robots running ROS 2 can be tricky to set up on Kubernetes. This blog series has explored running ROS 2 on Kubernetes, set up a simple talker and listener, and distributed that demo across three machines. The configurations presented may not quite fit

sidfaber
23 November 2020


sidfaber
17 November 2020

Distribute ROS 2 across machines with MicroK8s

Article Cloud and server

Introduction Our simple ROS 2 talker and listener setup runs well on a single Kubernetes node, now let’s distribute it out across multiple computers. This article builds upon our simple ROS 2 talker / listener setup by running it on multiple K8s nodes. At the completion of this setup expect to have a ROS2 Kubernetes

sidfaber
17 November 2020


Canonical
13 November 2020

Canonical’s Open Operator Collection extends Kubernetes operators to traditional Linux and Windows applications

Article Cloud and server

13th November 2020: Canonical’s Open Operator Collection, the largest collection of application operators, now supports both cloud-native and traditional applications on Windows and Linux. The collection is hosted at Charmhub.io and follows the Open Operator Manifesto. Next-generation operations unify CAAS and IAAS “The...

Canonical
13 November 2020


sidfaber
9 November 2020

ROS 2 on Kubernetes: a simple talker and listener setup

Article Cloud and server

Kubernetes and ROS make a great match, but ROS2 can be tricky to set up. In this post we demonstrate a scalable system with MicroK8s on Ubuntu.

sidfaber
9 November 2020


Alex Chalkias
27 August 2020

Kubernetes vs Docker

Kubernetes Cloud and server

In an era where container technologies have taken the industry by storm, one of the most common online searches on the topic of containers is ‘Kubernetes vs Docker’. The relevance and accuracy of this comparison is questionable, as it is not really comparing apples to apples. In this blog post, we will attempt to clarify

Alex Chalkias
27 August 2020


Canonical
11 August 2020

Kubernetes 1.19 release candidate available for testing

Article Canonical announcements

The Kubernetes 1.19 release candidate is now available for download and experimentation ahead of general availability later this month. You can try it now with MicroK8s. To get the latest Kubernetes on your machine, install MicroK8s and get a lightweight, zero-ops K8s cluster in no time: sudo snap install microk8s...

Canonical
11 August 2020


Thibaut Rouffineau
4 December 2018

Canonical publishes auto-apply vulnerability patch for Kubernetes

Article Cloud and server

Charmed distribution of Kubernetes clusters auto-apply vulnerability patches for CVE-2018-1002105 On December 3 2018,  the Kubernetes project disclosed a security vulnerability in all versions of its popular container orchestration software. The vulnerability, CVE-2018-1002105, exists in the Kubernetes API server, and...

Thibaut Rouffineau
4 December 2018


Stephan Fabel
15 November 2018

Upgrading Charmed Kubernetes

Article Cloud and server

This article describes the advantages users of Charmed Kubernetes enjoy through the high degree of automation charms offer the operator. One of the hardest problems of infrastructure-as-a-service operations is upgrading. Charms make it an easy 4 step process that is highly repeatable and predictable in its outcome....

Stephan Fabel
15 November 2018


Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
7 September 2017

Kubernetes for the Enterprise: 1, 2, 3, Go!

Article Cloud and server

Sign up for our new webinar to learn about the private Kubernetes implementation packages available from Canonical, including the recently release Kubernetes Explorer and Kubernetes Discoverer.

Alexia Emmanoulopoulou
7 September 2017


Marco Ceppi
17 August 2017

How to set up Kubernetes with conjure-up and monitor apps with Weave

Article Cloud and server

On August 2, Luke Marsden (Weaveworks) and Marco Ceppi (Canonical) presented a webinar on how to Speed up your software development lifecycle with Kubernetes. In the session they described how you can use conjure-up and Weave Cloud to set up, manage and monitor an app in Kubernetes. In this tutorial we’re going to show you

Marco Ceppi
17 August 2017


Peter Mahnke
9 June 2017

Webinar: How to get started with your Kubernetes strategy

Article Cloud and server

On-demand webinar Kubernetes and containers are an exciting and evolving technology which can be daunting for teams and organisations to plan for. As the landscape evolves, building a strategy around containers and finding a good place to get started is a challenge for most teams. Watch this webinar to learn how to get...

Peter Mahnke
9 June 2017


Canonical
2 June 2017

Kubernetes webinar series

Webinar Cloud and server

We have recently broadcasted a series of live webinars on Kubernetes, covering a range of practical topics you will come across when evaluating and using Kubernetes. The webinars include demos on how to set up a Kubernetes cluster, installation, validation, running a test suite and upgrading your Kubernetes as well as...

Canonical
2 June 2017


Cezzaine Zaher
27 February 2017

The no-nonsense way to accelerate your business with containers

White paper Cloud and server

Container technology has brought about a step-change in virtualisation technology. Organisations implementing containers see considerable opportunities to improve agility, efficiency, speed, and manageability within their IT environments. Containers promise to improve datacenter efficiency and performance without having...

Cezzaine Zaher
27 February 2017


Stéphane Graber
20 February 2017

Running Kubernetes inside LXD

Article Cloud and server

Introduction For those who haven’t heard of Kubernetes before, it’s defined by the upstream project as: Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical … Continue reading →

Stéphane Graber
20 February 2017