This article explains how to deploy and use Kube-State-Metrics to monitor Kubernetes object states via Prometheus for cluster observability ➤ https://ku.bz/3nNd4bDkK

Numaflow is a Kubernetes-native tool for running massively parallel stream processing A Numaflow Pipeline is implemented as a Kubernetes custom resource and consists of one or more source, data processing, and sink vertices ➜ https://ku.bz/JNLMwJpSx

This article shows how to configure alerting rules for Loki using the `PrometheusRule` CRD so you can fire alerts based on log queries and metrics ➜ https://ku.bz/YhNF5X3hw

This week on the Learn Kubernetes Weekly: ⚙️ gRPC with ALB and Traefik 🧭 Prevent Failures with Topology Spread 📜 Demystifying Kubernetes YAML 🔗 Shared Socket with eBPF 🌐 Kubernetes Networking Guide ⭐️ Testkube Read it now: https://kube.today/issues/157

Forecastle is a control panel which dynamically discovers and provides a launchpad to access applications deployed on Kubernetes ➜ https://ku.bz/jwmVlQPD1

This project discovers and advertises SR-IOV virtual functions (VFs), physical functions (PFs), and auxiliary network devices as resources on Kubernetes nodes ➜ https://ku.bz/jVg_1VS-k

🗣️ Festus walks through his project of building a lightweight version of Kubernetes from scratch in Go https://ku.bz/pf5kK9lQF 🌟 StormForge 🎙 🎙Bart

This article walks through enabling Cilium VTEP (VXLAN tunnel) to connect external VMs to Kubernetes pods, and using eBPF/XDP + Inspektor Gadget to trace packet headers across that tunnel ➜ https://ku.bz/YdLydWcmF

HwameiStor is a cloud-native local storage system designed for stateful workloads, offering features like auto expansion, backup & restore, high availability, disk health management, and control/data plane separation ➤ https://ku.bz/ppcB_9NLk

This tutorial shows how to implement Crossplane on AWS EKS for infrastructure as code, covering setup, custom API design, and governance strategies ➤ https://ku.bz/6SCqq3slb

Cluster Template is an opinionated and extensible template for deploying a Talos Kubernetes cluster, including Flux for GitOps ➤ https://ku.bz/29N8gDrqP

This project implements a bare-metal autoscaler that scales by doing `kubectl drain` + `poweroff` on underutilized nodes and using Wake-on-LAN / IPMI to power nodes up It treats node types by labels instead of predefined “node groups.” ➤ https://ku.bz/jXnFwTRbR

Zarf is a tool that simplifies software deployment to Kubernetes clusters in airgapped or disconnected environments It packages applications and their dependencies into single compressed files that can be deployed without internet connectivity ➜ https://ku.bz/_l2G_NDbG

This article explains how to avoid downtime and autoscaling failures in non-HA Kubernetes by managing PodDisruptionBudgets and pod eviction settings for single-replica workloads ➤ https://ku.bz/176KZZDxw

This Helm chart bootstraps a Home Assistant instance on Kubernetes, supports configurable persistence, controller types, add-ons (e.g. code-server), and is auto-updated with new Home Assistant releases ➜ https://ku.bz/f1gxbDrw_

This article presents Shared Socket, an eBPF-based method that bypasses much of the networking stack to enable fast TCP messaging between pods on the same node using sockmaps and kernel-level redirects ➜ https://ku.bz/xyvZYYGzf

This week on the Learn Kubernetes Weekly: 🔥 AI Infrastructure on K8s 🏠 HA Databases on K8s at Airbnb ⚡ Faster Node & Pod Startup 🎯 Pod Priority and Preemption ⚖️ Cost vs Resilience in Scheduling ⭐️ Testkube Read it now: https://kube.today/issues/156

This project provides a lightweight GPU management daemon for Kubernetes, handling device discovery, health checks, and metrics export for GPUs within nodes ➜ https://ku.bz/9d6GVhXZD

🗣️ Oleksii Kolodiazhnyi, Senior Architect at Mirantis, shares his structured approach to Kubernetes workload assessment https://ku.bz/zDThxGQsP 🌟 Stormforge 🎙 🎙Bart

Kor is a tool to discover unused Kubernetes resources Currently, Kor can identify and list unused: - ConfigMaps - Secrets - Services - ServiceAccounts - Deployments - Statefulsets - Roles ➤ https://ku.bz/v0vhddycw

VolSync is a Kubernetes operator that performs asynchronous replication of Persistent Volumes within or across clusters, agnostic to storage backend ➤ https://ku.bz/nJG_Q-cN8

This tutorial shows how to integrate MetalLB (in BGP mode) with a Kubernetes cluster using an OpenBSD gateway to announce external IPs for LoadBalancer services ➜ https://ku.bz/nD3YrBv6K

🤝 What does it take to become part of the Kubernetes community? We're releasing "Kubernetes World: Finding Your Path," a book that explores the journey into cloud native, beyond certifications and code contributions Read it now: ku.bz/k8s-world

This tutorial walks you through building a multi-node Kubernetes cluster on Raspberry Pis, and installing Cilium CNI for network, replacing kube-proxy for enhanced performance and policy enforcement ➤ https://ku.bz/xVCFlHFY4

This tool runs comprehensive diagnostics across your Kubernetes cluster—node failures, pod crashes, RBAC risks, networking issues—without installing agents ➤ https://ku.bz/BVtq228Nv

This operator lets you declaratively manage Grafana instances, dashboards, data sources, and alerts using CRDs in Kubernetes ➜ https://ku.bz/j31586sqq

Kubernetes troubleshooting got you down? Visit Komodor at KubeCon Atlanta (booth 721) for their auto-remediation platform 🚀 Get Transformers stickers, tees & enter daily raffles. Plus tickets to their legendary after-party! https://ku.bz/s7Z6RDPld

This case study describes how the team migrated the Always service (1.5M DAU, 3M MAU) from EC2 to Amazon EKS in ~2 months with zero downtime, using a GitOps Bridge, gradual traffic cutover with Route53 weighted routing, and Helm + ArgoCD workflows ➤ https://ku.bz/-WBpJ-V9Q

This case study describes how a team migrated 30+ Kubernetes clusters from Sceptre/CDK/CloudFormation to Terraform, using iterative waves, custom import tooling, and CI-driven validation to minimize risk ➤ https://ku.bz/VdnDGhggc

This case study shows how to improve Kubernetes node and pod startup times by caching images, enabling parallel pulls, and temporarily increasing EBS volume throughput ➜ https://ku.bz/pKLLLp16z

🗣️ Rafael Brito, Principal Engineer at CloudBolt, explains how Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) fundamentally changes specialized hardware management and addresses GPU idle time optimization Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/nZKfwy9q5

This tool offers a dashboard + agent setup to collect metrics from Kubernetes clusters and visualize them in real time, while also managing workloads across multiple clusters ➜ https://ku.bz/8yJPY7NxB

This project implements an open-source registry server conforming to the OCI Distribution spec for packing, storing, and serving container images and content ➤ https://ku.bz/hWJkZxCQ1

Nydus implements a chunked, content-addressable file system over the RAFS format to speed up container startup and reduce bandwidth It works with containerd, Kubernetes, eStargz, etc. and supports: - lazy pulling - deduplication - POSIX compatibility ➜ https://ku.bz/zWfGc5R6P

This week on the Learn Kubernetes Weekly: ✅ Scale Real-Time Video ⚠️ 7 K8s Anti-Patterns in Prod 🧠 Leases & Leader Election ⚖️ Cost & Resilience in Scheduling 🚦 Pod Priority & Preemption ⭐️ @yaml.games Read it now: https://kube.today/issues/155

⚡ Platform Engineering CTF - KubeCon Atlanta 90min to build a production K8s IDP Teams of 4 | Live leaderboard 🗓️ Nov 10, 12:30 PM 📍Terminus 330 Top prize: Jetson Orin Nano + $2.5K Akamai credits https://ku.bz/k8s-idp-ctf 😱 100 spots only

This article walks through which resource metrics (CPU, memory, node utilization, idle resources, PVCs) you should monitor to optimize Kubernetes costs and spot inefficiencies early ➜ https://ku.bz/RKvQcZ1L2

🗣️ Andrew Jeffree from SafetyCulture walks through their complete migration of 250+ microservices from a fragile Helm-based setup to GitOps with ArgoCD, all without any downtime https://ku.bz/Xvyp1_Qcv 🌟 Testkube 🎙 🎙Bart

This is a Terraform module that deploys a production-ready Kubernetes cluster on Hetzner Cloud using Talos OS, with built-in bootstrapping, HA, metrics, and networking ➜ https://ku.bz/kl6z436y_

I designed two things for KubeCon Atlanta that I'm proud of: 👾 @yaml.games: 10-min quiz rounds. Same format as our Advanced K8s workshop yaml.games 🔨 Platform Engineering Challenge: Teams of 4 build a platform in 90 mins ku.bz/-Rz3DBccC

Koreo is a platform engineering toolkit for Kubernetes that simplifies configuration management and resource orchestration It enables programmable workflows and dynamic resource materialization, automating complex processes and workflows ➤ https://ku.bz/TpyynNht7

This tutorial shows how to run Kubernetes locally using kind, then build, load, and deploy an app, mount volumes, use sidecars, test DNS and scaling operations locally ➤ https://ku.bz/P2KDpwSWp

inlets-operator is a tool that provides public TCP LoadBalancers for local Kubernetes clusters, enabling ingress to internal services without managed Kubernetes engine limitations ➤ https://ku.bz/Cn8HJr43C

This article explains how to configure kubelet resource reservations, eviction thresholds, and graceful shutdown settings to improve Kubernetes node stability and prevent crashes ➤ https://ku.bz/2CPZ9HD8G

This article tells how a pod got stuck in `Pending` because the StatefulSet needed ReadWriteMany, but AWS EBS only supports ReadWriteOnce It shows how deleting the bad PVC and switching to ReadWriteOnce fixed everything ➜ https://ku.bz/Zg29dRHx4

Kubernetes core maintainer Antonio Ojea keynotes Nov 10 at KubeCon NA on Dynamic Resource Allocation—finally standardizing low-level networking for AI workloads Meet him at Google Booth #200 | Full interview: https://ku.bz/ysYqxwgWN

Kubech is a tool that allows users to set kubectl contexts and namespaces per shell or terminal, enabling the simultaneous management of multiple Kubernetes clusters ➤ https://ku.bz/hpMs2-t6G

pvc-autoresizer auto-expands PVCs when free space or inodes drop below thresholds, using Prometheus-sourced kubelet metrics It updates PVC size via CSI volume expansion, honors limits via annotations, and supports group-based initial sizing ➜ https://ku.bz/xwnlC772q

🗣️ Alex Arnell explains his data visualization and telemetry approach in Kubernetes. He emphasizes effective visualization requires consistent data attributes and OpenTelemetry's semantic conventions Watch: https://ku.bz/Lsr8gltrH

Cloudflare Tunnel Ingress Controller simplifies exposing Kubernetes services to the internet quickly and securely using Cloudflare Tunnel ➤ https://ku.bz/pMRcpczmz