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Autoscaling on Kubernetes Platform

February 26, 2023March 28, 2022 by Digi Hunch

Introduction The concept of autoscaling on Kubernetes platform dates from the era where virtualization first became widespread and the overhead of provisioning a new server became lightweight through the use of cloud-init. With public cloud, customers operate on usage-based billing. Autoscaling allows workload to scale down during idle times to reduce cost, and scale up … Read moreAutoscaling on Kubernetes Platform

Basic Resource Object in Kubernetes 1 of 2

March 20, 2022January 16, 2021 by Digi Hunch

For someone from a system administration background, it would be amazing to discover that Kubernetes provides a solution to every pain point in the traditional software deployment landscape. On the contrary, it also brings about a lot of complexity due to the types of resource objects introduced. A Pod is a shared execution environment for … Read moreBasic Resource Object in Kubernetes 1 of 2