From Ingress to CRD: why my solution needs Istio Gateways on Kubernetes platforms

Update: also read my other article here on the different generations of ingress technologies. In my Korthweb project I was researching for the best ingress mechanism for HTTP and TCP workload, both of which need to be secured. I started with Kubernetes Ingress but eventually decided to go with Istio Gateway. This blog post is … Read moreFrom Ingress to CRD: why my solution needs Istio Gateways on Kubernetes platforms

From Microservice to Service Mesh

We all know what microservice is now but how does service mesh assist with microservice development. Microservice Microservice as an architecture was firstly conceptualized in this article by Martin Fowler in 2014. It covers the pros (strong module boundaries, independent deployment, technology diversity) and cons (dealing with distributed system, eventual consistency, operational complexity). The reality … Read moreFrom Microservice to Service Mesh

Istio Lab – Ingress and Egress

Istio is a popular open-source service mesh implementation using Envoy proxy. One of the benefit of using Istio is the ingress and egress it brings to native Kubernetes platform. This article is a hands-on guide to test Istio ingress and egress gateways on Minikube. It was tested on my MacBook. All the information in this … Read moreIstio Lab – Ingress and Egress

Logging and Monitoring in Kubernetes with PLG stack

We’ve checked out the the actors in PLG stack (Promtail, Loki, Node Exporter, Prometheus, Grafana) and whipped up a quick pipeline on MacOS. Now I’m going a little further to implement the same PLG stack (Prometheus Loki and Grafana) in a Kubernetes cluster. This setup is for demo only, therefore no persistent storage is enabled. … Read moreLogging and Monitoring in Kubernetes with PLG stack

Intro to PLG stack -Prometheus, Loki and Grafana

Last month we discussed log shipping with EFK. This week I spent sometime checking out its alternative Loki. Having been exposed to the ELK stack extensively, I am also interested in exploring the counterparts in this new stack, such as Prometheus, Loki and Grafana. So I need to address the issues of shipping both metrics … Read moreIntro to PLG stack -Prometheus, Loki and Grafana

Log Shipping in Kubernetes with EFK stack

I first worked on log shipping with ELK stack three years ago. In the context of Kubernetes cluster, log shipping has similar challenges. In this post I will discuss the set up of log shipping with Kubernetes cluster using EFK stack Logging Architecture As discussed, if the Kubernetes cluster has a runtime in compliant with … Read moreLog Shipping in Kubernetes with EFK stack