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Consider the scenario where a complex product is being developed by dozens of engineers working on different features of a product. Not only the development environment is the same, but the staging environment is also shared. As different features are merged into the shared environment, they break the code. So QA has to wait until this is fixed. A feature or bug fix may be working perfectly on the developer’s own machine, but there is no way for the QA team to test that one feature in isolation.

Developers are always trying to improve the reliability and performance of their software, while at the same time reducing their own costs when possible. One way to accomplish this is edge computing and it’s gaining rapid adoption across industries. According to Gartner, only 10% of data today is being created and processed outside of traditional data centers.

It’s time for another publication of What’s New in Sysdig in 2022! I’m in charge of the “What’s new in Sysdig” blog for the month of July! Hello, I’m Tom Linkin, a Sr. Solutions Engineer based in the Poconos up in Pennsylvania. I joined the incredible group of people at Sysdig nine months ago and have been helping support sales in the greater NYC region ever since.

Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana are a trio of technologies that have transformed cloud native development. However, despite how powerful these three technologies are, developers still face gaps in the process of implementing a mature Kubernetes environment.

Cilium is a Container Network Interface (CNI) for securing and load-balancing network traffic in your Kubernetes environment. As a CNI provider, Cilium extends the orchestrator’s existing network capabilities by giving teams more control over how they build their applications and monitor traffic. For example, vanilla Kubernetes installations typically rely on traditional firewalls and Linux-based network utilities like iptables to filter pod-to-pod traffic by an IP address or port.

In Part 1, we looked at some key metrics for monitoring the health and performance of your Cilium-managed Kubernetes clusters and network. In this post, we’ll look at how Hubble enables you to visualize network traffic via a CLI and user interface. But first, we’ll briefly look at Hubble’s underlying infrastructure and how it provides visibility into your environment.

If you’re managing multiple Kubernetes clusters at scale, you’ve probably run into Kubernetes cluster sprawl. And if you haven’t, brace yourself, because you’ll likely cross that bridge in the near future.

AWS provides multiple ways to deploy containerized applications. From small, ready-made WordPress instances on Lightsail, to managed Kubernetes clusters running hundreds of instances across multiple availability zones. When deciding on the architecture of your application, you should consider building it serverless. Being free from (virtual) server management enables you to focus more on your unique business logic while reducing your operational costs and increasing your speed to market.