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Kubernetes Master Class - 2020-04-20 - Detecting Anomalous Kubernetes Activity with Falco

Apr 20, 2020 By Rancher In Rancher
Even when processes are in place for vulnerability scanning and implementing pod security and network policies, not every risk will be addressed. You still need mechanisms to confirm these security barriers are effective and provide a last line of defense when they fail. In order to keep up with threats at runtime, an open-source based approach can help you stay up to date. In this Kubernetes Master Class, you will learn how to manage security risk at runtime in your RKE environments using Falco, a CNCF project for runtime security. Falco efficiently leverages Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF), a secure mechanism, to capture system calls and gain deep visibility. By adding Kubernetes application context and Kubernetes API audit events, teams can understand exactly who did what.
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Debugging in production with Stackdriver Debugger - Stack Doctor

Apr 18, 2020 By Google Operations In Google Operations
Did you know you can debug your code while it’s still in production? In this video, Yuri Grinshteyn speaks about the Stackdriver Debugger, and how you can use it with Node.js. More importantly, he talks about the two ways in which this tool can debug by creating snapshots, or logging in real-time. Product: Google Cloud Operation Suite; fullname: Yuri Grinshteyn;
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The Uptime.com Report for 2019

Apr 18, 2020 By Richard Bashara In uptime

Unplanned downtime can drive significant losses in the form of unrealized revenue. Teams may be caught off guard, or may face an outage outside their control, extending downtime hours unnecessarily. Without automated monitoring and alerting, teams face undetected outages that silently threaten SLA fulfillment. The recommendations in this report are best used as a guide on what trends may drive Site Reliability Engineering in the near term.

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appfleet edge platform

Apr 17, 2020 By appfleet In Appfleet
A simple to use managed platform to deploy Docker containers to multiple locations at the same time and handle the complexity of syncing the config, deploying and routing the traffic. Just provide the docker image and regions you want to deploy. The system will create the cluster, setup monitoring, smart routing of your traffic and healthchecks to ensure uptime and 0-downtime deployments.
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6 Common Mistakes in AWS EC2 and Azure Cloud VM Optimization

Apr 17, 2020 By Bob Farzami In Virtana

No matter what’s driving your move to an AWS or Azure cloud, two things are true. One, you don’t want to under-provision, which could create performance and availability issues. And two, you don’t want to overpay, because no one ever wants to do that. One of the key decisions you must make is which Amazon EC2 or Microsoft Azure virtual machine instance configuration you need. It’s a scoping exercise, but several factors make this easier said than done.

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What is an Ubuntu LTS release?

Apr 17, 2020 By Rhys Davies In Canonical

Come April 23rd 2020, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will be available. It will be the first LTS version of Ubuntu since the 18.04 release, and in this blog, I want to answer the common question, what is an LTS? For a deeper look at the benefits of using an Ubuntu LTS, there’s a whitepaper for that, for anything else, this post will answer your questions.

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