⎈ Solve network latency jitters caused by IPVS, Load testing Kubernetes clients, Guide to graceful shutdowns, EKS Windows node from 5 min to ~90s

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📚 Articles

1. How to solve the issue of network latency jitters caused by a massive number of IPVS rules in…

2. The transformative power of continuous testing and TestOps

3. Load testing Kubernetes clients without breaking the bank

4. Terminating elegantly: a guide to graceful shutdowns

5. How I reduced EKS Windows node start time from 5 min to ~90s

6. How Kubernetes Requests and Limits Really Work

7. Controller runtime: handle resource deletion with predicate

8. Pod disruption in Kubernetes

9. Using Mirrord for local development and debugging

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🌟 Kubernetes-native testing control plane

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📖 Tutorials

1. GitOps-powered Kubernetes testing machine: ArgoCD + Testkube

2. Understanding the extension of Kubernetes APIs with custom resource definition

3. Generate a custom type-safe Helm chart construct with CDK8s

4. Autoscaling with Keda and Prometheus using custom metrics in Go

5. Getting started with AKS workload identities

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📺 This week on the KubeFM podcast

Rebuilding my homelab: suffering as service

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💼 Kubernetes jobs

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👉 Discover more opportunities on Kube Careers.

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🛠 Tools and libraries

1. Helmfile

2. redhat-cop/namespace-configuration-operator

3. Helm Uniform Layer Library

4. Kubeswitch: switch contexts

5. Spegel: image caching

6. SlimFaas: Function As A Service

7. Cluster Proportional Autoscaler

8. Snorlax

9. Hypershift: clusters with hosted control planes

10. Kubeswitch: switch contexts

11. Reloader: controller to watch changes and restart

12. kubectl node-shell

13. Pinniped: secure log in

14. Tetragon

15. Permify: fine-grained RBAC

16. Kubernetes-reflector: replicate secrets, ConfigMaps and certificates

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📅 Upcoming Kubernetes events

🔥 Kunbernetes Community Days Ghana 📅 Nov 26

🔥 Advanced Kubernetes course (London) 📅 Nov 25

🔥 Kubernetes Community Days Accra 2024 📅 Nov 25

🔥 SREday Amsterdam 2024 📅 Nov 21

Kubernetes at the edge in Europe's first homegrown Gigafactory 📅 Nov 21

👉 You can find more events on Kube Events.

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📢 Call for papers closing soon

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 ⏳ closes Nov 25

ArgoCon Europe ⏳ closes Dec 4

Kubernetes on Edge Day Europe ⏳ closes Dec 4

CiliumCon Europe ⏳ closes Dec 4

FOSDEM ⏳ closes Dec 1

Data on Kubernetes Day ⏳ closes Dec 4

Cloud Native Telco Day Europe ⏳ closes Dec 4

Istio Day Europe ⏳ closes Dec 4

Kubeflow Summit Europe ⏳ closes Dec 4

👉 You can find more Call for Papers on Kube Events.

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Until next time!

— Dan