Top Cloud-Native Certifications and Learning Resources [2023]

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Top Cloud-Native Certifications and Learning Resources [2023]

by Peter Jausovec

A quick overview of top cloud-native certifications - where to take them, how much the certifications cost and which learning resources to use.

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Top Cloud-Native Certifications and Learning Resources [2023]

General

Top Cloud-Native Certifications and Learning Resources [2023]

A quick overview of top cloud-native certifications - where to take them, how much the certifications cost and which learning resources to use.

Rapid microservices development with Signadot

Service mesh

Rapid microservices development with Signadot

While developing microservices locally is possible, running and testing them in a production-like Kubernetes environment is complex. A typical development workflow while developing service in Kubernetes can significantly slow you down - from building a Docker image, pushing it, restarting the deployments, and testing the changes in a shared cluster. And all that, assuming you manage to keep the shared cluster up to date! In this article, I'll look at a tool called Signadot. Signadot introduces a concept of sandboxes that allow you to considerably shorten your developer workflow and go from minutes to mere seconds! The sandbox concept will enable you to build and run a service locally using the upstream and downstream dependencies inside a shared cluster.

How to prepare for Istio certified associate exam (ICA)

Service mesh

How to prepare for Istio certified associate exam (ICA)

CNCF announced a new certification targeting Istio. Istio Certified Associate is meant for engineers, CI/CD practitioners or anyone interested in Istio. We did a full week of streams on YouTube, going through the exam curriculum. This article contains notes, tips, and observations from the Istio Mesh Week live streams

Configuring Global Rate Limiter in Istio

Service mesh

Configuring Global Rate Limiter in Istio

Learn how to set up a global rate limiter with Envoy and Istio, along with detailed instructions on configuring various rate limit scenarios. It also explains how to monitor the rate limit service using Prometheus and Grafana.

My Journey with Istio: From Incubation to Graduation

Service mesh

My Journey with Istio: From Incubation to Graduation

I share a quick look into my history with Istio and how I've seen it evolve from an incubating project to a graduated one.

Securing Your Kubernetes Cluster: Cilium and Network Policies

Kubernetes

Securing Your Kubernetes Cluster: Cilium and Network Policies

Learn how to secure your Kubernetes network using Cilium and NetworkPolicies in this article. We'll explain the ingress and egress policies, show how to visualize network flows with Hubble, and implement Layer 7 policies with CiliumNetworkPolicy.

Understanding networking in Kubernetes

Kubernetes

Understanding networking in Kubernetes

Explore an in-depth analysis of Kubernetes networking, including container-to-container, pod-to-pod, pod-to-service, ingress, and egress communication. Understand the key roles of Container Network Interface (CNI), kubelet, kube-proxy, and learn about iptables and IPVS modes in kube-proxy.

Using Istio ServiceEntry to configure external services

Service Mesh

Using Istio ServiceEntry to configure external services

Learn how to use the Istio ServiceEntry resource to represent external services, be it as IP addresses or host names.

How to apply Istio DestinationRule across the mesh?

Service Mesh

How to apply Istio DestinationRule across the mesh?

An interesting question came up today in Istio Slack where someone asked if and how one can apply DestinationRules globally to all workloads inside the cluster. The short answer is yes, and this article will explain how to do it.

How to configure rate limiter in Istio

Service Mesh

How to configure rate limiter in Istio

In this article you'll learn how rate limiting works in Envoy and how to configure a local rate limiter on the worloads inside the mesh, as well as at the edge of the mesh for the ingress and ingress gateways.

How to expose custom ports on Istio ingress gateway

Service Mesh

How to expose custom ports on Istio ingress gateway

This article explains how to expose custom ports on the Istio ingress and how can you use the same host name, but different port, and route the traffic to two (or more) Kubernetes services.

Portainer - UI for managing Containers

Kubernetes

Portainer - UI for managing Containers

Portainer is an open-source, lightweight management UI that allows us to easily build and manage containers. This article explains how to install Portainer on a Kubernetes cluster and how to create a namespace and deploy an app.

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