The State of Kubernetes

Nigel Poulton (@nigelpoulton, Docker & Kubernetes training) talks about the current and future state of Kubernetes, who is using it and why, implementation and operational challenges, and how get started and what tools he recommendsSHOW: 478SHOW SPONSOR LINKS:Okta - You should not be building your own AuthLearn how Okta helped Cengage improve student success rates during COVID.Datadog Security Monitoring Homepage - Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsTry Datadog yourself by starting a free, 14-day trial today. Listeners of this podcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.CloudAcademy - Build hands-on technical skills. Get measurable results. Get 50% of the monthly price of CloudAcademy by using code CLOUDCASTCLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwPodCTL Podcast is Back (Enterprise Kubernetes) - http://podctl.comSHOW NOTES:Nigel Poulton HomepageNigel’s YouTube Channel Kubernetes Deep Drive (ACloudGuru)Nigel’s training courses on PluralSightEps. 320 (Nov 2017) - "Docker adds Kubernetes, now what?"Eps.269 (Sept 2016) - "Putting Docker in your brain"Topic 1 - Welcome back to the show. Tell us about some of your most recent projects, and all the places where people can find your training? Topic 2 - Let’s talk about the State of Kubernetes, level of maturity of users/usage. Where do you think we are at the end of 2020? Topic 3 - Who do you find are trying to learn and use Kubernetes, more Infra/Ops, or AppDev, or somewhere in between (DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE, etc.)?Topic 3a - Where do you see people succeeding, and where are they still struggling to adjust to the requirements of Kubernetes? Topic 4 - The ecosystem of projects around Kubernetes (immutable Linux, Operators, Service Mesh, Prometheus, OPA, Serverless/Knative, etc.) has gotten very broad. How do you find people are dealing with all these moving pieces? Topic 5 - There are a lot of ways to engage with Kubernetes these days - DIY (OSS), vendor distributions, Kubernetes on your laptop, web IDEs, Hosted Services (simple & complex). What do you recommend to people, or do you see trends about how people best engage with Kubernetes? Topic 6 - Do you think it’s OK that Kubernetes doesn’t have a “developer model”, but rather many different options? Do you think this evolves in 2021?  FEEDBACK?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnetFEEDBACK?Email: show @ the enterprise ai show dot comeBluesky: @EntAIShow.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @TheEntAIShowInstagram: @TheEntAIShow