Topic: containers
Pure Storage is acquiring Portworx to create Kubernetes data services platform
Pure Storage’s acquisition of Portworx for $370 million in cash will create a Kubernetes data services platform for cloud-native applications. Portworx is a platform that provides persistent storage, high availability, data protection, data security, and cloud mobility for containers deployed in hybrid cloud architectures. “By combining Portworx container data services with Pure’s industry-leading data platforms … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: AWS Bottlerocket
AWS has launched a new open-source operating system called AWS Bottlerocket that is designed specifically for running containers. The OS is based on Linux. AWS Bottlerocket includes just the software needed for running containers, as well as a transactional update mechanism. According to AWS, this allows users to use container orchestration to run OS updates … continue reading
Kubernetes 1.19 is now available
The latest release of Kubernetes is now available. Kubernetes 1.19 is the second Kubernetes release of the year. According to the team, the gap between Kubernetes 1.18 and 1.19 was the largest of any two Kubernetes releases, at 20 weeks. “The 1.19 release was quite different from a regular release due to COVID-19, George Floyd … continue reading
What’s coming in Kubernetes 1.19
The latest release of the open-source container-orchestration system Kubernetes is expected next month. Kubernetes 1.19 is expected to have 34 new enhancements with 10 brand new features, eight newly stable features, two management changes and 14 improvements to existing features. “Kubernetes as a project is maturing, support has been increased from nine to 12 months, … continue reading
Platform9 announces new Kubernetes capabilities
Platform9 announced new capabilities for enterprise-managed Kubernetes solutions to accelerate deployment and ease-of-use. The new capabilities include managed Calico networking with API support, application wizard for rapid bare-metal deployments, and multi-cluster observability and alerting for more accurate troubleshooting. These features are now available, including support for Kubernetes release 1.17, for all Platform9 customers of the … continue reading
Snyk and Docker partner up to advance container vulnerability scanning
Snyk and Docker have partnered up to help developers securely build and use containers and open source. Docker stated that it will provide native vulnerability detection and fixes powered by Snyk. Developers can get a report of their container image vulnerabilities after a quick ‘docker scan.’ They then receive guidance to help fix the reported … continue reading
Red Hat releases new container management solution
Red Hat is unveiling a new container management solution as part of its virtual Red Hat Summit happening this week. The Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management solution for Kubernetes aims to extend and scale Red Hat OpenShift and accelerate digital transformation initiatives. According to the company, many modern application development teams are still using outdated … continue reading
Tern 2.0 comes with Dockerfile lock
The latest version of the VMware-originated open-source container inspection tool Tern is now available. Tern is a project in the Linux Foundation Automated Compliance Tooling (ACT) workgroup. Tern 2.0 introduces an anticipated feature called Dockerfile lock, which is designed to make Docker images more easily reproducible. “Why is this necessary? Dockerfiles are used to automate … continue reading
Aqua Security announces dynamic threat analysis for containers
Aqua Security’s new Dynamic Threat Analysis (DTA) solution was designed to protect container-based environments against malware that can only be detected through dynamic analysis of a running container. The company said that it has seen a sharp increase in sophisticated attacks on containers that use obfuscation and evasion techniques to avoid detection by static scanners. … continue reading
HPE Container Platform now generally available
HPE has announced that the HPE Container Platform is now generally available. The company first announced this solution in November. According to HPE, the HPE Container Platform will support cloud-native and non-cloud-native applications using Kubernetes, running on bare-metal or virtual machines, in data centers, in public clouds, or at the edge. The main advantages of … continue reading
Report: Cloud-native projects now the norm in production
Cloud-native deployments are now the norm. According to CNCF’s community survey, cloud-native projects are increasingly being deployed in production. The CNCF community survey was conducted in September and October 2019, and the company received 1,337 responses. The goal of the community survey is to understand where and how cloud native technologies are being adopted, the … continue reading
Canonical: Don’t try to reinvent Kubernetes
The open-source container orchestration project Kubernetes has seen significant growth since it was first released in 2015. Just in the last year, more specialized use cases have come out for the project, but Stephan Fabel, director of product at Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, warns users about taking Kubernetes too far in … continue reading
