There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who wake up, stretch, drink a glass of water, maybe journal... And people like me, who roll over, grab their phone, and approve a Renovate bot PR before even opening one eye fully. This particular morning, Renovate greeted me with: Update Longhorn from 1.10.0 to 1.10.1 …

Or: “How to Give Your Containers a Place to Put Their Shoes” In the beginning, there was the container. And it was stateless. Ephemeral. Disposable. Like a temporary pop-up tent in the cloud. But then… someone said, “Hey, where do I put my logs? My files? My database?” Enter Kubernetes Volumes — the answer to the …

Imagine Kubernetes as a big party where pods are the guests. Some guests (pods) want to sit together — they’re best friends! Others… well, they’d rather not be anywhere near each other. Kubernetes, being the polite party host it is, lets you manage these social dynamics using Pod Affinity and Pod Anti-Affinity. What Is …

Let’s be honest: giving everyone admin access to your cluster is fast… until it isn’t. Enter RBAC, short for Role-Based Access Control—Kubernetes’ way of saying “hold up, who let you in here?” RBAC defines who can perform what actions on which resources—like a VIP list for your Kubernetes API server. What Is RBAC? RBAC …

What Are Endpoints? Ever wondered how a Service in Kubernetes actually knows which pods to forward traffic to? Enter the Endpoint, Kubernetes’ behind-the-scenes phonebook. When you create a Service, Kubernetes auto-generates an Endpoint object. It’s a simple list of pod IPs and ports that match the Service’s selector. …

What Are Network Policies? In Kubernetes, a NetworkPolicy is like a bouncer for your pods. It checks who’s allowed to talk to whom and kicks out anything not on the guest list. By default, Kubernetes is a friendly party where everyone can chat with everyone else—great for sociability, terrible for security. Network …

You've finally tamed Kubernetes Ingress — or so you think. Then weird routing errors, downtime, and mysterious 404s show up. Welcome to the club! 🎩 Let's save you some headaches. Here are 7 common Kubernetes Ingress mistakes, how they happen, and how to dodge them like a pro. Quick Mistakes Checklist Mistake Symptom …

Your app is running in Kubernetes. Great! But now you want users to actually reach it — without remembering 15 different NodePorts or manually messing with LoadBalancers. Enter the hero we need but rarely understand at first: Ingress. Today, we’re breaking down what Ingresses are, how they work, and how they can route …

So you’ve got Pods doing great things — calculating, serving, storing, or maybe just vibing. But how do they talk to each other, or to the outside world? Enter Kubernetes Services — the built-in matchmakers making sure traffic finds the right Pods without ghosting. Let’s unravel all the types of Services, how they …