Fairwinds Blog

Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service: A Force Multiplier for Your Tech Team

6 minute read | November 20, 2024

Kubernetes revolutionized container orchestration, but managing it is still a complex and time-consuming process. That’s why Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service offerings have...

General

5 minute read

| August 3, 2022

3 Ways for Engineering Leaders to Kickstart a FinOps Program

As an engineering leader you need to be BFFs with your CFO. It’s that partnership that gives you a deep understanding of the business - and gives your CFO a view into the... Read More

9 minute read

| July 27, 2022

3 Kubernetes Guardrails Every Ops Team Needs

In a true DevOps environment, Ops and Dev share responsibility for the Kubernetes environment. Ops ensures the core platform runs smoothly, while Dev is responsible for... Read More

Open Source

10 minute read

| July 26, 2022

K8s Tutorial: Find Outdated Helm Charts with Nova

Making sure you have the most recent version of software you install in a Kubernetes cluster helps you avoid known security issues and have access to the most up-to-date... Read More

Security

3 minute read

| July 22, 2022

Kubernetes Security Alerts that Actually Matter

The Cost of Ignoring Security Alerts One of the bigger character flaws that I have is that I buy very old vehicles because I hate owning new things. Most of the time this is... Read More

Security

3 minute read

| July 19, 2022

Do You Have Kubernetes Security Blind Spots?

Kubernetes is Still New to Most People I managed to make it to my 30s before I had to buy a house and there are loads of reasons I wish I never had one. Read More

Open Source

8 minute read

| July 15, 2022

K8s Tutorial: Setting and Rightsizing Kubernetes Workloads with Goldilocks

A standard piece of advice for optimizing your Kubernetes cluster is to ensure that you set CPU and Memory Requests and Limits on every container. This seems simple, but how... Read More

Open Source

9 minute read

| July 12, 2022

Kubernetes Mutations with Polaris: How it Works

For the last three years, Polaris has allowed Kubernetes users to audit their clusters and Infrastructure-as-Code for best practices. It comes with over 20 built-in checks,... Read More

Open Source

4 minute read

| July 12, 2022

Practical Applications for Fairwinds Polaris' Automated Remediation

The core of Fairwinds’ mission is to enable teams using Kubernetes to ship applications faster with less risk. Platform engineering leaders are at the forefront of this:... Read More

How to Kube

5 minute read

| July 7, 2022

Find Deprecated and Removed APIs in Kubernetes: Intro to Pluto

Policy

6 minute read

| July 6, 2022

Kubernetes Governance: What is OPA and Why Care?

Policy and governance are terms that often come up in the Kubernetes space, but how do we actually do this? This is where the Open Policy Agent (OPA) comes into the picture.... Read More

4 minute read

| June 22, 2022

Kubernetes Remediation at Scale: Visibility vs. Action

As I work with organizations of all sizes, one theme I run into is that visibility does not equal action. Kubernetes offers a lot of power, but also requires a lot of... Read More

General

5 minute read

| June 21, 2022

Fairwinds Insights Release Notes 8.6-10: Spotlight on Policies and NSA Hardening Guidance

Fairwinds Insights has been enhanced over the last month to include a number of new features and bug fixes. The Kubernetes governance platform ensures users can configure... Read More