Fairwinds Blog

What Is EKS Auto Mode and Will It Fully Manage My Kubernetes?

7 minute read | December 19, 2024

At AWS re:Invent, Amazon introduced EKS Auto Mode, marking a significant expansion in AWS management of Kubernetes clusters, moving beyond the cluster itself. While EKS Auto...

9 minute read

| June 26, 2024

Choosing Your Kubernetes Cloud Provider: The Pros and Cons of GKE

Kubernetes was released over ten years ago by Google as an open source project to improve container orchestration. While several cloud providers offer managed Kubernetes... Read More

Managed Kubernetes

6 minute read

| June 20, 2024

When Should You Bring in a Managed Kubernetes-as-a-Service Provider?

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, Kubernetes is a cornerstone technology for container orchestration. As organizations increasingly use Kubernetes, assessing Read More

General

11 minute read

| June 11, 2024

Choosing Your Kubernetes Cloud Provider: The Pros and Cons of EKS

As more and more organizations shift to cloud-native environments, they have increasingly chosen to rely on Kubernetes for container orchestration since its introduction ten... Read More

General

8 minute read

| June 6, 2024

Reflecting on 10 Years of Kubernetes: A Decade of Innovation

Since Kubernetes turns ten this year, I spent some time reflecting on how Kubernetes completely redefined my career. Eight years ago, I was racking servers, running Puppet... Read More

Security

5 minute read

| June 5, 2024

Kubernetes Basics Tutorial: Ensure Containers Do Not Run As Root

A container is a unit of software that brings code and all of its dependencies together, making it possible to run the application quickly and reliably in different computing... Read More

Best Practices

6 minute read

| May 30, 2024

How Old Are Your Kubernetes Nodes?

How old are your Kubernetes nodes? Most often, people don’t know the answer to this question, or if they do, they know that “most” of their nodes are a certain age, and some... Read More

How to Kube

6 minute read

| May 23, 2024

Deep Dive: How to Improve Kubernetes Management with IaC Tools

In container orchestration, Kubernetes has become the go-to solution for deploying and managing containerized applications at scale. Ten years after Kubernetes was made... Read More

General

6 minute read

| May 15, 2024

Choosing Your Kubernetes Cloud Provider: The Pros and Cons of AKS

In the evolving cloud-native world, Kubernetes has become the gold standard for container orchestration over the past decade. While there are multiple cloud providers that... Read More

General

10 minute read

| May 9, 2024

Answering Your Top 9 Questions About Monitoring in Kubernetes

There are many things you can monitor in Kubernetes but you need to understand what is mission-critical in terms of monitoring. In a recent webinar, we explored what you... Read More

Governance

14 minute read

| April 30, 2024

An Introduction to FinOps Governance: How to Get Started

FinOps, a portmanteau of Finance and DevOps, is a strategic framework created to help companies understand and manage their cloud costs, enabling greater efficiency in cloud... Read More

Policy

2 minute read

| April 23, 2024

Fairwinds Insights Release Notes 15.5.1-15.6.0: Policy Mappings

This month, we’ve made some updates to Fairwinds Insights that make it easier for you to manage policy and guardrails at scale across multiple clusters. Let’s explore these... Read More

Best Practices

36 minute read

| April 22, 2024

A Step-by-Step Guide to Securely Upgrading Your EKS Clusters

As an agile open source project, Kubernetes continues to evolve, as does the cloud computing landscape. Keeping up with the latest versions isn’t practical for many... Read More