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10 Questions to Help You Decide Whether to Hire an SRE or Managed KaaS

9 minute read | February 11, 2025

Deciding between managing Kubernetes in-house or partnering with a managed service provider can be a difficult choice for organizations seeking to optimize their cloud...

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How to Kube
8 minute read
| November 8, 2023

What is Terraform and Why is it Important?

Running infrastructure at any scale almost always guarantees a dizzying array of components and configurations. To further complicate things, different teams within an... Read More
How to Kube
6 minute read
| October 12, 2023

Kubernetes Risk Management: What it Is & How to Get Started

As cloud-native technology becomes increasingly popular, Kubernetes stands as the de facto solution for container orchestration. However, Kubernetes' power comes with a wide... Read More
Best Practices
7 minute read
| August 24, 2023

What Not to Monitor and What Not to Alert On in Kubernetes

Kubernetes, the de-facto container orchestrator, offers considerable flexibility and power. But monitoring every single thing in Kubernetes can become overwhelming quickly!... Read More
How to Kube
10 minute read
| August 1, 2023

How & Why You Should Install the Admission Controller in Insights

In the world of containerized everything, Kubernetes has emerged as a platform to automate the process of deployment, scaling, and management of these applications and... Read More
How to Kube
5 minute read
| July 7, 2022

Find Deprecated and Removed APIs in Kubernetes: Intro to Pluto

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How to Kube
2 minute read
| January 21, 2022

CVE-2022-0185: How to Identify at Risk Kernel Versions in Your K8S Cluster

A high-severity vulnerability in the Linux Kernel, CVE-2022-0185, was announced this week. The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (system... Read More
How to Kube
4 minute read
| December 21, 2021

How to Set the Right Kubernetes Resource Limits

Kubernetes is a dynamic system that automatically adapts to your workload’s resource utilization. Read More
How to Kube
4 minute read
| October 14, 2021

Why You Should Treat Your Platform Like a Well-Documented API

It’s a common topic of conversation among leaders of technical organizations... Read More
How to Kube
5 minute read
| October 1, 2021

Why Governance & Guardrails are the Real Foundation of Kubernetes Ownership

Would you ever build a house without a roof? How about a master bedroom with no window? Even if you wanted to, your contractor would surely advise against it—and for good... Read More
How to Kube
5 minute read
| September 20, 2021

Operationalize Kubernetes Open Source Tools at Scale With Fairwinds Insights

At Fairwinds, we have a long history managing hundreds of Kubernetes clusters across dozens of organizations. To manage that complexity and keep our customers online and... Read More
How to Kube
2 minute read
| September 17, 2021

Kubernetes CVE, Symlink Exchange: Identify Containers Running as Root

Symlink Exchange Can Allow Host Filesystem Access Read More
How to Kube
4 minute read
| August 3, 2021

An Introduction to the Kubernetes Maturity Model - How to Use It

The Fairwinds team developed the Kubernetes Maturity Model over a year ago, and we continue to update and refine it to reflect the five stages you go through in your journey... Read More