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27 march werf 1.1: Release notes and future plans

werf is our Open Source GitOps tool to build your applications and deploy them to Kubernetes. Learn more about its v1.1 release new features.

13 march Our failure story with Redis operator for K8s (+ a brief look at Redis data analysis tools)

Why you should be careful using Kubernetes operators for critical infrastructure and which tools might be useful for analyzing your Redis databases.

11 march KeyDB as a [possible] replacement for Redis

How KeyDB has helped us to get rid of a performance bottleneck using Redis in one of web applications.

21 february Building & deploying a versioned documentation site with werf

How are we eating our own dog food in Flant? Using werf for building (Docker images) & deploying (to Kubernetes) the project's website with versioned documentation in two languages.

7 february Calico for Kubernetes networking: the basics & examples

Why configuring Kubernetes network settings using Calico is more convenient: explained and illustrated with simple examples.

31 january Logs in Kubernetes: expectations vs reality

Aggregating logs for applications hosted in Kubernetes: existing solutions (based on Fluentd, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse, etc), its drawbacks and challenges in general.

24 january Executing commands while deploying your app’s new release in Kubernetes

Tips on using Helm or werf to deal with database migrations and other routines in your CI/CD pipelines for apps being deployed to Kubernetes.

14 january Announcing werf 1.0 stable

werf is an Open Source GitOps CLI utility for building and delivering applications to Kubernetes. werf supports building application images from Dockerfiles or via its custom advanced image builder…

13 december 2019 Manual recovery of a Rook cluster in Kubernetes