Kubernetes Probes: Ensuring Application Health and High Availability

by Francisco Bobadilla

Ensuring the health and reliability of applications in a Kubernetes environment is crucial for delivering a seamless user experience. But how can you guarantee that your containers are running smoothly and responding to requests? The answer lies in Kubernetes probes, powerful tools that periodically check the responsiveness and readiness of containers, enabling Kubernetes to take corrective actions when necessary. In this article, we’ll dive into the world of Kubernetes probes, exploring their types, benefits, and best practices, and show you how to unlock your Kubernetes potential and achieve peak performance and resilience.

GitOps: Why your business should care about it

by Juan Caivano

GitOps is a revolutionary approach to managing infrastructure, leveraging Git as the single source of truth for all system configurations, infrastructure, and application code. By combining Git with operations (Ops), businesses can achieve faster time-to-market, reduced downtime, and scalable, auditable workflows. With its core pillars of declarative infrastructure, governance of changes, automation, and observability, GitOps offers improved collaboration, security, and cost efficiency.