• Pingalot now does ICMP!

  Short update regarding my service Pingalot! here

• OpenTofu!

  If you’re a DevOps or infrastructure professional, you’re likely familiar with Terraform, the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool that has become the go-to choice for provisioning and managing infrastructure. But have you heard of OpenTofu? This innovative fork of Terraform is shaking up the IaC landscape and bringing exciting new features to the table.

• Running Kubeflow on Akamai/Linode LKE!

  Kubeflow is an open-source platform designed to make it easier to develop, deploy, and manage machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) workflows on Kubernetes. By combining Kubernetes and ML tools, Kubeflow simplifies the process of building, training, and deploying ML models at scale. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through the steps to set up Kubeflow on Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE), an Akamai Connected Cloud product, offering a seamless and powerful Kubernetes experience.

• Ping and Pingalot!

  Website latency refers to the amount of time it takes for a website to respond to a user’s request. It is the delay between the user’s action, such as clicking a link or submitting a form, and the website’s response to that action. Latency is influenced by various factors, including the server’s processing speed, network congestion, and the user’s internet connection. A lower latency indicates a faster and more responsive website, while a higher latency can result in slower page load times and a less satisfactory user experience.

• HYOK on Linode LKE

  What is HYOK????
  HYOK stands for “Hold Your Own Key.” It is an acronym commonly used in the field of information security and encryption. HYOK refers to a data protection strategy where an organization retains full control over the encryption keys used to secure its sensitive data, even when that data is stored or processed by a third-party service provider.

• Be aware of default Nodebalancer throttle limits!

  Throttling the number of requests through a load balancer is a common practice to ensure optimal performance and prevent overload on the backend systems. Here are a few reasons why throttling is necessary:

• Charge your kube with Knative Functions!

  Knative Functions is a serverless platform that enables developers to deploy and run containerized functions, known as serverless functions, on Kubernetes clusters. Knative Functions provides a simple and seamless way to create, deploy, and manage functions, while also offering advanced features such as autoscaling, scaling to zero, and event-driven processing.

• Terraforming Linode LKE!

  Terraform is an open-source infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tool that allows you to define, provision, and manage infrastructure resources such as servers, databases, networks, and cloud services in a declarative manner.