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Gardener v1.8.0 Released
Thursday, August 06, 2020 in 2020
6 minute read
Even if we are in the midst of the summer holidays, a new Gardener release came out yesterday: v1.8.0! It’s main themes are the large change of our logging stack to Loki (which was already explained in detail on a blog post on grafana.com), …
PingCAP’s Experience in Implementing Their Managed TiDB Service with Gardener
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in 2020
7 minute read
Gardener is showing successful collaboration with its growing community of contributors and adopters. With this come some success stories, including PingCAP using Gardener to implement its managed service. About PingCAP and Its TiDB CloudPingCAP …
New Website, Same Green Flower
Monday, May 11, 2020 in 2020
2 minute read
The Gardener project website just received a serious facelift. Here are some of the highlights: A completely new landing page, emphasizing both on Gardener’s value proposition and the open community behind it. The Community page was …
Organizing Access Using kubeconfig Files
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 in 2019
less than a minute
The kubectl command-line tool uses kubeconfig files to find the information it needs in order to choose a cluster and communicate with its API server. What happens if the kubeconfig file of your production cluster is leaked or published by …
Feature Flags in Kubernetes Applications
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 in 2019
less than a minute
Feature flags are used to change the behavior of a program at runtime without forcing a restart. Although they are essential in a native cloud environment, they cannot be implemented without significant effort on some platforms. Kubernetes has made …
KubeCon Rewind: SIG Cluster API & Gardener – Managing Machines Automatically
Friday, May 24, 2019 in 2019
2 minute read
The KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe buzz might be settling, but the energy from our deep dive session with the incredible folks at SIG Cluster API is still palpable! We, from the Gardener team, were absolutely thrilled to share the stage and explore …
Gardener Cookies
Tuesday, December 25, 2018 in 2018
2 minute read
Green Tea Matcha CookiesFor a team event during the Christmas season we decided to completely reinterpret the topic cookies. :-) Matcha cookies have the delicate flavor and color of green tea. These soft, pillowy and chewy green tea cookies are …
Cookies Are Dangerous...
Saturday, December 22, 2018 in 2018
less than a minute
…they mess up the figure. For a team event during the Christmas season we decided to completely reinterpret the topic cookies… since the vegetables have gone on a well-deserved vacation. :-) Get the recipe at Gardener Cookies.
Hibernate a Cluster to Save Money
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 in 2018
less than a minute
You want to experiment with Kubernetes or set up a customer scenario, but don’t want to run the cluster 24 / 7 due to cost reasons? Gardener gives you the possibility to scale your cluster down to zero nodes. Learn more on Hibernate a Cluster.
Watching Logs of Several Pods
Monday, June 11, 2018 in 2018
less than a minute
One thing that always bothered me was that I couldn’t get the logs of several pods at once with kubectl. A simple tail -f <path-to-logfile> isn’t possible. Certainly, you can use kubectl logs -f <pod-id>, but it doesn’t …