Waha Festival 2017
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Create a secure Kubernetes HA cluster in AWS using kube-aws
There are several tools that allow automatic deployment of Kubernetes clusters in AWS, like kube-aws, kops, kismatic and others. Some of the tools can also provision AWS infrastructure according to your use case. kube-awsallows you to customise a yaml file and generate a Cloudformation stack that…
Backup and restore MySQL databases using Kubernetes Cron Jobs
Some of the projects I'm working on require importing MySQL databases from production into staging or dev environments on daily basis.Usually I'm using systemd timers, Jenkins jobs or Airbnb's Airflow for more complex workflows. A particular case is where each environment it's a separate Kubernete…
Monitoring Kubernetes clusters on AWS using Prometheus
Even there is no perfect solution to deploy Kubernetes on AWS at the moment, not as fast and easy as GKE, once configured, it becomes quite easy to administer. Also, in GKE, you have a integrated monitoring solution using Stackdriver. In AWS, there are many options to deploy, manage and monitor th…
Hot Backup and Restore of MySQL with Percona XtraBackup
Percona XtraBackup is an open-source hot backup utility for MySQL - based servers that doesn’t lock your database during the backup. It can easily be installed using official repositories on Debian/Ubuntu or RedHat/CentOS. Please check the official documentation. Installing Percona XtraBackup 2.…