Deploying Microservices

The expert advice and news on deploying microservices provided in this resource center keeps SysOps and IT operations pros informed about how microservices evolved, production requirements and products to manage microservices.

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Deploying Microservices News

February 26, 2020 26 Feb'20
JFrog touts DevSecOps edge in CI/CD tools

JFrog hops aboard a crowded CI/CD bandwagon, but its expertise in artifact and package management could appeal to security-conscious DevOps shops.
February 12, 2020 12 Feb'20
Grafana Loki users reap log data savings, with tradeoffs

Grafana Loki won't replace advanced log analytics tools, but it may be a boon for shops that want to collect massive amounts of log data for troubleshooting applications.
February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20
Retail software firm takes broad view of Kubernetes security

Kubernetes platform security has supplanted container-level security for enterprises such as retail software vendor Aptos as they deploy microservices in production.
January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20
GraphQL vs. REST choice steers microservices development

GraphQL vs. REST: That is the question as teams tackle microservices architecture design, and at Pantheon, the choice came with both business boons and technical debt.

Deploying Microservices Get Started

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automated testing

Automated testing is a process that validates if software is functioning appropriately and meeting requirements before it is released into production. Continue Reading
Follow these 6 steps to deploy microservices in production

To succeed with microservices, IT organizations need to rethink the way they design and deploy applications -- and not all the necessary changes are technical ones. Continue Reading
How is service mesh architecture different from SDN and NFV?

Service mesh separates itself from SDN and NFV approaches with its clear focus on managing the communication and forwarding between multiple microservices. Continue Reading

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Pros and cons of monolithic vs. microservices architecture

Developers interested in shifting to microservices should seriously consider whether a monolithic approach may be the smarter choice. Here are the key factors to consider. Continue Reading
Advantages of monolithic architecture that prove it isn't dead

Don't rush to break up a monolith too quickly without considering what you might lose in the process. We examine why a monolithic architecture is sometimes the smarter choice. Continue Reading
5 steps to evaluate and perform a service mesh implementation

Service mesh adoption is a long process that starts with careful evaluation of the technology and its deployment models. And that requires the involvement of both IT ops and dev teams. Continue Reading

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Scaling microservices takes conceptual skills and good tooling

Independent scalability is a major benefit of microservices, and simultaneously a complex and challenging thing to implement. Scale microservices with a focus on users' priorities. Continue Reading
Convert a VM to a Docker image for speed and convenience

In this excerpt from Chapter 3 of 'Docker in Practice, Second Edition,' authors Ian Miell and Aidan Hobson Sayers discuss how and why to use Docker as a lightweight VM. Continue Reading
Explore Robin hyper-converged Kubernetes for containerized apps

Robin Systems new scalable and agile Kubernetes HCI platform aims to take the pain out of deploying and managing complex data-intensive systems in a containerized environment. Continue Reading

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Improve microservices management in operations with 5 tips

Distributed applications are the future of IT, thanks to their scalability and flexibility, but growth means growing pains. Tackle microservices issues with this expert advice. Continue Reading
Is read-only mode a viable approach to container hardening?

Can containers work in read-only mode, and how does this setup make a difference in security hardening? Continue Reading
Docker for Windows shows permission errors on shared volumes

Understand and work around one of the more common Docker for Windows errors -- permissions for shared volumes -- to read, write and execute to the shared volume. Continue Reading