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KSOC Labs Release the First Kubernetes Bill of Materials (KBOMs)
KSOC labs recently announced the release of the first Kubernetes Bill of Materials(KBOMs). KBOM is an open source standard and command-line tool that helps security teams quickly analyze cluster configurations and respond to CVEs. The project includes an initial specification and implementation that works across cloud providers, on-prem, and DIY environments.
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Canonical Sunbeam Aims to Simplify Migrating from Small-Scale Legacy IT Solutions to OpenStack
Canonical has announced a new open-source project to enable organizations to transition their small-scale proprietary IT solutions to OpenStack. Named Sunbeam, the project is free of charge and does not require an expensive professional services engagement, says Canonical
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CBL-Mariner: Azure Linux Distribution Now Generally Available
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of Azure Linux container host for AKS. Available on GitHub under the CBL-Mariner project codename, the lightweight Linux distribution includes only the packages needed to run workloads on a cloud environment.
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AWS Announced the Support of Kubernetes Version 1.27 for Amazon EKS
AWS announced the support of Kubernetes version 1.27, called Chill Vibes, for Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro. In this version of Kubernetes there are a lot of new features that are generally available and some of them are potentially destructive for the clusters.
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Azure Container Storage Now in Public Preview
Microsoft recently announced the public preview of Azure Container Storage, a volume management service built natively for containers.
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Upbound Releases Managed Control Plane Service
Upbound, the creators of Crossplane, has released a fully-managed control plane based on Crossplane. Crossplane is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation incubating project that provides a low-code experience for building control planes. Upbound Managed Control Planes (MCPs) manage the control plane components and provide access via both a UI and a CLI.
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Kubernetes 1.27 Released with Freeze on Legacy Image Registry and In-Place Update of Pod Resources
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) released Kubernetes 1.27 with the name chill vibes. The release has new features, such as In-place Update of Pod Resources, Limit of Parallel Image Pulls, and Multiple Service CIDRs.
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Autopilot Became the Default Operation Mode for Google Kubernetes Engine
Google announced that Autopilot is now the default and recommended operation mode for GKE clusters. Autopilot was introduced in 2021 and is a cluster mode of operation that simply manages the Kubernetes clusters. All the management tasks are demanded by Autopilot which creates clusters based on the best practices learned from Google SRE and engineering.
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Google Cloud Deploy Adds Canary and Parallel Deployment Support
Google Cloud has released canary and parallel deployment support for Google Cloud Deploy. Both features work for Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Run, and Anthos. The features can be combined together for more advanced rollout strategies.
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Amazon GuardDuty Adds EKS Runtime Monitoring and RDS Protection
Amazon GuardDuty added Amazon EKS Runtime Monitoring and RDS Protection for Amazon Aurora. EKS Runtime Monitoring can detect runtime threats from over 30 different security findings. RDS Protection adds support for profiling and monitoring access activity to Aurora databases.
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AWS Data on EKS Provides Opinionated Data Workload Blueprints
AWS has released Data on EKS (DoEKS), an open-source project providing templates, guidance, and best practices for deploying data workloads on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). While the main focus is on running Apache Spark on Amazon EKS, blueprints also exist for other data workloads such as Ray, Apache Airflow, Argo Workflows, and Kubeflow.
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KubeEdge Achieves SLSA Level 3 Compliance
KubeEdge, a CNCF incubating project, recently met the Supply Chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) 3 compliance. SLSA 3 certifies the end-to-end security of KubeEdge's software supply chain process, ensuring that binary and container image artifacts are protected from malicious tampering.
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Docker+Wasm Reaches Technical Preview 2, Includes Three New Runtime Engines
Docker has announced the second technical preview of Docker+Wasm, aiming to make it easier to run Wasm workloads and extending runtime support by including Fermyon's spin, Deislabs' slight, and Bytecode Alliance's wasmtime runtime engines.
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AWS Announces Kubernetes 1.25 Support for EKS
AWS has recently announced that Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) now supports Kubernetes version 1.25. Highlights of this update include support for Pod Security Admission (PSA), general availability of ephemeral containers, and new values for control groups API version 2.
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Green Software Development - What Can You Do Now, and Where is the Industry Heading?
Making code more efficient often ends up saving carbon. Storing less information and compressing it can also lower your carbon footprint. There are open-source projects and standards and guides available that can be used to increase sustainability in software development. Measurement standardization is needed to compare the environmental impact of cloud suppliers.