Cloud Native Now

1 week ago | cloudnativenow.com | Mike Vizard

Mirantis this week made available a reference architecture for building and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) workloads using a control plane designed to be deployed on Kubernetes clusters. Company CTO Shaun O’Meara said the Mirantis AI Factory Reference Architecture will make it simpler to build multi-tenant environments to run these applications using multiple classes of processors.

2 weeks ago | cloudnativenow.com | Alan Shimel

Turner makes the case that the old perception of Kubernetes versus virtualization is not just outdated—it’s counterproductive. In reality, most Kubernetes workloads are already running on virtualized infrastructure, whether it’s on-prem or in the public cloud. And when done right, layering Kubernetes on top of virtualization actually simplifies operations by combining modern DevOps agility with time-tested enterprise-grade manageability. One of the most critical pain points? Complexity.

2 weeks ago | cloudnativenow.com | Mike Vizard

Despite all the talk about shifting left and securing the software supply chain, many organizations are still wrestling with the basics—namely, hardening the container images and open source components they rely on every day. In this conversation, Ryan Carlson breaks down why that’s still such a challenge and what it really takes to turn visibility into action. The old model of relying on developers to spot and patch vulnerabilities on their own is not only inefficient—it’s unsustainable.

3 weeks ago | cloudnativenow.com | Mike Vizard

Chainguard has added support for multi-layer images to its repository for accessing hardened container images that are free of vulnerabilities. Jason Hall, principal engineer for Chainguard, said that while it has been possible to use multi-layer Docker images for many years now, the declarative apko tool that Chainguard developed to create hardened Chainguard Container images lacked the ability to use layers to package distinct parts of the filesystem as individual archives.

1 month ago | cloudnativenow.com | Mike Vizard

Mirantis today extended the capabilities of an enterprise edition of an open source control plane to add workflow capabilities that are designed to be familiar to VMware administrators. Since earlier this year, Mirantis has been making a case for a k0rdent control plane that can be used to declaratively manage containers and virtual machines running on any distribution of Kubernetes.