How much observability and monitoring is really needed, the tooling people actually use (from Datadog and Grafana Cloud to open source options like Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo), and how to approach observability without overcomplicating things. Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 33"
After over 10 years of using Synology appliances for his backups, Gary has had enough of their shenanigans and needs to rethink his whole setup. Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives AOOSTAR NAS series UGREEN NASync DXP2800 2-Bay Desktop NAS Fractal Design Node 304 – Black – Mini Cube … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 32"
When should you consider using a third-party management tool, rather than just the ones built into your cloud of choice? Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 31"
Sean tells us about bootable containers and asks for our opinions on how he plans to use them with Kubernetes. He mentions Talos Linux. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Insta360 X5 Camera To get a free invisible selfie stick worth US$24.99 with your purchase, go to … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 30"
Aaron and Shane both recently had a bad experience when buying hard drives, the hardware we picked for our homelabs, why gigabit LANs aren’t quite cutting it anymore, an update on Shane’s janky Kubernetes setup, and more. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Insta360 X5 Camera To … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 29"
With increasing numbers of organisations starting to seriously think about moving away from US-owned providers, we dig into the technical challenges of major cloud migrations. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 28"
The best way to cope with a huge spike in traffic on a product launch day, and the most important public and private cloud technologies to learn. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 27"
Shane tells us about the janky Kubernetes homelab that he’s building, and we all laugh at him. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 26"
What the new Docker pull limits really mean and how to deal with them, and whether paying for 12 years of support for Kubernetes is a good idea. Docker Hub pull usage and limits Canonical announces 12 year Kubernetes LTS Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 25"
The best ways to implement geo-redundancy for containers and VMs using load balancers and Kubernetes, and moving 5TB of storage to the cloud. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 24"
Is being cloud-first more about the target for your workloads, or more about mindset? Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their SaaS data. Head to SysCloud.com for a 30-day free trial—and for a limited time, use code HCS to … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 23"
In this episode we discuss some challenges around using and testing lower environments, how to easily run integration tests using Testcontainers, and some of the pitfalls around using GitOps to deploy your applications. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com SysCloud Over 2,000 IT admins already trust SysCloud to protect their … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 22"
We reflect on what we have seen in the public and private cloud world in the last year, and look forward at what we expect to see in 2025. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 21"
Red Hat donates a bunch of container tools to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and we are broadly positive about it. Plus some of our highlights from the recent KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 conferences. News/discussion Red Hat to Contribute Comprehensive Container Tools Collection to Cloud Native Computing Foundation KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 20"
The most significant advances we’ve seen over the years in public and private cloud including mesh networking, serverless, microservices, event-driven architecture and design, message queuing, infrastructure as code, and cloud platforms. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 19"
How worthwhile cloud certifications are, whether they really demonstrate much more than your ability to pass an exam, how they relate to real world experience, actually learning new technologies via certification, and why having too many certs can be a red flag. Plus Sean tells us about his trip to the recent Ubuntu Summit. … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 18"
What would be on our cloud tools wishlist to make our lives better? Consistent APIs and IAM across clouds, vulnerability information for dependencies that doesn’t depend on vendor data, more private compute, and more. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 17"
How to be the change you wish to see in the workplace, how application architecture and infrastructure architecture are related, and if there are any real alternatives to Kubernetes for building a hybrid cloud. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 16"
Do we ever consider the environmental impacts of our cloud computing, or do we just like to watch the world burn? Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 15"
The pros and cons of smaller cloud providers when compared with the huge ones, and security best practices when you’re new to Kubernetes. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 14"
What our cloud strategy would be if we were CTOs, how companies should weigh up SaaS, PaaS and IaaS, and trade off building vs buying. Integrating the Ubuntu Snapshot Service into systems management and update tools Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 13"
We often talk about working with cloud technologies, but how do we have fun with them? Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed.
How much Linux and traditional sysadmin knowledge do you need for a career in cloud computing? Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes Subscribe to the RSS feed.
In episode 8 we talked about how to get started with Kubernetes, and this time we cover the next steps: How to set up ingress and east-west networking, options for restricting access, and the best ways to integrate with your favourite cloud provider. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 10"
We talk about infrastructure as code, what it is, what it isn’t, how it differs from configuration management, how to structure it, best practices to stay consistent between Dev/Test and Production, avoiding configuration drift, and some experiences trying to do infrastructure/configuration as code in a home lab. Send your questions and feedback to … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 09"
How best to get started with Kubernetes and whether it is better to start with a low-touch option like MicroK8s/K3s, using a cloud-managed Kubernetes from the outset, or set up everything yourself “the hard way” Kubernetes The Hard Way Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on patreon … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 08"
We get personal and explain our home IT setups, sharing tips on learning new technologies like networking and Kubernetes while keeping the family TV working, and consult on how to secure the root user of your cloud account. Send your questions and feedback to show@hybridcloudshow.com Support us on … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 07"
Google Cloud teaches us about eggs and baskets by losing a big customer’s data, and Microsoft’s carbon emissions are up significantly – probably because of AI. Plus compliance and best practices for hardening instances, web apps, and storage. News/discussion Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ “Unprecedented” Google Cloud event … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 06"
We look at OpenShift from an external perspective, including how it works in a multi-cloud environment, how it abstracts cloud resources, when administrators and developers still need to understand what is happening beneath the abstraction, combining OpenShift with cloud-managed services, some of the downsides of OpenShift, and where people should start if they want to … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 05"
Why AWS changed its policy on charging for HTTP errors on S3 buckets, how Bluesky dealt with an explosion in popularity by moving to on-prem, IBM buys Hashicorp, and our thoughts on cloud governance. News/discussion How an empty S3 bucket can make your AWS bill explode Jeff Barr responds on Twitter Update: S3 engineers … Continue reading "Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 04"
