This guide outlines the steps to deploy OpenTelemetry Collector, enable Rancher Monitoring with Thanos, and configure MinIO as external object storage running on a separate server using Docker. The Kubernetes cluster is already running and imported into Rancher.
As a DevOps engineer who spends countless hours wrestling with Kubernetes clusters, I've tried every tool under the sun. But nothing quite compares to OpenLens - the open-source Kubernetes IDE that transformed how I interact with clusters. Let me take you on a journey through my experience.
Remember the first time you used a proper IDE after coding in Notepad? That's exactly how it feels switching to OpenLens from kubectl commands. No more juggling between terminal windows or struggling with YAML indentation. Just pure, visual Kubernetes management.
Rancher is a powerful Kubernetes management platform that simplifies container orchestration. After setting up Rancher, here are the key features you should absolutely try to experience its full power and usefulness.
After spending days fighting with Kubernetes metrics collection and experiencing the pain of manual configuration, we've learned some valuable lessons. This post explains what Helm charts are, why they're essential for Kubernetes management, and how to use UI tools like Lens and Rancher for monitoring.
Cursor's Mission Control Panel (MCP) provides a powerful way to give AI assistants direct access to your Kubernetes clusters. This guide outlines the step-by-step process for setting up MCP to enable secure, controlled access to your Kubernetes environment.
Our infrastructure currently consists of two separate Kubernetes clusters: Boreas (AMD64) and Notus (ARM64). To simplify management and reduce operational overhead, we're consolidating these into a single mixed-architecture cluster. This guide outlines the step-by-step process for safely migrating Notus into the Boreas cluster.
# The simple solution we ended up with:
kubectl -n mercury port-forward svc/postgres 15432:5432
DATABASE_URL="postgresql://mercury:mercury_secure_password_123@localhost:15432/mercury" pnpm migration:up:mercury
In the neon-lit underbelly of the cloud, where containers dance like digital shadows and clusters hum with the rhythm of a thousand microservices, every DevOps engineer needs their tools of the trade. Here's your survival guide to kubectl, straight from the container trenches...
Setting up a production-ready Kubernetes cluster can be a challenging journey, filled with unexpected twists and turns. Today, we want to share our experience of deploying the Mercury Bot on Kubernetes, complete with proper networking, HTTPS, and all the fun debugging that came with it.
In the realm of cloud computing, where digital titans roam, there exists a tale as old as distributed systems themselves. This is the story of Kubernetes, the container orchestrator, as it might have been told in ancient Greece.