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Michael C. Jaeger
5 September 2022

Best practices to publish open-source software operators

Charms Ubuntu tech blog

Running or operating applications requires several tasks throughout their lifecycle: scaling instances, checking the health, integrating with other applications, running backups, and applying updates – to name a few examples. It’s a time and labour-intensive process. To automate these tasks, developers can implement scripts for repeated e ...

Rob Gibbon
31 August 2022

Kubernetes operators – the top 5 things to watch for

Charms Ubuntu tech blog

Software operators are steadily revolutionising how we deploy and run complex distributed systems. They offer the promise of low-intervention, self-driving software – ideally leading to service reliability gains and better uptime. For an introduction to Kubernetes operators, check out our introductory webinar or download our guide to Kube ...

Michael C. Jaeger
30 June 2022

The software operator design pattern: disadvantages – part 5

Charms Ubuntu tech blog

The software operator is a design pattern – it is a proven design that has been applied in many situations and implemented by several frameworks. Its widespread adoption in the industry has allowed us to study its consequences, both good and bad. This is important because software developers and IT architects need to know when ...

Michael C. Jaeger
29 June 2022

The software operator design pattern: advantages – part 4

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The software operator is a design pattern. Its design is based on successful applications where this approach was found useful. In other words, it’s a proven approach that can be recommended to others. But like all approaches, it’s important to understand their positive and negative impact. Software developers need to understand when the ...

Michael C. Jaeger
16 June 2022

Operator Day at Kubecon EU 2022 – recordings available!

Charms Ubuntu tech blog

The Operator Day at Kubecon EU 2022, hosted by Canonical, took place on Monday 16 May  2022. We thank everyone for attending the event. Our thanks go out especially to those who engaged with us via chat during the online event. We enjoyed answering questions and having conversations during the presentations.  If you missed Operator ...

Michael C. Jaeger
12 June 2022

The software operator design pattern: May the force be with you – Part 3

Charms Ubuntu tech blog

The software operator is a design pattern. A design pattern describes the approach to cover the operational tasks of an application’s implementation. The first post in this series introduced the concept of a design pattern in general. The second post covers the software operator design pattern in particular. In the second part, we also ex ...

Michael C. Jaeger
19 May 2022

Secure Multi-Tenancy for Charmed Kubernetes with Clastix’ new Charmed Operator

Charms Ubuntu tech blog

Capsule helps reduce the operational effort to operate and maintain secure multi-tenancy on Charmed Kubernetes. Users, teams, and departments can now share the same infrastructure without compromising security and usability. ...

Michael C. Jaeger
5 May 2022

The Operator Day Industry Panel Discussion at Kubecon EU 2022

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Find out who the panelists are for the Industry Panel discussion during Operator Day on May 16th. During this virtual session industry thought leaders will discuss the latest trends and developments about Kubernetes and Operators. Our panelists are not only thought leaders in various areas of cloud-native technologies, but also work at le ...

Malina
28 April 2022

Canonical at KubeCon Europe 2022

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship event, KubeCon & CloudNativeCon Europe 2022 is going to be held this year in Valencia, Spain from 16 – 20 May 2022. The event will also be held virtually on the same days. As the world is slowly getting back to its pre-pandemic habits, we expect KubeCon attendance to ...

Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

The software operator design pattern — part 2

Charms Ubuntu tech blog

This blog post continues with the previous blog post about design patterns and the software operator pattern. In this part, this post takes a closer look at the description of the software operator pattern. What is a design pattern? Over the years, the software development and programming community developed a common understanding of desi ...

Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

Design patterns and the software operator — part 1

Charms Ubuntu tech blog

In the early days of software development, computers were sold with compilers and interpreters. Users wrote mostly their own small programs instead of buying software. During that time, most didn’t even consider downloading software as only a few were connected to mailboxes or the UUCP network. Most of the software was provided by the com ...

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