Tag: monitoring

Kubernetes 1.6 – Taints and Tolerances for monitoring your cluster

At the office we use Datadog for monitoring our production systems, so when I spun up a test Kubernetes cluster (running Tectonic) I wanted to monitor using the same tool. Unfortunately the initial deploy of the Datadog agent didn’t work quite as well I was hoping. While I used their stock Kubernetes YAML as prescribed…

Cloud

Project “Reaper” – For all your ESXi server on-the-go needs

Dec. 17 airpower summary: Reapers touch enemy forces Typically when one talks about building virtual infrastructure the first thoughts go to big boxes loaded with as much redundancy as possible, slotted into a nice home at a datacenter. This is a great idea, however I ended up being tasked with something slightly different. I need…

Hardware