devops

A collection of 54 posts

kubernetes

Part 5 - Managing Applications with Kubernetes ConfigMaps and Secrets: Configuration Without Tears

With ConfigMaps and Secrets, Kubernetes lets you manage app settings like a pro—no hardcoded horrors, no tearful 3 AM configs.”

kubernetes

Part 4 - Essential Kubernetes Concepts: Pods, Deployments, and Services

Pods, Deployments, and Services are the holy trinity of Kubernetes—master them, or prepare for divine debugging interventions.”

harvester

Harvester HCI 1.5: Revolutionizing Infrastructure for Government and Enterprise

Harvester HCI 1.5 isn’t just an upgrade—it’s a full-blown infrastructure renaissance for government and enterprise IT.

kubernetes

Part 3 - Demystifying Kubernetes Architecture: The Magnificent Orchestra Behind Container Orchestration

Kubernetes architecture is less like a machine and more like a symphony—miss a beat, and the whole orchestra goes off-key.

kubernetes

Part 2 - Why Kubernetes? The Power of Container Orchestration

Kubernetes isn’t just container orchestration—it’s the control tower that keeps your microservices from turning into mid-air chaos.

kubernetes

Navigating the Mesh: How Istio Revolutionizes Microservices Architecture in 2025

Istio in 2025: enterprise-grade microservice control—zero-trust, deep observability, and traffic mastery in one powerful mesh.

kubernetes

Service Mesh in Kubernetes: A Technical Deep Dive and Comparison of Open Source Solutions

Kubernetes service mesh: securing, scaling, and steering microservice traffic with sidecars, zero-trust, and open source power.

containers

Mastering Containerd: A Comprehensive Guide to Native Management Tools in 2025

Master containerd in 2025: ditch the overhead, embrace native speed with ctr and nerdctl.

cloud

Azure Government vs. Commercial: A Comprehensive Guide to Microsoft's Government Cloud Capabilities

Azure Government: a sovereign, U.S.-only cloud built for sensitive government missions—compliance, security, and control beyond commercial Azure.

cloud

Google Cloud Platform's Government Capabilities: A Comprehensive Guide to GCP's Public Sector Offerings

Google Cloud: secure, compliant, and AI-ready government cloud—without the GovCloud silo.

cloud

AWS GovCloud vs. Commercial AWS: Understanding the Capabilities and Differences

AWS GovCloud: purpose-built for secure, compliant government workloads—beyond what commercial AWS offers.

devsecops

Accelerating Government Missions Through Secure DevSecOps: How RGS and AlphaBravo are Transforming Federal IT

By combining Rancher Government’s hardened Kubernetes platforms with AlphaBravo’s secure DevSecOps orchestration, federal agencies can finally modernize IT operations across air-gapped, tactical, and classified environments—without compromising security or speed.

ai

Securing AI Capabilities: The Case for Privately Hosted MCP Servers in Federal Government and DoD Applications

To unlock the full potential of agentic AI in government and DoD environments, secure, privately hosted MCP servers—backed by AlphaBravo’s hardened container expertise—are essential to meet mission-critical security and compliance demands.

kubernetes

Taming the Log Beast: How Kubetail Makes Kubernetes Logging Less of a Nightmare

Kubetail turns Kubernetes log chaos into clarity, giving developers real-time, unified visibility across ephemeral containers—no complex setup, just instant insight.

cybersecurity

Mission-Critical Cloud Security: Navigating Impact Level 5 (IL5) Requirements

Navigating IL5 means mastering one of the DoD’s most rigorous cloud security frameworks—balancing FedRAMP High, U.S.-only hosting, and total isolation to protect mission-critical CUI and National Security Systems from catastrophic compromise.

cloud

Crafting Effective Requirements for Cloud and Kubernetes Platforms in Federal Acquisitions: Supporting ABMS, C3 Modernization, and Beyond

Crafting precise, mission-aligned requirements for cloud and Kubernetes platforms is the linchpin for modernizing DoD capabilities like ABMS and C3, ensuring both innovation and uncompromising security in federal acquisitions.

kubernetes

5 Common Kubernetes Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Kubernetes has revolutionized container orchestration, but with its powerful capabilities comes a steep learning curve that can leave even experienced DevOps engineers scratching their heads. As the saying goes, "With great power comes great responsibility" – and in Kubernetes' case, great opportunity for misconfiguration. Having spent countless hours

federal government

Securing Public Data - A Guide to DoD Impact Level 2 (IL2) Compliance

DoD Impact Level 2 compliance offers cloud providers a streamlined, FedRAMP-aligned path to serve federal missions with secure, public-facing applications—balancing accessibility, compliance, and opportunity.

devops

From Monolith to Microservices: A DevOps Migration Blueprint

That monolithic codebase you've been wrestling with for years-you know, the one that makes your entire team break into a cold sweat whenever someone says "let's deploy a small fix"? It's time to break up with it. Not a messy breakup, but

kubernetes

Leveling Up: From Docker Compose to Kubernetes and Helm with WordPress

Congratulations, container enthusiast! You've mastered the art of docker-compose up -d and can spin up multi-container applications with a single YAML file. But as your application grows, you've started noticing the limitations. Your deployment needs to scale, handle traffic spikes, and recover gracefully from failures-all things

containers

From VMs to Containers – Deploying WordPress the Modern Way

In a previous blog, we talked about the benefits of leveraging containerization in software deployment. In this blog, we wanted to give a you a technical walkthrough of how much easier the process gets when you adopt containerization. We will use Wordpress for our example. WordPress powers nearly half of

devops

Containers & Docker/Podman Demystified: Accelerating Modern DevOps

If you’ve ever tried deploying a modern application and felt like you were herding cats-except the cats are on fire and the server room is flooding-then you, my friend, have tasted the bittersweet flavor of legacy deployments. But fear not: the age of containers is upon us, and with

devsecops

Recruiting and Retaining DevSecOps Talent for Government Projects: A Survival Guide

The integration of development, security, and operations has transformed from a "nice-to-have" into a "national-security-depends-on-it" necessity. Today's government agencies face a perfect storm: a critical need for DevSecOps talent colliding with the notorious red tape that makes hiring in government feel like swimming through

devops

Achieving NIST 800-171 Compliance with Automated Security in DevOps: A Modern Approach for DoD Contractors

Secure, Comply, Deploy: Automating NIST 800-171 for DoD DevOps Success

devsecops

DevSecOps and SBOM: Enhancing DoD Software Supply Chain Security

SBOMs: Because Guessing Is Not a Security Strategy.