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Lens 3.6 Released — Kubeconfig Files as References, Additional Smart Terminal Options and More!
We’re excited to announce Lens — the Kubernetes IDE — version 3.6 is now available. This is the first release since Mirantis took over the lead in the project. The biggest new features are related to the way Lens manages Kubernetes cluster access using kubeconfig files and additional smart terminal configuration options. These features will greatly improve the overall user …

How to Create a Unified Container Strategy When Your Developers Have Gone Rogue
No VP, CIO or leader of an IT organization wants to invest in technology to make developer’s lives easier only to have them ignore it. So it’s critical to ensure your approach makes things easy for developers across business units. A lot of solutions offer some type of container orchestration, and depending on the maturity and diversity of an organization, you may have several different solutions which fit your needs.

Getting started with Lens
You can use Lens to control local clusters (such as Docker Kubernetes Service clusters running on your laptop), or remote clusters on bare metal, private, or public clouds.

Lens, the world’s most popular Kubernetes IDE, has found a new home at Mirantis
Lens brings multi-cluster management into the mainstream and simplifies the experience for developers working with Kubernetes and cloud-native applications.

Preparing Kubernetes for the Real World – Q&A
Last month we held a webinar where Mirantis and Tigera discussed some of the considerations that arise with regard to networking when you take your Kubernetes cluster out of the lab and into production.

Is Rancher going in the SUSE Box?
SUSE’s $600 million (USD) acquisition of Rancher Labs means that the Kubernetes market is heading towards a major decision-point between freedom of choice and solutions tied to an enterprise Linux distribution and its agenda.

New in Docker Enterprise 3.1: Making Kubernetes on Windows, GPU Orchestration and Istio Ingress Easier
To celebrate the release of the latest version of Docker Enterprise, Principal Solutions Engineer David Kramer talked to John Jainschigg about some of the new features. We wanted to bring you the answers to your questions, including those we didn’t have time to cover live.

New Docker Enterprise Phone a Friend: Call Solution Architects for Help Operationalizing Your Solution
After an organization adopts the Docker Enterprise platform from Mirantis, they usually have questions and need help to operationalize the solution they purchased. But just as the car insurance that covers damage from an accident doesn't do you any good if you need new tires, the Mirantis Support team does a great job in working with customers to address critical …

Today I learned: How to make very small containers for golang binaries
Building images from scratch, using compiled binaries that don’t need complex, multi-layered OS and language environment support, will keep containers small.

The ultimate guide to Kubernetes
Here at Mirantis we’re committed to making things easy for you to get your work done, so we’ve decided to put together this guide to Kubernetes.

Journey into Cloud Native Learning with a New Education Track from Mirantis
Over the next few months, Mirantis Training will be launching a new Cloud Native Computing (CN) track. These courses utilize a new, pattern-driven methodology, and cover containerization with Kubernetes, Docker Enterprise, and adjacent technologies. This track represents the best of the Kube and Docker courses developed and delivered for years by the Mirantis and Docker training teams, combined into one …

Getting Docker Enterprise Edition Running in 1 Hour
Installing Docker Enterprise can be straightforward and fairly quick.

Introduction to Istio Ingress: The easy way to manage incoming Kubernetes app traffic
Istio Ingress is a subset of Istio that handles the incoming traffic for your cluster.

NVIDIA GPU Nodes for Docker Enterprise Kubernetes
Docker Enterprise 3.1 with Kubernetes 1.17 makes it simple to add standard GPU worker node capacity to Kubernetes clusters.

Today I Learned: How to Enable SSH With Keypair Login on Windows Server 2019
When deploying automatically to Windows Server 2019, you have the option to use SSH, which can be more convenient than Linux-native operators.
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