Kubernetes Cluster API 101 with Scott Lowe

Kubernetes Bytes

In this episode, Bhavin interviews Scott Lowe, a Principal Field Engineer at Kong. The discussion dives into what is Cluster API, how it works, and how it helps users deploy Kubernetes clusters at scale using simple YAML files. We also talk about the different components of the Cluster API project and discuss the new features introduced by the community.

Show Notes:

1. Scott Lowe -

https://twitter.com/scott_lowe

Blog - https://blog.scottlowe.org/

Podcast - https://packetpushers.net/series/full-stack-journey/

2. Cluster API - https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/

3. Kustomize with Cluster API - https://blog.scottlowe.org/2021/11/01/using-kustomize-components-with-cluster-api/ https://blog.scottlowe.org/2021/10/11/kustomize-transformer-configurations-for-cluster-api-v1beta1/

News:

• Grafana lab adds K8s monitoring for Grafana Cloud: https://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Grafana-Labs-Releases-Kubernetes-Monitoring-for-Grafana-Cloud-153953.aspx
• Kubeshop acquires majority stake in InfraCloud’s OSS product BotKube: https://www.cxotoday.com/press-release/kubeshop-acquires-majority-stake-in-infraclouds-oss-product-botkube/
• Kyverno moves to the CNCF Incubator: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/07/12/kyverno-moves-to-the-cncf-incubator/