Vendor-neutral API for distributed tracing, facilitating the instrumentation of microservices for observability.

Kubernetes extension designed for edge computing scenarios, enabling efficient management of edge nodes.

Kubernetes extension that oversees installation, upgrades, and management of Operators in a cluster.

Feature for usage reporting and billing in Kubernetes clusters, often used with Operators.

Performance and health indicators exposed by Kubernetes Operators for monitoring and alerting.

Kubernetes extension pattern for automating application-specific operational knowledge and tasks.

Framework for building Kubernetes Operators, simplifying the development process with high-level APIs.

Tool for validating Operators against best practices and providing suggestions for improvements.

Public registry for finding and sharing Kubernetes Operators, facilitating discovery and distribution.

Kubernetes plugins developed and maintained outside the main Kubernetes repository, enabling extensibility.

Design pattern ensuring consistency between database and message broker in distributed systems.

Process of identifying abnormal behavior in containerized applications or infrastructure for troubleshooting.

Additional resource consumption introduced by container runtimes and orchestration systems.

Layered filesystem used by container runtimes to efficiently manage image layers and container writes.

Virtual networks created on top of existing networks, enabling container-to-container communication across hosts.

Base container image upon which other images are built, providing foundational layers for child images.

Service mesh feature ensuring mutual authentication between services using mTLS, enhancing security.

Kubernetes resource representing a request for storage by a user, abstracting storage implementation details.

Kubernetes abstraction for a piece of storage in the cluster, managed independently of individual pods.

Kubernetes resource representing a piece of storage in the cluster that has been provisioned by an administrator.

Kubernetes resource representing a request for storage by a user, abstracting the details of the underlying storage implementation.

Practice of defining CI/CD pipelines using code, often stored alongside application code for version control and review.

Open-source observability tool for Kubernetes, providing automatic data collection and real-time debugging capabilities.

Use of Pixie to gain deep insights into Kubernetes cluster performance and application behavior without code changes.

Smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes, consisting of one or more containers sharing storage and network resources.