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Observability & Monitoring in Modern Cloud Environments

Observability & Monitoring in Modern Cloud Environments

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Your deployment runs smoothly, everything in the dashboard is green, and yet the first users are already reporting slow load times. Welcome to the day-to-day reality of modern cloud environments. Whereas in the past a single server was either up or down, today you distribute your application across containers, microservices, and Kubernetes clusters. Cloud monitoring in the traditional sense may answer the question “Is it running?”, but it doesn’t answer the much more important question: “Why...

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Avoid typical mistakes during cloud migration

Avoid typical mistakes during cloud migration

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For many companies, migrating to the cloud is a strategically important step. It promises flexibility, scalability, cost efficiency and access to the latest technology. But as tempting as the advantages are: Getting there is not a sure-fire success. Time and again,...

What is cloud computing?

What is cloud computing?

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Definition With cloud computing, IT resources are provided via the internet. Instead of operating your own servers, storage or software within the company, these services are outsourced to a cloud provider. As a rule, only what is actually used is billed. This makes...

CoreDNS and Kubernetes: an overview

CoreDNS and Kubernetes: an overview

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CoreDNS is one of the unsung heroes of Kubernetes. It can be found in almost every Kubernetes setup and performs its tasks reliably and unnoticed. It can also be found in NETWAYS Managed Kubernetes®.That's why I was recently surprised to suddenly have to interact with...

Kubernetes Gateway API explained

Kubernetes Gateway API explained

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If you run applications, you usually want to interact with them. This basic statement is almost always true: whether it's a web store, database or cloud storage, you have to access the services via a network somehow. Very few applications run in a network vacuum. In...

Artificial intelligence in safe hands

Artificial intelligence in safe hands

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Digital transformation through AI solutions: Opportunities and challenges Digitalization is progressing rapidly and is now influencing almost all areas of life and work. Whether communication, finance or the healthcare sector, digital technologies are omnipresent. One...

What’s new in Grafana 12?

What’s new in Grafana 12?

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Last week, the annual GrafanaCON took place in the USA in Seattle (Washington). Fans and users of the LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) know what that means: a new Grafana release! Consequently, there is only one topic today: What's new in Grafana 12? As a user...

NETWAYS on the road – our KubeCon London Review

NETWAYS on the road – our KubeCon London Review

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Last week it was time again - the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe in London was on the agenda! As in previous years, NETWAYS Managed Services was there again with some colleagues - not least because our membership in the CNCF was officially announced. You can find out...

IPv6 Support @NETWAYS

IPv6 Support @NETWAYS

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The time has finally come: IPv6 is now fully usable in the NETWAYS Cloud! Many have already asked for it, others have feared it - but one thing is clear: IPv6 is the future. It is therefore all the more important to give our customers the opportunity to use it. Some...

Nextcloud with two-factor authentication

Nextcloud with two-factor authentication

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What is two-factor authentication (2FA)? Two-factor authentication (2FA) increases the security of your Nextcloud account by requiring both your password and a second verification method. This second factor usually comes from an app such as Google Authenticator or...

Lightweight and powerful: K3s at a glance

Lightweight and powerful: K3s at a glance

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More than 10 years after its release, the Kubernetes project has found its way into the mainstream. The best proof of this is the large number of available solutions: (almost) every cloud provider has managed Kubernetes on offer, as well as a large number of freely...

New cloud server models: performance and dedicated

New cloud server models: performance and dedicated

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We are expanding our cloud server portfolio for optimal and consistent performance of the most demanding applications. Two new additional model series are now available as cloud servers or Kubernetes nodes. "p" model (performance): These new cloud servers with vCPUs...

Don’t be afraid of ISO 27001!

Don’t be afraid of ISO 27001!

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We at NETWAYS Managed Services have recently received ISO 27001 certification - the internationally recognized standard for the highest information security standards. Kerstin Stief from data.disrupted took this as an opportunity to talk to Bernd Erk, Managing...

Kubernetes v1.31 “Elli”: This is new

Kubernetes v1.31 “Elli”: This is new

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Two weeks ago, the Kubernetes project received its first update after its tenth birthday. If you take a closer look at the release notes, at first glance there are few groundbreaking innovations in Kubernetes v1.31 with the mascot "Elli" - and that's a good thing. The...

Talos Linux on OpenStack: step by step

Talos Linux on OpenStack: step by step

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Choosing the right platform for running Kubernetes workloads is an important strategic decision. Managed Kubernetes services offer a quick and easy way to deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters, but they often come with limitations in terms of flexibility and...