IBM provides a DevSecOps reference implementation which is especially useful for regulated industries to adhere to policies. This article describes how we have implemented the CI and CD pipelines f...
Continuous Delivery with DevSecOps Reference Architecture
IBM provides a DevSecOps reference implementation which is especially useful for regulated industries to adhere to policies. This article describes the CD pipeline to deploy software using a GitOps...
Change, Evidence and Issue Management with DevSecOps
IBM provides a DevSecOps reference implementation which is especially useful for regulated industries to adhere to policies. This article describes the CI pipeline which provides in addition to the...
Shift-Left Continuous Integration with DevSecOps Pipelines
IBM provides a DevSecOps reference implementation that I’ve used to build our SaaS reference architecture. This article describes the CI pipeline, especially the part to enforce branch protection. ...
The Kubernetes Operator Metamodel
Operators provide huge value by automating day 2 operations for software running on Kubernetes. However, for operator developers there is a steep learning curve. This article describes the key obje...
Converting Custom Resource Versions in Operators
Custom Kubernetes resources typically have multiple versions. Operators need to be able to convert between all different versions in all directions. This article describes how to implement this usi...
Initialization and Validation Webhooks in Operators
When developing custom Kubernetes resources, static defaults and simple validations for resource properties can be defined in OpenAPI/JSON schemas. For more flexible scenarios webhooks can be used ...
Configuring Webhooks for Kubernetes Operators
Kubernetes operators can initialize, validate and convert custom resources via webhooks. Coding the webhooks is straight forward, setting them up is a lot harder. This article summarizes the import...
Defining Dependencies in Kubernetes Operators
Operators can automate the deployment and operations of custom Kubernetes resources. These resources might dependent on other third party resources. This article describes how to define these depen...
Deploying Operators with the Operator Lifecycle Manager
Kubernetes operators automate the deployment and operations of Kubernetes based software. This article describes the Operator Lifecycle Manager which provides a declarative way to install, manage, ...