March 2018 Summaries

In a modern application built from multiple microservices, existing deployment systems can become outdated and impact agility and responsiveness. To adopt continuous deployment of microservices, developers need to answer key questions about setting up development environments, deploying services, identifying issues, rolling back changes, supporting multiple environments, handling configuration and secrets, and using suitable deployment strategies. These questions are crucial for building a deployment system that supports both developer productivity and DevOps efficiency, ultimately enabling the adoption of continuous deployment and microservices architecture.

kubectl delete ns foo lets you easily switch between clusters and namespaces, while kube-ps1 adds the current Kubernetes context and namespace to your Bash or zsh prompt, along with the Kubernetes logo. Stern allows you to tail multiple pods or containers on your cluster, color coding the output for easy identification of pod issues. These tools improve productivity in daily development tasks.