Kubernetes and Platform Engineering Ramblings
What has changed The initial feedback regarding the Backstage plugins we built which can be found here has been really great especially for the Crossplane related plugins! While the initial proof of concept work showed potential, it was heavily in need for better performance, enhanced functionality, and better integrations between the different parts of the …
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In the platform engineering space, two of the most impactful and interesting tools are Backstage and Crossplane. In this post, we will discuss and demonstrate how the two tools can be integrated to provide a great baseline for the ultimate developer platform. What is Backstage Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals. It …
In TAP 1.5, a new installation model was introduced based on a GitOps model, utilizing the Carvel toolset under the hood, to power it all. With TAP 1.6, beyond overall bug fixes, and nice changes to the overall UX of the GitOps Installation method, a really key feature that has been added, is the integration …
What Is The TAP Namespace Provisioner Namespace Provisioner provides a secure, automated way for platform operators to provision namespaces with the resources and namespace-level privileges required for their workloads to function as intended. It enables operators to add additional customized namespace-scoped resources using GitOps to meet their organization’s requirements and provides continuous reconciliation using the …
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Background Back in December 2022, While working on designing a TAP implementation for a customer of mine, I came to learn that they use Azure DevOps as their Git server. Immediately i decided to take a look at how it would work with TAP, and ran into a bunch of issues. Azure DevOps is not …
TAP GitOps Reference Implementation Overview In TAP 1.5 we now have a new and very exciting installation model, based on the GitOps methodology. The new installation model offers a secure and simple way to manage a TAP installation, no matter what type of configuration you are targeting. What Problems Is This Trying To Solve One …
What Is The TAP Namespace Provisioner Namespace Provisioner provides a secure, automated way for platform operators to provision namespaces with the resources and namespace-level privileges required for their workloads to function as intended. It enables operators to add additional customized namespace-scoped resources using GitOps to meet their organization's requirements and provides continuous reconciliation using the …
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In TAP 1.4, VMware added an additional optional package to TAP for the External Secrets Operator, and in TAP 1.5 they have enhanced the integration. What Is External Secrets Operator (ESO) The External Secrets Operator is a Kubernetes operator that integrates with external secret management systems, for example, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secrets Manager and …
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TAP 1.5 is a major release for Tanzu Application Platform!!!!! This release includes, new components, new features, enhancements to existing features, and many bug fixes, all coming together to create an amazing release! There are way to many features in this release for a single blog post, so I have split the key enhancements I …
Learn how to securely and easily manage package deployments to all attached clusters in TMC, using Carvel + Flux + Magic