Cloud-Platform

An overview of the ports and protocols required by Kubernetes control plane and worker nodes. Includes guidance on overriding default port configurations in strict network environments.

A practical guide to installing and configuring the Ingress-Nginx Controller in Kubernetes, covering Helm and kubectl methods, cloud-provider annotations, and local testing workflows.

Kubernetes Secrets use base64 encoding rather than true encryption, so their safety depends on surrounding practices like encryption at rest and access controls. This post covers best practices, built-in protections, and alternatives like Helm Secrets or HashiCorp Vault.

Create a TLS secret from a certificate and key pair, then deploy a webhook server that mounts that secret to serve HTTPS on port 8443.

A practical guide to provisioning EFS filesystems and wiring them into Kubernetes via the AWS EFS CSI driver, IAM roles, and standard storage manifests. Covers StorageClass, PVCs, Deployments, and StatefulSets for shared, elastic storage.

A practical guide to mounting S3 buckets as volumes in Kubernetes pods using the AWS S3 CSI driver, including IAM role setup, StorageClass configuration, and deployment examples.