Radio Cloud Native with Eric Gregory & John Jainschigg

In this month's episode, John Jainschigg, Director of Open Source Initiatives at Mirantis hosts Kathleen Moyer, Director of Service Delivery at Corsec Security, and William Konitzer, Senior Solution Architect at Mirantis, to explore the recently achieved DISA STIG certification for Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE). Together, they dive into the intricate certification process that enables public sector and enterprise users to deploy secure, compliant applications using MKE.Listeners will gain insights into the collaborative effort between Mirantis and Corsec Security, where Kathleen shares her 25 years of expertise in security certifications, detailing how Corsec facilitated the process with government agencies like DISA and the DoD. William provides a behind-the-scenes look at the technical challenges and solutions that ensured MKE met stringent Department of Defense (DoD) security standards without compromising usability or performance. Furthermore, he highlights some of the team's learnings in the context of how it changed the thought process of Mirantis' engineering teams when it came to security.Achieved in early 2024, this milestone positions MKE as a powerful tool for public sector organizations and industries with specific security and compliance needs. Whether you’re navigating public sector compliance requirements or interested in secure cloud native solutions, this episode offers practical advice and unique perspectives on implementing and managing a STIG-compliant Kubernetes platform.A full list of this episode's topics include:Corsec Security's role in the MKE DISA STIG processCommon challenges Orgs face in STIG processHow Corsec handles security testing to ensure complianceSITG vs FEDRAMP - in terms of requirementsHow Corsec handles product updates re: the STIGAdvice for companies getting started with STIG certificationRole of documentation in STIG processChallenges in MKE STIG processWhy Mirantis did a STIG for MKESpecific security features of MKE that affected DISA STIG approvalMirantis and Corsec collaborationMKE for the Public SectorTimelines for achieving STIG certificationMitigating evolving vulnerabilitiesHow the SITG process for MKE impacted Mirantis engineeringIf you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts. If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com

Welcome to Radio Cloud Native by Mirantis, your go-to podcast for all things cloud native, Kubernetes, and open source. Join us as we explore the latest trends, innovative solutions, and open source projects shaping the modern cloud landscape. For related links and/or diagrams, please check out the resources linked in the Chapters.This episode is once again presented by Daniel Virassamy, Principal Solution Architect at Mirantis, who describes himself as curious by nature and open source by choice. Daniel will walk you through the steps and best practices for building your very own, bespoke, multi-cluster Kubernetes platform leveraging open source components and tools. He will also present some open source-based solutions from Mirantis that drastically streamline multi-cluster management at scale, as well as open source integrations that will optimize your Kubernetes spend and operations.A full list of topics for this episode includes:Current multi-cluster landscapeWhere to run your infrastructureCore infrastructure services for multi-clusterHow to choose a Kubernetes DistroHow to choose a multi-cluster management solutionImplementing a UI Portal & APIsAdding Observability & application deliveryCommon use cases for multi-clusterCheck out k0s by Mirantis: https://k0sproject.io/Learn more about k0smotron by Mirantis: https://k0smotron.io/Download Mirantis Lens, the Kubernetes IDE: https://k8slens.dev/If you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts. If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com

Welcome to Radio Cloud Native by Mirantis, your go-to podcast for all things cloud native, Kubernetes, and Open Source. Join us as we explore the latest trends, innovative solutions, and open source projects shaping the modern cloud landscape. For related links and/or diagrams, please check out the resources linked in the Chapters.This episode is presented by Daniel Virassamy, Principal Solution Architect at Mirantis, who describes himself as curious by nature and open source by choice. Daniel will cover, in-depth, the various costs associated with current Public Cloud offerings to debunk many of the myths that Public Cloud is always cheaper, simpler, and the easiest to use in comparison to Private Cloud offerings.He will also offer recommendations for reducing cloud spend - on any architecture - by leveraging open source technologies wherever possible.   A full list of topics for this episode includes:The Iceberg model (of cloud cost)Yearly Cloud cost exampleThe FinOps cloud cost modelStaff requirement for Public CloudCloud migration return on investmentShifting from Capex to OpexInfrastructure Services to Function-as-a-ServiceImportance of cloud reversibilityCost of data in Public CloudPublic vs Private CloudPrivate Cloud does NOT equal On PremMirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes (MOSK)Mirantis Support: OpsCare and OpsCare+The Mirantis TCO calculatorLearn more about Mirantis OpenStack for K8s (MOSK): http://www.mirantis.com/moskIf you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts. If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com

Welcome to Radio Cloud Native by Mirantis, your go-to podcast for all things cloud native, Kubernetes, and Open Source. Join us as we explore the latest trends, innovative solutions, and open source projects shaping the modern cloud landscape. For related links and/or diagrams, please check out the resources linked in the Chapters.This week, Mirantis CTO Shaun O'Meara dives deep into On Prem data centers - a concept that many have forgone with the explosion of Public Cloud providers and solutions - but, one that is still critical for securing many organization's data to meet specific security requirements both in given industries and for specific clientele. Shaun also presents the Mirantis strategy for leveraging the most secure data center components while still maintaining flexibility in regards to cloud provider and infrastructure choice.A full list of topics for this week's episode include:Data Center background: is the Data Center really dead?Current use cases driving Private Cloud & On Prem Data CentersCommon challenges with Public CloudAdvantages of Public CloudMulti/Hybrid-Cloud: get the best of Public & Private Cloud worldsHow to build a "Hybrid-Cloud" data centerOn Prem Cloud and Data Center strategiesThe Mirantis approachLearn more about Mirantis: https://www.mirantis.com/ If you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts. If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com

Welcome to Radio Cloud Native by Mirantis, your go-to podcast for all things cloud native, Kubernetes, and Open Source. Join us as we explore the latest trends, innovative solutions, and open source projects shaping the modern cloud landscape. For related links and/or diagrams, please check out the resources linked in the Chapters.In this episode, Solution Architecture Manager Michael Tillman of Mirantis covers everything you need to know about DISA STIG, FEDRAMP, and the associated security requirements needed to achieve Authorization to Operate (ATO).ATO is a requirement for applications running in the US Federal and State governments, but the security stipulations required in this industry represent the best security practices for cloud native applications in general. With that being said, regardless of whether you need specific approvals for specific workloads, the security framework and solution architecture of the Mirantis Stack of solutions can help your organization ensure that not only your workloads meet the highest standards of security, but also - if you choose to do so - your organization can get ATO much faster than if you were leveraging other solutions that don't meet the Mirantis security standards.A full list of topics for this week's episode include:Defining cloud native applicationsCommon challenges with cloud native applicationsDISA STIGFEDRAMPDefining a "Secure Stack"Mirantis secure container solutionsHow to partner with Mirantis for faster ATOThe complete stack of Mirantis cloud native solutionsLearn more about Mirantis in the Public Sector: https://www.mirantis.com/public-sector-solutions/Reach out to Michael Tillman directly: mtillman@mirantis.com If you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts. If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com

More on Mirantis Kuberentes Engine: http://www.mirantis.com/mkeMore about Mirantis Container Runtime: http://www.mirantis.com/mcrThe teams at Mirantis are excited to announce that Radio Cloud Native is back!It will be following a slightly different format from before, and although Eric Gregory & John Jainschigg did a fantastic job hosting, we’ve decided to give a voice to more members of the Mirantis family moving forward. You should still expect to hear a lot of critical information about the cloud native and Kubernetes space, but rather than covering recent developments in the form of a news update, Radio Cloud Native will aim to provide more thought leadership on the most pertinent topics of the day. This week, Mirantis Sr. Solution Architect Kevin Ng is back with another deep dive comparing previous versions of Docker Engine with the latest versions of Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) and Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE). It is worth noting that these Docker Enterprise solutions were acquired by Mirantis some years ago, and MCR and MKE represent the latest Mirantis iterations of these same solutions, enhanced by our development teams to provide robust and complete container and cloud native infrastructure management solutions. A full list of topics for this week's episode include:A History of Docker EngineA deep dive into various container runtime interfacesFull explanation of cri-dockerd & its use casesFull overview of Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) & its use casesFull overview of Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE) & its use casesRecap: cri-dockerd vs MCR vs MKEIf you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts. If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com

More on MOSK: mirantis.com/mosk More on MKE: mirantis.com/mkeMore on Mirantis App Migration: mirantis.com/application-migration-and-modernizationReach out to Daniel: dvirassamy@mirantis.com Welcome to Radio Cloud Native by Mirantis, your go-to podcast for all things cloud native and Kubernetes. Join us as we explore the latest trends, innovative solutions, and open source projects shaping the modern cloud landscape. With the recent Broadcom acquisition of VMware, many VMware vSphere users are looking for more cost-effective alternatives for managing their critical VM workloads. If you or your Org are facing this predicament, then you've likely thought about migration. But fear not - Mirantis has you covered.In this episode, Cloud Solution Architect Daniel Virassamy of Mirantis will explain the most seamless and efficient way to migrate your existing VMware VMs to either an open source, OpenStack Cloud (Recipe 1) OR how to move those same VMs into a containerized environment on top of Kubernetes with Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE). A full list of topics for this week's episode include:Major open clouds in the market todayMoving VMware VMs to OpenStack CloudDiscovery & planning phasesAnalysis & design phasesMigration & validation phasesComponents supported in migration processOperating systems supported in migration processAutomation is the keyMigration dependencies - workloads, provider & infrastructureMoving from VMware to K8s - VMs to containersSupported use cases for AMMPHow does AMMP look at enterprise scale?Real world example - application transformation metricsHow Mirantis can helpIf you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts. If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com

Explore k0s by Mirantis: https://www.mirantis.com/software/k0s/Check out k0smotron: https://k0smotron.io/Welcome to Radio Cloud Native by Mirantis, your go-to podcast for all things cloud native and Kubernetes. Join us as we explore the latest trends, innovative solutions, and open source projects shaping the modern cloud landscape. For related links and/or diagrams, please check out the resources linked in the Chapters.k0s, k3s, and MicroK8s are all popular open source Kubernetes distributions with small footprints - but which is right for your use case?This week, Kevin Ng, Senior Solution Architect for Mirantis, will walk you through the capabilities of each option so you can choose the tool that’s right for you. He will also dive deep into k0s (open source K8s Distro) and k0smotron (open source control plane/multi-cluster K8s management tool) - both from Mirantis - giving you the necessary background and technologies to streamline your Kubernetes operations.A full list of topics for this week's episode include:Vanilla Kubernetes explainedKubernetes overhead (cost)Lightweight Kubernetes explainedk0s vs k3s vs MicroK8sChoosing the right K8s Distro for youWhy k0s by Mirantis? (deployment example)k0smotron by Mirantis - for K8s control plane & multi-cluster managementThe teams at Mirantis are excited to announce that Radio Cloud Native is back!It will be following a slightly different format from before, and although Eric Gregory & John Jainschigg did a fantastic job hosting, we’ve decided to give a voice to more members of the Mirantis family moving forward. You should still expect to hear a lot of critical information about the cloud native and Kubernetes space, but rather than covering recent developments in the form of a news update, Radio Cloud Native will aim to provide more thought leadership on the most pertinent topics of the day. If you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts. If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com

In the final episode of Radio Cloud Native, Eric takes a look at Kubernetes 1.29, a tool for creating OCI images of eBPF programs, new ways to live in a simulation (of Kubernetes), and more. A full list of topics covered in this episode include:Kubernetes 1.29, codenamed: MandalaNew defaults for cloud provider integrationsStorage refinementsImprovements for Kubernetes on WindowsCisco to acquire IsovalentSolo.io's BumbleBeeSimKube for simulated Kubernetes clustersKubeCon NA recap A final farewell & last Whack-a-DoodleIf you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts.If you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts. If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com

Get the latest news on Kubernetes, the cloud native landscape, and the wider world of tech. Hosts Eric Gregory breaks through the jargon to help you make sense of it all.In this episode, Eric walks through the highlights of Kubernetes 1.28, then breaks down the latest kerfuffles in the world of the enterprise open source, a major security issue in npm, and more.A full list of topics for this week's episode include:Kubernetes 1.28 ReleaseCloud trends for the summerOpen source tumultDeveloper trends for the remainder of 2023ChatGPT & StackOverflow studyThe bug at the heart of npmRemembering Bram MoolenarIf you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts.Read the attached blog post for this episode here: https://www.mirantis.com/blog/what-s-new-in-kubernetes-1-28-sidecar-containers-and-fewer-disruptions If you want to listen to more episodes of Radio Cloud Native, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/radiocloudnative/ to download, or find them wherever you prefer to consume your podcasts. If you are interested in contributing to Radio Cloud Native, please reach out to our podcast team: podcasts@mirantis.com