The Configuration Template Pattern

  Injecting external configuration data to containerized application is a crucial requirement. You can seldom find an application that does not accept (or require) customization that alters its behavi...

• Mohamed Ahmed
  Dec 2, 2019

Unchangeable Configuration Pattern

  When there is a need to inject external data to a Kubernetes Pod, we use environment variables, ConfigMaps, and Secrets. Each method has its own use-case scenario and best practice. However, you som...

• Mohamed Ahmed
  Nov 27, 2019

Kubernetes Configuration Management 101

    What Configuration Management is and Why You Should Implement it in Your infrastructure Wikipedia defines Configuration Management as “a systems engineering process for establishing and maintainin...

• Mohamed Ahmed
  Nov 11, 2019

Kubernetes Patterns : Environment Variables Configuration Pattern

Each and every application out there needs external configuration at some point. For example, the error verbosity level of a PHP script, the output format of a Python Flask API (XML or JSON), the cook...

• Mohamed Ahmed
  Nov 4, 2019