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

Kubernetes Patterns : The Cron Job Pattern

    Scheduled Jobs Challenges   Cron jobs were part of the UNIX system since its early version. When GNU and Linux came into existence, crons were already part of the system. A cron job is simply a co...

• Mohamed Ahmed
  Oct 7, 2019

The Sidecar Pattern

Do One Thing, Do it Best The basic idea on which UNIX was designed is to not have a complex monolithic tool do everything. Instead, UNIX makes use of small, pluggable components whereby their usage se...

• Mohamed Ahmed
  Sep 23, 2019

Kubernetes Patterns : Capacity Planning

An excellent cloud-native application design should declare any specific resources that it needs to operate correctly. Kubernetes uses those requirements to make the most efficient decisions to ensure...

• Mohamed Ahmed
  Sep 16, 2019

Kubernetes Patterns - Application process management

      What is application lifecycle management?   Many programming languages frameworks implement the concept of lifecycle management. The term refers to how the platform can interact with the compone...

• Mohamed Ahmed
  Sep 12, 2019

Kubernetes 101 - Concepts and Why It Matters

A 10k feet overview of Kubernetes Concepts and Architecture If you are into the DevOps or the IT field in general, you surely heard the term Kubernetes. In this article, we explore Kubernetes from a 1...

• Mohamed Ahmed
  Jun 27, 2019