TPDP Episode #33: Containers, Virtual Machines, and Orchestration, Part 1

I’m pleased to announce that Containers, Virtual Machines, and Orchestration has been published to all of the popular podcast networks. This is the 33rd episode of the show and the first two-part episode to make an appearance.

This episode features Marek Sadowski from IBM and dives into the DevOps space, focusing particularly on deployment strategies such as virtual machines and containers, and how to orchestrate potentially massive amounts of them in an efficient and automated fashion.

If you’re not quite comfortable with Docker, virtual machines, Kubernetes (K8s), and similar, this is an episode you should listen to, since all are very relevant and necessary skills for developers.

Like with all episodes of The Polyglot Developer Podcast, you can find them on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and pretty much every other network.

However, if you’d prefer, you can listen to the episode below as well:

Like previously mentioned, this is a two part episode. The next episode focuses on Kubernetes and RedHat OpenShift.

Here are some useful links that Marek mentioned in the series:

• istio.io - a great add-on to Kubernetes for applications based on the micro-service mesh
• Kubernetes vs OpenShift - https://developer.ibm.com/technologies/containers/videos/kubernetes-plus-openshift-video/
• OpenShift is a flavor of Kubernetes based on the open source project (alike Red Hat and CentOs) - OKD - https://www.okd.io
• Log and monitoring stack ELK and EFK: https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/comments/9quyzo/from_elk_to_efk_why/

You can try Kubernetes for free with 1 cluster using a pay-as-you-go account (credit card needed for sign-up only), but it is in a free tier.

If you’re listening to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or another network that allows you to leave a rating, please leave it five stars or it becomes more discoverable to new listeners.

Nic Raboy

Nic Raboy is an advocate of modern web and mobile development technologies. He has experience in C#, JavaScript, Golang and a variety of frameworks such as Angular, NativeScript, and Unity. Nic writes about his development experiences related to making web and mobile development easier to understand.