#148: Testing Microservices and Operating Kubernetes Reliably

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Issue 148 — January 10, 2018

Welcome We're back! We hope you had a great holiday season. The new design we promised is going to have to wait a week or two, unfortunately, but we're getting there :-) Make sure to hit reply if you have any submissions for us. - The WebOps Weekly team (Peter, Chris, and Za'e) What You Need to Know About Meltdown and Spectre   news  You’ve probably heard about the major Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that affect various CPUs and GPUs. This goes into more detail and how major online services are responding. The New Stack Testing Microservices, The Sane Way   tutorial  A thorough investigation of the challenges and approaches in testing microservices without resorting to monolithic techniques. Cindy Sridharan Learning to Operate Kubernetes Reliably   tutorial  An in-depth post on why Stripe chose to build on top of Kubernetes, how they integrated Kubernetes into their existing infrastructure, and their approach to increasing reliability. Julia Evans A Front-End Performance Checklist for 2018   tutorial  A front-end performance checklist with everything you need to know to create fast Web experiences this year. Vitaly Friedman The State of Web App Vulnerabilities in 2017 What do web threats in 2017 mean for 2018? Imperva   sponsored  Running a Node App on Amazon ECS: The EC2 Container Service Mega-Walkthrough   tutorial  If you’re using Amazon Web Services, ECS can be attractive way to run apps - this article digs into why and some of the things to watch out for when using it to run Node apps. Part 2. Geoff Wagstaff Azure Functions vs AWS Lambda: A Scaling Face Off   opinion  Amazon and Microsoft’s serverless ‘function-as-a-service’ platforms go head to head. James Randall Monitoring in a DevOps World   tutorial  “how your concept of monitoring perhaps needs recentering before it even applies to the brave new world of DevOps” ACM On How Etsy Selected a Cloud Hosting Provider   story  The how and why behind Etsy’s decision to go with Google Cloud Platform. Mike Fisher Issue with TLS-SNI-01 and Shared Hosting for ACME Challenges   news  Some shared hosting systems can be exploited to obtain certificates for domains not under one’s control. LE has disabled TLS-SNI-01 validation in response. Let's Encrypt Jobs WebOps Jobs at 4,000+ Companies Try Vettery to start getting tech job offers delivered right to your inbox. Vettery In brief Kubernetes 1.9 Releases Beta Support for Windows Server Containers   news  kubernetes.​io NGINX Response to the Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities   news  No specific updates for NGINX, just install the OS-level patches. NGINX All The Fun in Kubernetes 1.9   news  The New Stack Monitor Web App Performance and Infrastructure Metrics in Real-Time Optimize apps, track performance, and troubleshoot latency issues with end-to-end tracing. Try Datadog free. Datadog   sponsored  Elasticsearch Performance Tuning Practice at eBay   tutorial  Pei Wang The Evolution of Reddit.com's Architecture   video  Neil Williams 7 Systems Engineering and Operations Trends to Watch in 2018   opinion  How edge networks, Kubernetes, serverless and other trends will shape systems engineering and operations. Nikki McDonald Is Networking Becoming Cool Again? Predicting the Future of Networking   opinion  Nati Shalom 5 Microservices Trends to Watch in 2018   opinion  Astasia Myers First Impressions: Docker for Mac with Kubernetes   opinion  Alex Ellis Do CI/CD in the Cloud, Keep Your Code On-Premise with Codeship & Github Enterprise   tools  Codeship + GitHub Enterprise   sponsored  Locally Developing Kubernetes Services without Waiting for a Deploy   tools  .. using a two-way proxy called Telepresence. Richard Li An 'Awesome' Curated List of Chaos Engineering Resources   tools  Pavlos Ratis HttpLive: An HTTP Request & Response Service to Mock HTTP   code  Gencebay Demir GoCD - Open Source Continuous Delivery Server   tools  GoCD   sponsored  Postal: An Email Delivery System (a la Sendgrid or Mailgun)   code  Essentially an email delivery platform you can run on your own servers. aTech Media Read this issue on the Web See our archives Change your email address Stop getting this newsletter Published by Cooperpress Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK