Michaela Lang

success is not final,
failure is not fatal,
it is the courage to continue that matters.
(Winston S. Churchill)


Lower your container image size and improve compliance

The size of container images plays an essential role in various aspects, not just the amount of storage space used in the Container Registry. In this article, we will explore why optimizing container image size matters and how to achieve it effectively. Oftentimes we have applications whose binaries are quite small but whose container images […]

Multi-architecture image builds in OpenShift x86_64 infrastructures

We all know the limitations of building multi-architecture images on an infrastructure that is not providing all the expected CPU architectures. We also know that emulation of those architectures is something that can help us out of that dilemma. Unfortunately, switching CPU architectures within a highly restricted environment like an OpenShift cluster is hard to […]

What you always wanted to know about your etcd usage

In most Kubernetes installations, a well-maintained etcd is one of the key conditions for having a peaceful administrator life. Most Kubernetes distributions imply limitations on etcd and its size. For Openshift there’s a quota limit of 8GB. Typically that limitation should not hit you unless you run really large clusters and or utilize the cluster […]