Technical insights and best practices for DevOps & Infrastructure
With the ink barely dry on the Schrems II ruling, data sovereignty is paramount. But legal compliance implies technical security. Here is how to harden your container runtime, drop capabilities, and why KVM isolation on CoolVDS is your ultimate safety net.
Kubernetes networking is a notorious black box of latency and complexity. In light of the recent Schrems II ruling, hosting data in Norway is no longer optional—it's survival. This guide dissects CNI choices, kube-proxy modes, and why raw IOPS matters more than you think.
With the recent CJEU ruling invalidating Privacy Shield and the NOK struggling against the USD, reliance on US hyperscalers is becoming a financial and legal liability. Here is a pragmatic technical guide to cutting hosting costs by 40% while staying compliant in Norway.
With the CJEU invalidating the US-EU Privacy Shield yesterday, where you host your cluster matters as much as how you orchestrate it. We benchmark Kubernetes 1.18, Docker Swarm, and Nomad 0.11 on NVMe infrastructure.
Manual deployments are a liability. Learn how to architect a "Pull-based" GitOps pipeline using ArgoCD, GitLab CI, and high-performance infrastructure to eliminate configuration drift and sleep through the night.
Is your deployment pipeline bleeding time? We dissect I/O bottlenecks, Docker layer caching, and the critical impact of local NVMe storage on build velocity.
CPU graphs lie. In this deep dive, we explore real Application Performance Monitoring (APM) strategies for 2020, covering Prometheus stacks, identifying I/O bottlenecks, and why hosting infrastructure in Norway impacts your debugging baseline.
Stop blaming your build scripts. The real reason your pipeline drags is likely infrastructure latency and poor I/O. Here is how to fix it using 2020's best practices.
Your microservices aren't slow; your gateway configuration is. We dive deep into kernel-level tuning, Nginx keepalives, and why KVM virtualization is non-negotiable for high-performance edge routing in Norway.
A battle-hardened look at K8s networking layers. We dissect CNI choices, move from iptables to IPVS, and solve the ingress problem on self-managed infrastructure without relying on cloud load balancers.
It is July 2020. Everyone wants Kubernetes, but do you need it? We benchmark K8s against Docker Swarm on Norwegian infrastructure, analyzing the trade-offs in complexity, latency, and data sovereignty.
Uptime metrics lie. This guide cuts through the noise of standard monitoring, offering a battle-tested approach to Application Performance Monitoring (APM) using the ELK stack and Prometheus. Learn how to diagnose latency spikes, handle GDPR log compliance in Norway, and why underlying hardware performance is the hard limit of optimization.
Monitoring tells you the server is dead. Observability tells you why. A deep dive into the 'Three Pillars' stack (Prometheus, ELK, Jaeger) for Norwegian infrastructure, focusing on GDPR compliance and the hardware reality required to run it.
Your build pipeline isn't slow because of your code; it's slow because of I/O wait times. Here is a technical breakdown of how to cut deployment times by 60% using Docker layer caching, RAM disks, and high-performance VDS in Norway.
Stop relying on 'kubectl apply' from your laptop. We break down a battle-tested GitOps workflow using ArgoCD and Kustomize, designed for high-availability Norwegian infrastructure.
Microservices were supposed to simplify development, but they complicated operations. Here is a pragmatic, no-nonsense guide to deploying Istio 1.6 without destroying your latency budgets, focusing on the specific infrastructure needs of the Nordic market.
A deep dive into Kubernetes 1.18 networking performance. We tackle CNI selection, IPVS vs. iptables, and why underlying VPS latency in Norway makes or breaks your cluster.
Monitoring tells you the server is dead. Observability tells you why. A deep dive into the Three Pillars for Norwegian DevOps teams, featuring Grafana 7, Prometheus, and the NVMe requirements of modern tracing.
Physics is the ultimate bottleneck. For Norwegian businesses, relying on Frankfurt for real-time processing is a strategic error. This guide explores deploying high-performance edge nodes in Oslo using KVM, WireGuard, and NVMe storage.
Physics is the ultimate bottleneck. Learn how to architecture distributed edge nodes using lightweight K3s and MQTT to minimize latency for Norwegian users, ensuring GDPR compliance and sub-millisecond response times.
Microservices turn method calls into network calls, and network calls fail. Here is how to implement Istio 1.6 correctly without killing your latency, focused on high-performance infrastructure in Norway.
A cold backup won't save your SLA. Learn how to architect a true Disaster Recovery plan with live replication, NVMe-speed restoration, and GDPR compliance specifically for the Nordic market.
Default configurations are the enemy of scale. We dissect the Linux kernel and Nginx settings required to handle 10k+ RPS without melting your CPU, specifically tailored for the Nordic infrastructure landscape.
Breaking a monolith is easy; keeping 50 microservices alive is war. We break down the infrastructure patterns, from Nginx Ingress tuning to KVM resource isolation, required to run distributed systems in Norway without latency killing your SLOs.
Stop relying on passive uptime badges. Learn how to deploy a battle-hardened Prometheus and Grafana stack on NVMe storage to monitor what actually matters: latency, traffic, errors, and saturation.
Cloud bills are skyrocketing for Nordic enterprises. We analyze the technical root causes of over-spending—from zombie containers to egress fees—and define a hybrid strategy using high-performance VPS for predictable workloads.
CPU graphs lie. To truly understand why your application stutters, you need to look deeper. We analyze the 2020 APM stack (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and explain why underlying hardware latency is the metric you are ignoring at your peril.
Stop treating Kubernetes networking as magic. A battle-hardened guide to CNI selection, DNS latency debugging, and why your underlying VPS architecture determines your cluster's fate.
Manual deployments are a liability. Learn how to implement a rugged GitOps workflow using Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and GitLab CI that adheres to Norwegian data sovereignty standards.
Public cloud isn't always the answer. Learn how to architect a compliant, low-latency hybrid infrastructure using WireGuard, Terraform, and Norwegian VDS to slash egress fees and ensure GDPR compliance.