Listen "Testing Kubernetes Applications"
Episode Synopsis
Ken Ahrens (@kahrens_atl, Co-Founder @Speedscaleai) talks about the challenges of testing applications in Kubernetes environments. SHOW: 635CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident.Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response. Try free for 30 days. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free LightstepIncident Response t-shirt.Datadog Kubernetes Solution: Maximum Visibility into Container EnvironmentsStart monitoring the health and performance of your container environment with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.SHOW NOTES:Speedscale (homepage)Kubernetes Load Test (tutorial)Speedscale Traffic Replay Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk about your background and what led to start Speedscale. Topic 2 - Kubernetes has definitely gone mainstream at this point, but mainstream doesn’t mean that it’s easy to use or operate. How do you see the market today in terms of companies being comfortable with operating Kubernetes - what works well, and where are their struggles?Topic 3 - In the past we had things that would test Kubernetes conformance (from CNCF, or Sonobuoy from Heptio). Where does Speedscale come into play in terms of Kubernetes testing?Topic 4 - Where do you see opportunities to bring value to testing of Kubernetes environments? Does this testing tend to help DevOps teams or AppDev teams more?Topic 5 - What are some of the common areas where you see companies getting benefits from Kubernetes testing? Topic 6 - What are some of the best ways to get started in testing for Kubernetes?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet
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