In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Torsten Steinbach - VP, Chief Architect for Analytics & AI at EDB about all things Vector Databases, Postgres, and why Data is important for building AI platforms. The discussion dives into how vector databases are different than relational databases and why using Postgres extensions helps organizations use their existing data for AI applications.

Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/

Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) in New York City on May 22nd, use the promo code “KUBERNETESBYTES” to get a 10% discount on your registration fees!

Episode Sponsor: Nethopper

• Learn more about KAOPS: @nethopper.io
• For a supported-demo: info@nethopper.io
• Try the free version of KAOPS now!
• https://mynethopper.com/auth

Cloud Native News:

• https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ibm-nearing-buyout-deal-hashicorp-wsj-reports-2024-04-23/
• https://www.wiz.io/blog/wiz-acquires-gem-security-to-reinvent-threat-detection-in-the-cloud
• https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/18/wiz-is-in-talks-to-buy-lacework-for-150-200m-security-firm-was-last-valued-at-8-3b/
• https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coreweave-secures-1-1-billion-in-series-c-funding-to-drive-the-next-generation-of-cloud-computing-for-the-future-of-ai-302133328.html
• https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/04/17/kubernetes-v1-30-release
• https://dok.community/blog/become-a-data-on-kubernetes-in-2024-ambassador/

Show Links:

• https://www.enterprisedb.com/news/edb-acquires-splitgraph
• https://www.enterprisedb.com/resources/events
• https://www.enterprisedb.com/

Timestamps:

• 00:03:22 Cloud Native News
• 00:17:45 Interview with Torsten
• 00:57:00 Key takeaways

Join Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner for a recap of announcments and news from KubeCon Paris 2024.

Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) in New York City on May 22nd, use the promo code “KUBERNETESBYTES” to get a 10% discount on your registration fees!

Nethopper

• Learn more about KAOPS: @nethopper.io
• For a supported-demo: info@nethopper.io
• Try the free version of KAOPS now! https://mynethopper.com/auth

News

• https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2024/03/20/oxeye-joins-gitlab-to-advance-application-security-capabilities/
• https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/unveiling-red-hat-openshift-415
• https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-nim-offers-optimized-inference-microservices-for-deploying-ai-models-at-scale/
• https://www.acorn.io/resources/blog/our-new-focus-developing-an-llm-app-platform-based-on-gpt-script-technology?fromOther=true
• https://loft.sh/blog/deliver-secure-kubernetes-multi-tenancy-with-new-vcluster-in-rancher-integration/
• https://www.observeinc.com/blog/stepping-on-the-gas/
• https://thenewstack.io/kubecost-2-2-covers-carbon-cost-monitoring-and-more/
• https://thenewstack.io/ovhcloud-unveils-roadmap-to-take-on-hyperscalers-from-europe/
• https://www.suse.com/c/meet-rancher-prime-3-0/
• https://www.suse.com/c/suse-releases-edge-3-0-highly-validated-edge-optimized-stack/
• https://www.fermyon.com/blog/introducing-spinkube-fermyon-platform-for-k8s
• https://www.cncf.io/blog/2024/03/19/announcing-the-ai-working-groups-new-cloud-native-artificial-intelligence-whitepaper/
• https://github.com/Azure/kaito
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-kubernetes-ai-toolchain-operator-kaito-addon-for-aks/
• https://cloudnativenow.com/features/solo-io-delivers-on-cilium-support-promise-for-gloo-networks/
• https://docs.solo.io/gloo-network/latest/about/overview/
• https://github.com/kosmos-io/kosmos
• https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/blog/2024/03/14/announcing-envoy-gateways-1.0-release/
• https://newrelic.com/press-release/20240319
• https://siliconangle.com/2024/03/29/aviatrix-revolutionizes-networking-security-distributed-cloud-firewall-kubernetes-kubeconeu/

In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Charlie Egan, Sr. Developer Advocate at Styra about all things Open Policy Agent or OPA. This episode is meant to be a 101 level episode, where we will learn what OPA is and how it can help improve the security posture for your applications running on Kubernetes. The discussion dives into some of the use cases for OPA and how it helps with Kubernetes admission control, auditing, etc.

Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/

Episode Sponsor: Elotl

Links:

• https://elotl.co/luna
• https://www.elotl.co/luna-free-trial

Timestamps:

• 07:46 Interview with Charlie
• 01:02:00 Key takeaways

Show Links:

• OPA Ecosystem https://www.openpolicyagent.org/ecosystem/
• OPA Envoy Integration https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa-envoy-plugin
• Charlie's site: https://charlieegan3.com
• OPA Docs: https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/
• OPA Playground: https://play.openpolicyagent.org
• OPA Slack: https://communityinviter.com/apps/openpolicyagent/signup