Fairwinds Kubernetes

Clinic Recording

Deep Dive into Open Source Projects: Why Polaris, Nova, Gemini & Pluto Can Simplify Your Life

Originally Recorded on Thursday November 12, 2020

3 PM ET/ 12 PM PT

Featured speaker: Robert Brennan, Director, Open Source at Fairwinds.

Fairwinds Open source is core to Fairwinds' ability to provide Kubernetes support. Our thoughtfully crafted open source software empowers the community and our clients to build the right Kubernetes architecture and deployment. Join Robert as he gave a deep dive into a few of our core solutions:

Polaris runs a variety of checks to ensure that pods and controllers are configured using Kubernetes best practices, helping you avoid problems in the future.
Pluto helps users easily find deprecated Kubernetes API versions in their Infrastructure-as-Code repositories and Helm releases.
Nova is a command-line interface for cross-checking the Helm charts running in your cluster with the latest versions available. Nova will let you know if you’re running a chart that’s out-of-date or deprecated, so you can make sure you’re always aware of updates.
Built on the Kubernetes-native VolumeSnapshot API, Gemini has created a more robust, user-friendly interface that allows for automated backups on a customizable, fine-grained schedule, deletes stale backups automatically and easily restores data from specific backups.