How to Simplify Kubernetes Updates and Reduce Risk

2 years ago thenewstack.io

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One of the advantages of using Kubernetes to run your infrastructure is that it makes keeping applications up to date relatively straightforward. So it’s ironic that keeping Kubernetes itself up to date is considered much more of a problem.

And finally, a Kubernetes update can break applications themselves when any of these components change.

Look to a critical-path Kubernetes operations partner to: Help you plan software development and operations, make decisions about and build your Kubernetes cluster model.

In short, while Kubernetes updates should, in theory, be straightforward, they can’t be a “set it and forget it” proposition.

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