
DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling
Interviews from Bret Fisher's live show with co-host Nirmal Mehta. Topics cover container and cloud topics like Docker, Kubernetes, Swarm, Cloud Native development, DevOps, SRE, GitOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, and the full software lifecycle. Full show notes and more info available at https://podcast.bretfisher.com
Latest episodes

Nov 11, 2019 • 1h 4min
Docker and Kubernetes Questions on Tools, Best Practices, and More
In this episode, I talk about proxying with NGINX vs. Traefik, and the proper protocol for image tagging in a CI environment. I give a quick "elevator pitch" on Kubernetes, and I talk about service meshes like Istio. I also cover adding a conditional healthcheck to delay a service startup until another service is healthy ★Show Links ★[Sponsor] Manning Publications, get 40% off your first book or video order at manning.com with coupon poddocdev19 (enter at checkout)Authors of Docker in Action on my YouTube LiveDocker PHP Good Defaults MySQL 8.0 DockerfileHypriot Alex Ellis Blog Maesh Service MeshDepends on in Compose FileDocker Mastery for Node.js
You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

Nov 4, 2019 • 21min
Swarm Networking and Logging Solutions
In this episode, I answer a few questions about Swarm networking, Traefik as your proxy using Consul to store its configuration, and then I go into deeper detail about logging in Docker. ★Show Links ★Dog vs. Cat Stack Proxy Global Nginx Dockerfile Solarwinds Papertrail
You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

Oct 28, 2019 • 1h 4min
Rancher, Kubernetes, and Beyond with Darren Shepherd
In this episode, I have a great chat with Darren Shepherd, who is the Co-founder and Chief Architect at Rancher Labs. You probably know them for making, well, Rancher. We also talk about k3s, k3OS, RancherOS, RIO and k3v. It was a lot of fun and we covered a lot of ground on how they've launched so many Kubernetes projects in the last few years. ★Show Links ★[Sponsor] Manning Publications, get 40% off your first book or video order at manning.com with coupon poddocdev19 (enter at checkout)Authors of Docker in Action on my YouTube LiveDarren's TwitterK3sRancher k3d GitHub Repo Alex Ellis' Blog Hypriot Blogk3OS Rio Rancher Website GitOps Blog Post Rancher Project Longhorn k3v Rancher's Slack Chat Rancher's YouTube Channel
You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

Oct 22, 2019 • 56min
Docker Swarm vs. Kubernetes, from Berlin
The podcast discusses the pros and cons of Docker Swarm and Kubernetes for container orchestration. It emphasizes the importance of understanding both tools before making a decision. The speaker also talks about their Docker Mastery course and its popularity, as well as the development of more focused courses like Swarm Mastery and Kubernetes Mastery. Other topics include lock files in Node.js, scratch containers in Docker, troubleshooting DNS in Docker Swarm, and comparing AWS, Google Cloud, and Digital Ocean.

Oct 14, 2019 • 19min
K8s Setup, GitOps, and more!
In this episode, I answer some student questions about Kubernetes setup, DNS round robin, some new docker plugins, and what GitOps is. ★Show Links★DNS Round Robin WikiDocker CLI plugins listNewsletter
You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

Sep 30, 2019 • 6min
Kubernetes Architecture
In this episode, I give a brief rundown of Kubernetes architecture, and how the raft consensus algorithm plays a major role in server communication within your cluster.
You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

Sep 16, 2019 • 1h 6min
Sysadmins Assemble! Doing Sysadmin Tasks in Docker
In this episode, we're celebrating the annual Sysadmin Day by covering system administration topics with containers. We'll go over health checks, exit codes, containers on windows, and more. ★Show Links★Sysadmin Day 2019 goodiesPortainerDog vs Cat RepoAwesome DockerJfrog artifactory repository managerGitlab repository managerPython Docker hub imageDocker Mastery for Node.js courseNicolaka/netshoot- containers for network troubleshooting
You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

Sep 9, 2019 • 56min
AWS ECS and Container Migrations with Chris Hickman
In this episode, I talk with Chris Hickman about using containers since the early days of docker, using AWS ECS as your orchestrator, and more...★Show Links★Datadog Sponsor LinkAmazon ECSBret's At home setup on KitMobycast
You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

Sep 2, 2019 • 52min
DevOps Real Talk With Authors of Docker In Action
In this episode, I talk with the authors of the book Docker In Action, 2nd Edition. We have a great chat on real-world craziness in running software and challenges with containers. It was a lot of fun, and I've put their book discount code in the show notes. ★Show Links ★Secrets and LIE-abilitiesDocker in Action 2nd edition40% discount on book- poddevt19DevOps TopologiesKubernetes this monthNo Drama DevOps
You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

Aug 26, 2019 • 59min
Development Tools in Containers with Docker Captain Antonis Kalipetis
In this episode, I talk with Docker Captain Antonis Kalipetis about various development in docker topics. ★Show Links ★Docker Mastery for node.jsStolosAzure/draftdraft.shSwarm dindDocker hearts WSL 2TransistorDocker CE releasesRioAntonis Twitter
You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news!Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com
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