

DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling
Bret Fisher
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
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Feb 28, 2022 • 1h 15min
Docker Desktop Alternatives
🙌 My next course is coming soon! I've opened the waitlist for those wanting to go deep in GitHub Actions for DevOps and AI automation in 2025. I'm so thrilled to announce this course. The waitlist allows you to quickly sign up for some content updates, discounts, and more as I finish building the course.https://courses.bretfisher.com/waitlist 🍾Bret explores and reviews tools that "might" replace Docker Desktop for those who decide not to pay for the subscription. He goes through the pros and cons of the alternatives. Streamed live on YouTube Jan 27, 2022.Unedited live recording of the complete show on YouTube (Ep 156). Includes demos.Bret's comparison spreadsheet: Docker Desktop Alternatives 2022, single-node for local dev-test"Trilogy" blog articles all about DevOps and DevOps engineeringDocker blog: How Docker Desktop Networking Works Under the HoodDocker blog: File Sharing with Docker DesktopWSL2 on Bret's YouTube Live show #135: Windows 11 WSL2 with Nuno do Carmo Licensing Changes YouTube Live show #138: Docker Desktop Licensing Changescontains.dev: web gooey for breaking up images and looking at the layers and the filesDocker Desktop Linux implementation roadmap in GitHub ★Join my Community ★Best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes coursesBret's blog posts and other details are available on bretfisher.com Chat with us on our Discord Server Vital DevOps
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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

Feb 18, 2022 • 53min
Catch IaC Drift with Firefly
🙌 My next course is coming soon! I've opened the waitlist for those wanting to go deep in GitHub Actions for DevOps and AI automation in 2025. I'm so thrilled to announce this course. The waitlist allows you to quickly sign up for some content updates, discounts, and more as I finish building the course.https://courses.bretfisher.com/waitlist 🍾Bret is joined by Eran Bibi, a co-founder and CPO of Firefly to discuss Cloud and Kubernetes drift, and dealing with unmanaged resources and policy violations in Infrastructure as Code. Streamed live on YouTube on January 13, 2022.Unedited live recording of this show on YouTube (Ep 154). Includes demos. ★Topics ★FireflyBecoming a DevOps Engineer ★Eran Bibi ★Eran Bibi on Twitter ★Join my Community ★Best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes coursesFollow me on Patreon and support this show!Chat with us on our Discord Server Vital DevOpsHomepage bretfisher.com
(00:00) - Intro
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(04:51) - A new set of challenges
(06:04) - Why create Firefly?
(09:43) - How Firefly started
(10:14) - The Drift: What is it?
(13:51) - Bret brought down Netflix
(14:39) - Who is to blame?
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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

Feb 11, 2022 • 52min
Containers as a Service with Cycle.io
🙌 My next course is coming soon! I've opened the waitlist for those wanting to go deep in GitHub Actions for DevOps and AI automation in 2025. I'm so thrilled to announce this course. The waitlist allows you to quickly sign up for some content updates, discounts, and more as I finish building the course.https://courses.bretfisher.com/waitlist 🍾In this episode, Jake Warner, founder of Cycle joins Bret to discuss and demo Cycle.io, a Kubernetes alternative to run your containers and reduce your DevOps complexity. In the background, it uses your cloud of choice, deploys a custom OS (using LinuxKit), and handles all the complexity of storage, backups, proxies, and networking. Streamed live on YouTube on Jan 6, 2022.Unedited live recording of this show on YouTube (Ep #153). Includes multiple demos. ★Topics ★Cycle.io Linuxkit on GitHubCycle Podcast: https://www.cycle.io/podcasts ★Find Jake ★On Twitter @JakeWarner ★Join my Community ★Best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes coursesFollow me on Patreon and support this show!Chat with us on our Discord Server Vital DevOpsHomepage bretfisher.com
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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

Feb 4, 2022 • 52min
Testcontainers: Using Code to Control Docker for Testing
🙌 My next course is coming soon! I've opened the waitlist for those wanting to go deep in GitHub Actions for DevOps and AI automation in 2025. I'm so thrilled to announce this course. The waitlist allows you to quickly sign up for some content updates, discounts, and more as I finish building the course.https://courses.bretfisher.com/waitlist 🍾Control your testing in containers with your code! Bret's guest, Sergei Egorov, walks us through testcontainers.org and AtomicJar for using API's to control Docker from Go, Java, Python, Node, Rust, Scala, and more. Streamed live on YouTube on December 9, 2021.Unedited live recording of this show on YouTube (Ep 149). ★Topics ★TestcontainersTestcontainers on GitHub Company behind TestcontainersTestcontainers Cloud blog ★Sergei Egorov ★Sergei on Twitter ★Join my Community ★Best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes coursesFollow me on Patreon and support this show!Chat with us on our Discord Server, Vital DevOpsHomepage bretfisher.com
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(52:02) - Does Sergey have a 'best of tech'?
(52:02) - Sergey and Bret love Notion
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

Jan 28, 2022 • 44min
Honeycomb for Observability and Telemetry
🙌 My next course is coming soon! I've opened the waitlist for those wanting to go deep in GitHub Actions for DevOps and AI automation in 2025. I'm so thrilled to announce this course. The waitlist allows you to quickly sign up for some content updates, discounts, and more as I finish building the course.https://courses.bretfisher.com/waitlist 🍾Liz Fong-Jones from honeycomb.io joins Bret in this episode to discuss and demo their platform and Kubernetes Observability. Streamed live on YouTube on December 2, 2021.Unedited live recording of this show on YouTube (Ep 142). Includes demos.★Topics★Honeycomb.ioFree eBook Observability EngineeringOpenTelementryPixie12FactorSqlcommenter★Guest Liz Fong-Jones★Liz on TwitterLiz on Twitch★Join my Community★Best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses Follow me on Patreon and support this show!Chat with us on our Discord Server, Vital DevOpsHomepage bretfisher.com
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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

Jan 21, 2022 • 1h 17min
Everything Arm and Containers with Alex Ellis
🙌 My next course is coming soon! I've opened the waitlist for those wanting to go deep in GitHub Actions for DevOps and AI automation in 2025. I'm so thrilled to announce this course. The waitlist allows you to quickly sign up for some content updates, discounts, and more as I finish building the course.https://courses.bretfisher.com/waitlist 🍾Bret talks with Alex Ellis, Founder of OpenFaaS, about all things "containers on arm." They cover Apple's M1 arm processor, Raspberry Pi arm images, Docker Desktop and arm, Kubernetes clustering, Alex's new Netbooting workshop, and more. Streamed live on YouTube on Apr 1, 2021.Unedited live recording of this show on YouTube (Ep 142) ★Topics ★The past, present, and future of K8s on Pi on YouTube5 Years of Raspberry Pi clusters blogRetroPie.org.ukInlets on GitHubNetbooting workshop for Raspberry PiFaasd on GitHubServerless for everyone elseGH Action example for multi-platform buildArkade ★Alex Ellis ★Website Homepage On Twitter YouTube channelSponsor Alex's work on GitHub
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

Jan 14, 2022 • 1h 7min
DevOps Automation with Crossplane
Viktor Farcic, a Docker Captain renowned for his expertise in DevOps automation and Crossplane, dives into the future of DevOps with Bret. They discuss how Crossplane is revolutionizing infrastructure management by treating servers as 'cattle' rather than 'pets.' The conversation highlights the importance of the Kubernetes API and the challenges of server automation, especially with multi-cloud strategies. With a focus on embracing creativity and experimentation, Viktor emphasizes the need for standardized practices to simplify complex development environments.

Jan 7, 2022 • 46min
Gateway API
🙌 My next course is coming soon! I've opened the waitlist for those wanting to go deep in GitHub Actions for DevOps and AI automation in 2025. I'm so thrilled to announce this course. The waitlist allows you to quickly sign up for some content updates, discounts, and more as I finish building the course.https://courses.bretfisher.com/waitlist 🍾The topic is the new Gateway API and Kubernetes Ingress. Bret met with Mark Church, Product Manager of GKE Networking at Google. They talked in detail and took questions from the YouTube chat. Streamed live on YouTube Apr 8, 2021, Ep 119.Unedited live recording of this show on YouTube (Ep 119)An Introduction: What is the Gateway API?Join the communityMark Church on Twitter @ChurchOfMark
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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

Dec 31, 2021 • 50min
GitOps and Automating Container Deployments
🙌 My next course is coming soon! I've opened the waitlist for those wanting to go deep in GitHub Actions for DevOps and AI automation in 2025. I'm so thrilled to announce this course. The waitlist allows you to quickly sign up for some content updates, discounts, and more as I finish building the course.https://courses.bretfisher.com/waitlist 🍾Automating container deployments with GitOps is the topic of this podcast with Bret's guest, Nirmal Mehta. At the time of the show (March 2021), Nirmal was a Distinguished Engineer and Director at Booz Allen Hamilton. He is also a Docker Captain. Streamed live on YouTube Mar 4, 2021, Ep 114.Unedited live recording of this show on YouTube (Ep 114) ★Topics and Links★Guide to GitOps from weaveworks GitOps origins; a blog from weaveworks: What DevOps is to the Cloud, GitOps is to Cloud NativeFlux CDArgo CDSwarm Sync for Docker Swarm GitOpsYouTube Live Show (Ep 113) where Bret talks about, and gives a demo of, Crossplane YouTube Live Show (Ep 142) where Bret and Viktor Farcic cover DevOps Automation with CrossplaneControl GitHub GitOps through "branch protection rules"DevOpsDaysNirmal Mehta on Twitter @normalfaults
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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

Dec 24, 2021 • 48min
Best of DevOps from 2021
🙌 My next course is coming soon! I've opened the waitlist for those wanting to go deep in GitHub Actions for DevOps and AI automation in 2025. I'm so thrilled to announce this course. The waitlist allows you to quickly sign up for some content updates, discounts, and more as I finish building the course.https://courses.bretfisher.com/waitlist 🍾Docker Captain and Engineering Consultant Laura Tacho joins Bret and they go through all their favorite topics and tech things of 2021. Streamed live on YouTube Dec 16, 2021, Ep 150.Unedited live recording on YouTube (Ep #150)Log4Shell info from SANS Institute on YouTubeLog4Shell info from Docker blogHashiCorp IPO Bill Gates Year in Review "Reasons for Optimism After a Difficult Year"GitHub blog "GitHub Actions: Reusable Workflows are Generally Available"Dig into your Docker images contains.devWebAssembly in 100 seconds on YouTubeModern Finance podcast "Side Chain Scaling with Sandeep Nailwal, Co-Founder of Polygon"My First Million podcastDocker blog: "Faster Multi-Platform Builds: Dockerfile Cross-Compilation Guide"
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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