Session description
Kubernetes exploded in popularity during 2017 and for good reasons. Kubernetes is open-source software that can help you efficiently manage applications in containers. It could be a silver bullet your department is looking for if you are trying to automate tasks across a variety of different applications while growing release velocity and service resilience. Kubernetes could also lead you down a rabbit hole, zapping your valuable time and causing too many headaches when trying to figure out why your container has restarted 315 times.
During this session, we’ll start with a brief overview of Kubernetes, then dive into some of the most valuable scenarios where Kubernetes will drive success for your project, team, or department at a higher education institution. This is a WordPress conference, after all, so we’ll look back at Carleton College’s journey to launching WordPress on Google Kubernetes Engine, a managed version of Kubernetes in Google’s cloud.
Key takeaways:
- An overview of Kubernetes and its managed cloud-hosted variants
- Learn how Kubernetes can help you, and when it might not help you
- Technical and organizational considerations when adopting new software (Kubernetes included)
- Case study: WordPress and Jenkins on Google Kubernetes Engine (in production)
Our apologies but this session was not recorded due to technical issues.
Presenter
Matt Lauer
Matt is a member of the Web Services team at Carleton College, and his primary focus is on infrastructure and automation tools used to power many of Carleton's flagship web applications including Reason CMS, WordPress, Moodle, and Carleton's identity portal. Recently he's been leading the implementation of Google Kubernetes Engine for WordPress as part of Carleton's Web2020 initiative to migrate to WordPress as the primary campus CMS.
Sessions
- General Lecture Session: A recipe for success: Kubernetes in higher education