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Several days have passed since this year's 

, providing an opportunity for reflection. 

KubeCon is an exceptional conference, offering a wealth of valuable content.

This year we made sure we arrived early enough to also catch all of the amazing talks in the 

-hosted co-located events happening the day before the main KubeCon event.

Year after year, KubeCon reveals intriguing trends. This year, we observed the rapid integration of AI into cloud-native and 

While many are currently working with AI, the challenge resides in creating a robust DevOps narrative around AI and transitioning projects into production.

This is where Kubernetes and cloud-native technology could offer a solution to these challenges.

 is another trend. It appears that WASM is increasingly popular, with many major projects already using it in production.

Its name can be misleading, as its use extends beyond just web browsers.

Web Assembly appears to be, and increasingly could become, a common compilation target for numerous languages.

This would facilitate smaller binaries, a security sandbox, a shared runtime, and platform-independent packages.

With a really small footprint and startup time this could fit very well into a lot of applications.

Kubernetes on the edge was also something that got a good amount of attention.

 seems promising and definitely something we will dive more into.

Our personal highlight was perhaps the talk from Cloud-native-startupfest, which was called “Fireside Chat with Kelsey Hightower and Alex Polvi, CEO, CoreOS, Inc”.

Amazing insight into a really remarkable journey that gave us a lot of inspiration!

As with the previous year, security remains a crucial topic that received substantial coverage at KubeCon. 

We found the Capture The Flag event hosted by 

 both valuable and entertaining, offering a welcome break from sessions.

Beyond learning, KubeCon is a great place to connect with community members.

We particularly enjoyed meeting both new and old friends at the Nordic Cloud Native Meetup and the Norwegian rooftop lunch!

We're already looking forward to next year!

Most of the sessions was recorded and are available at 

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 for uptime monitoring. However, it has two main drawbacks: it doesn't scale well with numerous probes, and it's not suitable for a GitOps scenario due to its heavy usage of GUI for configuring probes

Our goal is to add probes automatically as part of the GitOps setup when deploying new applications that need monitoring. Recently, we tested 

Deploying Application Insights Infrastructure

To start, you need to deploy the Application Insights infrastructure if you don't already have one. This requires the 

 for Crossplane. We assume you're already using Crossplane and are familiar with its operation.

When the provider is deployed you can provision an Application Insight instance, a Log Analytics Workspace and a resource group:

If Application Insights isn't provisioned, it's likely because the Azure Resource Providers "microsoft.insights" and "Microsoft.OperationalInsights" aren't registered. You can check this under your subscription in 

Azure → Settings → Resource providers

You could skip the Log Analytics workspace. This would result in a "Classic Application Insights" that's still functional, but it's soon to be a deprecated solution from Microsoft.

More about the deprecated Application Insights here: 

Once everything is provisioned, you can start adding probes.

 is up every 300 seconds (the default interval).

To make effective use of the probes, you should add alerts to appropriate channels. We prefer using collaboration tools like Slack or Teams to collect alerts and collaborate on them as a team.

The GitOps experience with this setup is excellent and precisely what we're aiming for. However, one significant drawback is the pricing. As the number of probes increases, the cost can become substantial compared to alternative solutions.

The example above is for 50 endpoints checked every 5 minutes from one geolocation. If you want to check more endpoints, more frequently, and from multiple geolocations simultaneously, it can quickly become expensive.

For a smaller number of probes, or if you already use Azure and don't want to introduce new third-party services, Azure Monitor Availability can be a good choice. However, we are still looking for other solutions suitable for a GitOps situation with a larger number of probes.

Discover effective uptime monitoring solutions with Application Insights and GitOps integration. Learn how to automate probe deployment efficiently.

Uptime monitoring with GitOps and Application Insight

One of the most challenging and interesting aspects of working with platforms is staying ahead of the countless tools and techniques available. 

 collection alone is vast, and this image only represents a fraction of the technologies and methods we encounter daily:

Given our fortunate position of working with multiple platforms for various customers across multiple business domains, we believed sharing our internal 

 collects our findings and experiences from diverse projects and internal testing of new tools. It draws inspiration from 

. However, unlike it's counterpart, which releases updates several times a year, our radar is continuously updated.

For those curious about a "blip's" history, you can simply click on it to explore its evolution.

By sharing our knowledge and experience, we hope to inspire you to explore new technologies, experiment with them, and engage in open discussions. 

Insights from KubeCon 2024: Trends, Highlights & Community Connections

Insights from KubeCon 2024: Trends, Highlights & Community Connections

Trends

Artificial Inteligence (AI)

Web Assembly

Kubernetes on the edge

Highlights

Uptime monitoring with GitOps and Application Insight

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Insights from KubeCon 2024: Trends, Highlights & Community Connections