Amazon EKS
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is a comprehensive Kubernetes management solution that operates entirely under AWS's management. High-profile clients like Intel, Snap, Intuit, GoDaddy, and Autodesk rely on EKS to host their most critical applications, benefiting from its robust security, dependability, and ability to scale efficiently. EKS stands out as the premier platform for running Kubernetes for multiple reasons. One key advantage is the option to deploy EKS clusters using AWS Fargate, which offers serverless computing tailored for containers. This feature eliminates the need to handle server provisioning and management, allows users to allocate and pay for resources on an application-by-application basis, and enhances security through inherent application isolation. Furthermore, EKS seamlessly integrates with various Amazon services, including CloudWatch, Auto Scaling Groups, IAM, and VPC, ensuring an effortless experience for monitoring, scaling, and load balancing applications. This level of integration simplifies operations, enabling developers to focus more on building their applications rather than managing infrastructure.
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Kubernetes
Kubernetes (K8s), an open-source software that automates deployment, scaling and management of containerized apps, is available as an open-source project. It organizes containers that make up an app into logical units, which makes it easy to manage and discover. Kubernetes is based on 15 years of Google's experience in running production workloads. It also incorporates best-of-breed practices and ideas from the community. Kubernetes is built on the same principles that allow Google to run billions upon billions of containers per week. It can scale without increasing your operations team. Kubernetes flexibility allows you to deliver applications consistently and efficiently, no matter how complex they are, whether you're testing locally or working in a global enterprise. Kubernetes is an open-source project that allows you to use hybrid, on-premises, and public cloud infrastructures. This allows you to move workloads where they are most important.
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Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a comprehensive container orchestration platform that is fully managed. Notable clients like Duolingo, Samsung, GE, and Cook Pad rely on ECS to operate their critical applications due to its robust security, dependability, and ability to scale. There are multiple advantages to utilizing ECS for container management. For one, users can deploy their ECS clusters using AWS Fargate, which provides serverless computing specifically designed for containerized applications. By leveraging Fargate, customers eliminate the need for server provisioning and management, allowing them to allocate costs based on their application's resource needs while enhancing security through inherent application isolation. Additionally, ECS plays a vital role in Amazon’s own infrastructure, powering essential services such as Amazon SageMaker, AWS Batch, Amazon Lex, and the recommendation system for Amazon.com, which demonstrates ECS’s extensive testing and reliability in terms of security and availability. This makes ECS not only a practical option but a proven choice for organizations looking to optimize their container operations efficiently.
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Portainer Business
Portainer Business makes managing containers easy. It is designed to be deployed from the data centre to the edge and works with Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes. It is trusted by more than 500K users.
With its super-simple GUI and its comprehensive Kube-compatible API, Portainer Business makes it easy for anyone to deploy and manage container-based applications, triage container-related issues, set up automate Git-based workflows and build CaaS environments that end users love to use.
Portainer Business works with all K8s distros and can be deployed on prem and/or in the cloud. It is designed to be used in team environments where there are multiple users and multiple clusters. The product incorporates a range of security features - including RBAC, OAuth integration and logging, which makes it suitable for use in large, complex production environments.
For platform managers responsible for delivering a self-service CaaS environment, Portainer includes a suite of features that help control what users can / can't do and significantly reduces the risks associated with running containers in prod.
Portainer Business is fully supported and includes a comprehensive onboarding experience that ensures you get up and running.
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