Part One: Multi-Region Apache Cassandra on Azure Kubernetes Service with the K8ssandra Operator
Among the many capabilities and features that the new K8ssandra Operator brings to the table, perhaps the most exciting is the ability to deploy and manage multiple datacenter clusters deployed …
How to Migrate an Existing Cluster to K8ssandra-operator Without Any Downtime
With our recent release of K8ssandra-operator v1.0.0 – our brand new Kubernetes operator for K8ssandra – the next question is how to upgrade from K8ssandra v1.x or from Apache CassandraⓇ …
Introducing the Next Generation of K8ssandra!
Back in December, we previewed the in-progress K8ssandra Operator project as the next generation of the K8ssandra project, bringing multi-cluster support with it. We’re now, just a few months later, …
A Recap of Cass-Operator in 2021 and What’s Coming Next
While much of our content here focuses on K8ssandra Helm charts and the upcoming K8ssandra-operator, it should be noted that both use cass-operator to deploy the Cassandra parts. Since we …
Multi-Region Cassandra on EKS with K8ssandra and Kubefed
When I demoed Multi-region Cassandra on GKE at the Kubecon ’21 show floor, I was surprised to see so much interest in the topic. Running a K8ssandra cluster on GKE …
Deploying a Sample Application with Cassandra in Kubernetes
This post is part of a Learning Series that shows you how to successfully run Apache Cassandra® in Kubernetes. Each workshop in this series will help you level up a …
Cassandra Certificate Management (Part 2): cert-manager and Kubernetes
The joys of certificate management Certificate management has long been a bugbear of enterprise environments, and expired certs have been the cause of countless outages. When managing large numbers of …
Cassandra Certificates Management (Part 1): How to Rotate Keys Without Downtime
Welcome to this two-part blog series where we dive into managing certificates in an Apache Cassandra® cluster. In this first post, we will focus on how to rotate keys in …
Announcing the Release of Reaper 3.1 for Apache Cassandra
The K8ssandra team is pleased to announce the release of Reaper 3.1. Let’s dive into the features and improvements that 3.0 recently introduced (along with some notable removals) and how …
Setting Up a Kubernetes CronJob to Create Medusa Backups
If you’ve been following the awesome workshop on the K8ssandra repository or just deployed your first cluster, you are probably wondering: How am I going to automate helm commands to …