Paul Yu

A few weeks ago, I took and passed the Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE) exam and earned this...

Last year, I wrote a guide on how to install VMware Workstation Pro on Ubuntu Desktop. Since then,...

This is a guide that will walk you through the steps to install VMWare Workstation Pro on Ubuntu...

Ollama is a popular tool for running large language models (LLMs) locally on your machine. It...

Building AI tools that can access real-time data requires bridging the gap between language models...

Learn how to deploy and configure an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Automatic cluster using Pulumi with Go. This comprehensive tutorial covers infrastructure as code implementation, container registry integration, observability setup, and role-based access control—all using the Azure Native Provider. Perfect for DevOps engineers and cloud architects looking to automate Kubernetes deployments on Azure.

I recently passed the Certified Argo Project Associate (CAPA) exam and wanted to share a study guide...

Introduction Kubernetes is great at orchestrating containers, but it can be a bit tricky...

How to add a Codespaces button to your README on GitHub to make it easier for people to contribute

AI is in everything, everywhere, all at once. This article will give you a high-level overview of Kaito, the Kubernetes AI Toolchain Operator, what it aims to help you with as a Kubernetes Operator, and show you how to get started with it.

This post will walk you through a demo I presented at the SCaLE21X conference. The session is titled,...

Learn how to bootstrap GitOps onto your AKS cluster, the Azure way!

Learn how to harness the power of FluxCD's Image Update Automation in your Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with Flagger. This step-by-step guide walks you through the provisioning and bootstrapping an AKS cluster with FluxCD and Istio, installing Flagger (the GitOps way), and deploying a new Canary resource to progressively deploy new images to your cluster.

Learn how to automate image updates in your Azure Kubernetes Service cluster using FluxCD and GitOps.

Learn how to harness the power of GitOps on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with ease using the FluxCD AKS Extension. This comprehensive tutorial will walk you through creating an AKS cluster, enabling the FluxCD extension, preparing Kubernetes manifests with Kustomize, deploying applications, and efficiently managing changes, all while following best practices.

Pushing Multi-Architecture Container Images to Azure Container Registry using GitHub Actions

Unlock the power of multi-architecture container images with this guide. Learn to build, deploy, and optimize your containerized applications for diverse processor architectures

Introduction An interesting use case for Workload Identity came up recently. I was asked...

A Step-by-Step Guide to enable the AKS add-on with Terraform

Did you know that Azure App Configuration Service is a managed service that helps you centralize your...

Do you constantly provision and delete Azure Key Vaults? If so, you may have noticed attempts to...

In this post, I'll walk you through deploying a web application to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)...

"Build microservices", they said... "it'll be fun", they said... There are many reasons why you...

A few months ago I wrote a post that described how you can add custom features to your Dev...

Exposing your web applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) has gotten a little bit easier. In...

In my journey to learn Rust, I've decided to pick up this book called "Practical Rust Web Projects"...

You might have heard by now that Azure has partnered with Ampere to bring ARM-based processors for...

One of the things I do as a Cloud Native Advocate at Microsoft is build end-to-end lab scenarios in...

The Azure Monitor team has announced the general availability of the Azure Managed Grafana (AMG)...

Being on the Cloud Advocate team at Microsoft, we're always looking to empower every developer to...