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SecurityKubernetes Secrets: why Base64 is not encryption
A Kubernetes Secret is Base64, readable by anyone with the right permissions. Where secrets leak, and what a secret manager, rotation and clean permissions change.
- Secrets
- Kubernetes
- Scaleway
OperationsFrom AWS to Scaleway: what becomes of RDS, S3 and Route 53
Almost every AWS service has a counterpart at Scaleway. The move rarely fails because of Kubernetes – it fails on the database cutover, egress costs and DNS.
- Migration
- Scaleway
- Kubernetes
OperationsKubernetes upgrades on Kapsule without the fear
Kubernetes ships three minor versions a year, and Kapsule supports only a limited number of them. Wait two years and you have four upgrades ahead of you. Better: one per quarter, boring.
- Kapsule
- Kubernetes
- Scaleway
OperationsOne database per service: roles, privileges and the read-only user who sees nothing
The BI user has read access and still can’t see the new table. That’s not a bug, that’s PostgreSQL. And it’s the reason privileges have to be granted in a fixed order.
- Databases
- Scaleway
- SaaS
OperationsWhy your app sees the wrong IP behind the load balancer
Every visitor comes from the same IP, the login limit locks out all customers at once, and the allowlist lets nobody in. That’s not an attack, that’s the load balancer.
- Ingress
- Scaleway
- Kubernetes
OperationsWhat does Kubernetes on Scaleway really cost?
Node prices are the smallest part. Budgeting Kubernetes on Scaleway takes five line items, and the most expensive one is on no price list.
- Costs
- Scaleway
- Kapsule