Air gapped environments are enjoying increased popularity with the Enterprise in cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. While more secure, losing the convenience of internet connectivity means that your applications are potentially inaccessible to your air gapped clients - or are they?
Fortunately, there are innovative and timely open source tools available to streamline the process of getting your customers up and running as quickly as possible. These open source tools can do everything from launching your application to even deploying an embedded Kubernetes cluster specific to your needs.
In this lab, you will receive a hands-on lesson on how to successfully build custom Kubernetes clusters, deploy and manage applications, and investigate and resolve issues in highly secured Kubernetes environments.
What you will do:
- Access and verify a single-node air gap setup via a bastion server -Learn how to use KOTS (Kubernetes-Off-The-Shelf) to install in an air gap environment
- Create an SSH tunnel to configure an air gap instance -Perform an upgrade of an application in an air gap environment
- Use the kubectl support-bundle CLI in an air gap environment
Who this is for: This lab is for anyone who builds/maintains KOTS applications (see note below) Full Stack / DevOps / Product Engineers
Pre-requisites: Basic working knowledge of Kubernetes
Outcomes:
- You will be ready to deliver a KOTS application into an air gap environment
- You will build confidence in performing upgrades and troubleshooting in air gap environments
Note -- a more minimal air gap lab is in the works for non-dev teams to learn the user-side installation workflow without needing to understand the building/packaging of new air gap versions. Until that is made available, this lab is also appropriate for:
- Implementation / Field Engineers
- Support Engineers
How to Register: In-person registration is sold out (waitlist available). To
register for Air Gap Lab virtual only, add it on during your KubeCon + CloudNativeCon registration.
For questions regarding this event, please reach out to
events-team@replicated.com.
