Blog posts written by Michael C. Jaeger

Michael C. Jaeger
29 June 2022

The software operator design pattern: advantages – part 4

Cloud and server Article

The software operator is a design pattern. Its design is based on successful applications where this approach was found useful. In other words, it’s a proven approach that can be recommended to others. But like all approaches, it’s important to understand their positive and negative impact. Software developers need to understand when the ...

Michael C. Jaeger
16 June 2022

Operator Day at Kubecon EU 2022 – recordings available!

Charms Article

The Operator Day at Kubecon EU 2022, hosted by Canonical, took place on Monday 16 May 2022. We thank everyone for attending the event. Our thanks go out especially to those who engaged with us via chat during the online event. We enjoyed answering questions and having conversations during the presentations. If you missed Operator ...

Michael C. Jaeger
12 June 2022

The software operator design pattern: May the force be with you – Part 3

Charms Article

The software operator is a design pattern. A design pattern describes the approach to cover the operational tasks of an application’s implementation. The first post in this series introduced the concept of a design pattern in general. The second post covers the software operator design pattern in particular. In the second part, we also ex ...

Michael C. Jaeger
19 May 2022

Secure Multi-Tenancy for Charmed Kubernetes with Clastix’ new Charmed Operator

Charms Article

Capsule helps reduce the operational effort to operate and maintain secure multi-tenancy on Charmed Kubernetes. Users, teams, and departments can now share the same infrastructure without compromising security and usability. ...

Michael C. Jaeger
5 May 2022

The Operator Day Industry Panel Discussion at Kubecon EU 2022

Cloud and server Article

Find out who the panelists are for the Industry Panel discussion during Operator Day on May 16th. During this virtual session industry thought leaders will discuss the latest trends and developments about Kubernetes and Operators. Our panelists are not only thought leaders in various areas of cloud-native technologies, but also work at le ...

Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

The software operator design pattern — part 2

Charms Article

This blog post continues with the previous blog post about design patterns and the software operator pattern. In this part, this post takes a closer look at the description of the software operator pattern. What is a design pattern? Over the years, the software development and programming community developed a common understanding of desi ...

Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

Design patterns and the software operator — part 1

Charms Article

In the early days of software development, computers were sold with compilers and interpreters. Users wrote mostly their own small programs instead of buying software. During that time, most didn’t even consider downloading software as only a few were connected to mailboxes or the UUCP network. Most of the software was provided by the com ...

Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

Operator Day hosted by Canonical at Kubecon EU 2022

Cloud and server Article

May 16th 2022, virtual eventWeek of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2022 What is Operator Day? Software operators are crucial elements in the Kubernetes landscape. They implement operational tasks covering everyday application management. They help human operators, administrators to run their applications efficiently and effectively. On Opera ...

Michael C. Jaeger
30 March 2022

Getting started with Juju and Charmed Operators: three awesome videos

Cloud and server Article

Getting started with software can be confusing – depending on the complexity of the software, of course. Despite the extensive documentation available for Charmed Operator SDK and Juju some just prefer to watch video material to start with. So, let’s take the opportunity to have a look at available tutorials and presentations available on ...

Michael C. Jaeger
11 February 2022

Learn how to build a minimal Charm

Cloud and server Article

The previous blog post talked about the community workshops taking place in the Juju and Charm community. Normally the community workshops take place every Friday at 10:00 am CET. The details for these workshops can be found in the public channel on Mattermost. In one of the workshops, Erik Lönroth held a tutorial on how ...

Michael C. Jaeger
11 February 2022

A Charming community: how to join the Juju and Charmed Operators community

Cloud and server Article

If you are familiar with open source, you know that the community is what drives a project and gives its purpose, keeps it alive and thriving. So, it is important to support that community, and provide tools and encouragement to help it grow. Today, we would highlight the community behind Juju and Charmed Operators and ...

Michael C. Jaeger
6 January 2022

Application composability and the shipping container

Charms Article

The previous blog post talked about the composability of applications. The key element for composing applications is defining the relations between application elements. And supporting relations is one of the advantages of the Charmed Operator Framework – including its runtime, the Charmed Operator Lifecycle Manager. The shipping containe ...