Containers are inherently ephemeral, making them more difficult to manage than traditional programmes operating on virtual or bare metal servers. Container monitoring, on the other hand, is a critical capability for applications based on current microservices architectures in order to achieve maximum performance. Containerized applications frequently necessitate monitoring. Performing health-checks is one technique to keep these containers up and running at all times. The usage of the curl command to verify if the application within the container is still up and running is one of the approaches I’ve come across for doing health-checks....

From May 10th to 12th, the Vancouver Convention Center came alive with the Open Source Summit North America, a three-day event that brought together open source software enthusiasts from around the world. With a focus on exploring the newest trends and embracing opportunities in the ever-changing field of open source technology, this premier conference drew over two thousand attendees. In this blog post, we’ll dive into my own presentation and its key points, share some highlights from the inspiring talks I attended, and take a closer look at the exciting conversations and new discoveries that unfolded at the Red Hat booth....