Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This talk was proposed for KubeCon EU 2024 but didn't make it through the CFP stage. It is an online exclusive!
We discuss leveraging Kubernetes for efficient CI/CD processes, exemplified through a live setup of a European Kubernetes cluster. We highlight the flexibility and standardization Kubernetes offers for deployment, and Argo CD's role in automating and managing deployments to reduce human error.
Our demonstration includes creating a Kubernetes cluster using Omni & Talos, emphasizing the efficiency and geographic distribution of nodes across Europe. A distributed Daggerverse deployment from backup is used as a real-world use case. We also discuss cost comparisons, and the potential savings outside traditional cloud services like AWS EKS.
Here is a summary of the key points in our conversation:
1. Kick off an AWS EKS cluster deployment with Dagger
2. Provision a 5-node Kubernetes 1.29 cluster across VMs in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and Warsaw using Omni and Talos. This takes around 3 minutes.
3. Walk through installing Argo CD on the European cluster and use it to manage core components such as ingress-nginx, cert-manager, external-dns, kube-prometheus-stack etc.
4. Deploy a real-world stateful application - Daggerverse - and show how requests hit different nodes across the European locations.
5. Discuss cost, especially for data transfer/egress fees.
6. Highlight the improved tooling that enables more flexibility in running Kubernetes outside of major cloud providers.
00:00 Intro
01:29 EKS cluster with Dagger
01:48 European K8s 1.29 cluster with Omni
04:08 Why Kubernetes?
04:58 Why Argo CD?
06:28 Argo CD manages our K8s workloads
07:26 Argo CD UI
08:15 Argo CD - Empty Diffs
09:25 Argo CD - Infinite Sync Loop
10:18 Live Demo - The Daggerverse App
13:03 Which EU node served that response?
15:06 What about EKS?
15:26 What about cost?
18:29 Putting everything together
21:19 Thank you Matias
21:43 Dagger infra on AWS & EKS
22:14 Wrap-up
24:01 Final thought
Other videos that go with this one: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIzb4b2ejfFgIFpyqpfOLEblevhgXByA-
This talk was proposed for KubeCon EU 2024 but didn't make it through the CFP stage. It is an online exclusive!
We discuss leveraging Kubernetes for efficient CI/CD processes, exemplified through a live setup of a European Kubernetes cluster. We highlight the flexibility and standardization Kubernetes offers for deployment, and Argo CD's role in automating and managing deployments to reduce human error.
Our demonstration includes creating a Kubernetes cluster using Omni & Talos, emphasizing the efficiency and geographic distribution of nodes across Europe. A distributed Daggerverse deployment from backup is used as a real-world use case. We also discuss cost comparisons, and the potential savings outside traditional cloud services like AWS EKS.
Here is a summary of the key points in our conversation:
1. Kick off an AWS EKS cluster deployment with Dagger
2. Provision a 5-node Kubernetes 1.29 cluster across VMs in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and Warsaw using Omni and Talos. This takes around 3 minutes.
3. Walk through installing Argo CD on the European cluster and use it to manage core components such as ingress-nginx, cert-manager, external-dns, kube-prometheus-stack etc.
4. Deploy a real-world stateful application - Daggerverse - and show how requests hit different nodes across the European locations.
5. Discuss cost, especially for data transfer/egress fees.
6. Highlight the improved tooling that enables more flexibility in running Kubernetes outside of major cloud providers.
00:00 Intro
01:29 EKS cluster with Dagger
01:48 European K8s 1.29 cluster with Omni
04:08 Why Kubernetes?
04:58 Why Argo CD?
06:28 Argo CD manages our K8s workloads
07:26 Argo CD UI
08:15 Argo CD - Empty Diffs
09:25 Argo CD - Infinite Sync Loop
10:18 Live Demo - The Daggerverse App
13:03 Which EU node served that response?
15:06 What about EKS?
15:26 What about cost?
18:29 Putting everything together
21:19 Thank you Matias
21:43 Dagger infra on AWS & EKS
22:14 Wrap-up
24:01 Final thought
Other videos that go with this one: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIzb4b2ejfFgIFpyqpfOLEblevhgXByA-
