Kubernetes Implementation for Finance Company: Revolutionizing Container Orchestration

The advent of container-based microservices architectures has revolutionized the way DevOps teams execute, deploy, and test modern applications. And Kubernetes, also referred to as K8s, plays a huge role as an open-source container orchestration platform that helps transform the way companies leverage, handle, and scale any containerized applications. It has also emerged as a revolutionary technology in the era of container orchestration and management. As per a report by Stackshare, 3468 globally acclaimed companies use Kubernetes.

Built by Google, Kubernetes is under the limelight and is deemed the de facto model for container orchestration. The widespread popularity and the advantages of Kubernetes influenced us to choose this platform for our clients. Our client is a European company providing financial networks around the world who were looking for a scalable platform to align their business needs. And for this, they consulted Radixweb. So, being a renowned provider of DevOps consulting services, it was our duty to help our client migrate to Kubernetes.

Hence, in this tech study, we're going to dive into some vital aspects of Kubernetes implementation, discussing why it was the first choice of our client as well as our development team. And how it helped our client to empower their businesses and streamline and automate container management. Overall, this tech study will provide a detailed analysis of how our DevOps experts integrated Kubernetes for our client’s business needs and requirements.

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The Utmost Influence of Kubernetes

Our client is one of the largest financial networks in the world who is used to processing thousands of billions of data daily. There were over 17,000 applications on the terminal, which were in action. Over several years, our client used infrastructure that was completely reliant on spinning up different VMs (Virtual Machines) for processing and scaling. However, this process did not provide enough flexibility to the apps team for scaling their needs and developing applications. Hence, the client wanted something that deploys new services or apps to new users with the help of their existing hardware, generates fewer errors while deployment, and provides seamless automation. For this, they consulted us.

After evaluating different DevOps tools, and then comparing Kubernetes vs Docker (the most significant DevOps tools), our experts came to a decision and chose Kubernetes to align with our client's business needs. We decided to migrate the existing hardware to Kubernetes. This will help deploy new services and applications seamlessly to users, eventually getting the burden off developers. Hence, Kubernetes was our number one choice due to its capability for automating software deployment, scaling, and management.

Built a Highly Resilient Platform Adhering to Kubernetes Architecture

Integrating Kubernetes into your existing development cycle is not always rainbows and sunshine, however, our clients were in safe hands. With years of experience in providing Kubernetes implementation services, our experts made their migration journey a cakewalk by simplifying storage orchestration, data management, scaling up, and load balancing.

Also, there was a reason we chose Kubernetes for our client’s platform – its resilient architecture. Kubernetes architecture is the perfect choice to provide a highly scalable and robust platform for container management. Let’s see how:

• Master Node - This component helped our developers manage API (Application Programming Interfaces) requests and control the cluster. It also involves the scheduler, the control manager, the API server, etc.

• Node - As a provider of DevOps containerization services, our experts understand the importance of nodes as worker machines to execute containers. Each node acquires an agent known as Kubelet.

• Pods - They are the tiniest deployable elements in Kubernetes that helped our platform to share network namespaces and resources. Also, pods need to be scheduled by the master on nodes.

• Replication Controller - With the help of this architecture element we ensured that a specific amount of pod replicas is operating and running, instantly replacing any collapsed pods.

• Service - This architecture element determines the collection of pods and a protocol to approach them. Hence, services offer a network-level availability to pods, allowing service discovery and load balancing for our client's platform.

Kubernetes Key Components – The Reason Behind Magic

We also integrated multiple key components of Kubernetes into our client's platform. Every component plays a specific role and takes utmost care of the platform's scalability, reliability, and resilience of container workloads. Let's understand the components, our software development team used for our Kubernetes project:

• Ingress Controller - The Ingress controller helps handle external access to different services throughout the cluster. It also helps track the incoming HTTPS and HTTP traffic to the relevant services adhering to rules defined by the Ingress resources. Hence, the Ingress component integrated by our developers enables domain-based access control and advanced routing.

• Secret and ConfigMap - We integrated Secrets and ConfigMap components in our Kubernetes solution as they help with external configuration of applications. ConfigMaps saves configuration data in a key-value pattern and take care of sensitive details like API tokens and passwords.

• Volumes - The Volume component helps provide a consistent storage place for containers on our client's Kubernetes platform. Here, Kubernetes also supports multiple types of volumes, such as cloud solutions, hostPath (local storage on the node), and network-attached storage (NAS).

• Namespace - Our experts integrated Namespaces into the Kubernetes platform as they help build virtual clusters across the same physical cluster. They also segregate our platform's resources and help with the suitable technique to divide an individual cluster into several logical clusters. Also, each namespace contains its services, pods, and other resources.

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How Everything Turned Out?

As a result, after migrating to the Kubernetes platform, our client experienced multiple advantages from the modified platform. Their team became more efficient; all day-to-day operations were aligned and simplified, there was seamless automation, their service request handling improved, and lastly, they encountered minimal errors at the time of deployment.

As experts in implementing DevOps successfully, our team also managed to use other DevOps tools in integration with Kubernetes. Hence, by utilizing the platform which is a perfect blend of different tools and technologies, our clients can now effectively use their modified hardware to the point where they get anywhere near 90 to 95% utilization rates.

Along with these advantages, our clients also loved the new and advanced Kubernetes platform because of its following capabilities:

• Scalability - The Kubernetes platform developed by our team allows our clients to enhance the app's scalability by adding or eliminating containers, ensuring better performance.

• Improved Portability - Our experts chose Kubernetes due to its feature of easily porting the apps across different on-premises environments or cloud providers.

• Auto-Recovery - Our clients have nothing to get stressed about as Kubernetes automatically substitutes the error-prone or failed containers or nodes, improving the application's resilience.

• Resource Efficiency - Through the integration of resource management and intelligent scheduling by our team, the current platform optimizes resource usage, eventually minimizing the expense.

• Declarative Configuration - For our client's specific business needs, we used a declarative approach that enables users to specify the state they require and makes sure that the cluster approaches towards that state.

Radixweb: Trailblazer in the Development Industry

As an award-winning provider of Kubernetes consulting services, experts at Radixweb helped this European Finance company streamline their app deployment and manage containerized workflow with ease. We also help them enhance their resource utilization by up to 95% and accelerate their application development cycle with the help of Kubernetes - the greatest container orchestration platform that ever existed.

While collaborating with Radixweb's experts, you'll experience a high-momentum team in action delivering the best Kubernetes deployment solutions for your business. We help you create a zero-disruption Kubernetes strategy to get ahead of your competitors. Our Kubernetes consultants ensure you make the best use of this innovative system, from effortless management of containerized apps and automation of production-level workflows to reduced operational costs and improved productivity.

So, if you're planning to adopt Kubernetes, aka K8s, and are not sure where to start, Radixweb's Kubernetes implementation services and development services are for you. From deploying AI (Artificial Intelligence) and IoT solutions to modernizing your legacy IT infrastructure, this container orchestration tool does it all. Hence, whether you opt for the cloud or on-premises, our experts will make your Kubernetes journey a breeze. Our main objective is to make sure we deliver the top-notch and perfect solution to our clients, one that helps you design, build, and deploy software faster than ever. So, no matter what service you choose, our Kubernetes experts are always happy to help.