· 24 min read
Upgrading Nutanix Kubernetes Platform from 2.19.0 to 2.19.1 from the Administration → Upgrades page, with the management cluster upgraded from the UI. Minor vs. patch, the new-version notice in the dashboard, the pre-upgrade activities (release notes, downloads, free capacity), measured timings and the application staying up while the nodes are replaced.
· 11 min read
Lab-tested walkthrough to give a development team access to a single namespace on the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform: permission for the Entra ID group, an impersonation test before handing it over, a ResourceQuota and LimitRange holding consumption and, for kubectl-only users, a 24-hour certificate issued by the cluster itself.
· 15 min read
A lab-tested walkthrough for signing in to Nutanix Kubernetes Platform with Microsoft Entra ID accounts: the app in Entra, the Identity Provider in NKP, group mapping and three access profiles (platform, operator and dev), in the dashboard and in kubectl, with inherited MFA and Entra ID on the free license.
· 9 min read
NKP Insights enabled on both lab clusters: one minute on management, about two on workload, what to install first and how much it uses. In 10 minutes, the Prometheus alerts gained cause, solution and a lifecycle inside Kommander. In 11 hours, 204 security and best-practice findings.