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Valentin Brandt

Working with Appstellar with their well-equipped, structured and readily available team was a great experience! They are motivated and always ready to help. Aside from their professionalism and commitment to the project, it is a fun team to work with delivering a wholesome experience that contributes to an impactful partnership.

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Laura Taylor

I’m over the moon at what you’ve managed to achieve for us! Thank you for your amazing efforts and contributions over the past few weeks. I know it’s not been an easy few weeks with late nights and priorities coming from all of us but you’ve handled it brilliantly.

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We looked for a long time for the right developer, one who would understand exactly what we needed, work closely with us to ensure we stay on track, deliver what we request, and offer at a price we can afford. Appstellar met all those criteria when others failed or were unable to do so.

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Working with Appstellar has been very good – we appreciate the quick feedback and pragmatic solutions! I particularly like the direct contact and friendly interaction when working with Appstellar. Our client has extended the contract several times so far, so I can say the technical performance is excellent as well. We’re very satisfied!

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Alejandro Diaz

The Appstellar team is always open to any new ideas and helps us to decide and adopt the ones that better fit our needs. The biggest benefits we witnessed from the DevOps services provided by them were flexibility, trust, and proactivity.

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Fabian is the Lead Cloud/DevOps Engineer at Appstellar. He’s been working as a DevOps Engineer for about 3 years. Fabian is a certified AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, and CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator.

Saying Cilium is a service mesh would be all true, but maybe not enough. That’s because of the technology worth mentioning, that makes Cilium known for its efficient and specific solutions. Cilium operates on top of eBPF, which is the successor of BPF, or Classic BPF which makes Linux Kernel programmable. 

We have been told by Thomas Graf CTO and Co-Founder of Isovalent Company which stays behind Cilium, to think of eBPF in Linux Kernel like the JavaScript JIT that runs on browsers. A “eBPF JIT compiler” exists in Kernel Space and executes only safe code making changes as we need in different operations and “syscalls”, making Linux more compact when running container applications. The reason for that is the fast-evolving of containers and microservices technology, which comes with many different needs and at the time when most parts of Linux Kernel were developed, these needs didn’t exist. Why not contribute to the Linux project? Well everyone has different needs, and It would take years to get approved. So when relating for example to security we need patches pretty often, so it wouldn’t be the best choice. 

In my opinion, Cilium really can help us bring our cluster networking, observability, and security to another level!


Cilium and eBPF super-powers

GitOps methodology is continuously proving its benefits with the help of different tools out there, including Flux. In KubeCon Europe Virtual 2021 Flux introduced to us the Flux V2 which will support multi-tenancy. Combined with Helm or Kustomize, Flux V2 will give you a very powerful automated state management solution, in other words, a software agent will be ensuring that the desired state of your Kubernetes Cluster which should be available on a VCS is up to date, checking for source code changes in custom intervals, along with different alerts and features for its end-users. 

With all the automation it comes, unfortunately for the users that are aiming to migrate from Flux V1 it comes with a little bit of pain of manual configurations, because of the Flux V2 incompatibility with .flux.yaml files as they will not be supported anymore.


GitOps and Flux

WebAssembly was another hot topic during the event. As we know WebAssembly was build with the browsers to be their main runtime, but lately it is taking place outside the browsers to, because of its security and flexibility. WebAssembly applications are isolated. Can run anywhere, with different operating systems and CPU system architectures. Sounds familiar? Yeah, containers... As Solomon Hykes, founder of Docker said on a tweet: “If WASI (WebAssembly System Interface) existed in 2008 we wouldn’t have needed to create Docker.”

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No container technology is perfect, but they are very good at what they are designed to do and we should choose based on our needs. Comparing WebAssembly to Docker wouldn’t be fair, as they weren’t developed for the same purpose. But WebAssembly seems to have a future in the server-side combined with Kubernetes because of its high security, efficiency, and lightweight features.

Kubernetes network resources like Ingress and Services, that were part of it from the early days, solved us a lot of problems, but it was quite difficult and some times impossible, to use these resources for more advanced use cases. That resulted in using a lot of annotations and custom resources, which wasn’t a good experience. Gateway API will try to simplify this part of maintenance, saving us time and effort while scaling our applications. 

The Gateway API project defines Kubernetes APIs to configure advanced concepts like traffic splitting, header matching, and load balancing configuration. It comes with new resource types: GatewayClasses, Gateways, and Routes like HTTP Route, TCP Route, UDP Route, and TLS Route. This model of dividing ingress traffic into more specific resources will allow the Gateway API to also expand its protocol support in the future. Do you want more? You can refer to the [Gateway API](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2021/04/22/evolving-kubernetes-networking-with-the-gateway-api/) official documentation!


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So pretty cool yeah, all of these sweet tools at our fingertips. We are thankful to all presenters and organizers for this valuable event, for providing us with many different ideas and better thinking of future implementations. Indirectly providing value also at our partners and customers, giving them the best experience when we integrate these tools and methods in real-world solutions.

By the end, for those who couldn’t attend the event, it is available now on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cW8_h98sn8&list=PLj6h78yzYM2MqBm19mRz9SYLsw4kfQBrC) with all its sessions and keynotes.

Being one of the most exciting events of the exploding technology nowadays Kubernetes, we couldn’t miss the innovations, methodologies, and best practices that KubeCon Europe Virtual 2021 introduced. As we know, this event brings to us many trending topics in many different areas of Kubernetes and Cloud-Native and a single article wouldn’t be enough! So we are going through only some topics that I found the most interesting and were getting the most attention at the conference.

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KubeCon 2021 didn’t disappoint! Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s edition of the world’s largest cloud native conference.

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Kubecon 2021 Recap & Takeaways

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Tuesday was the 1st of 20 sessions of the DevOps and Kubernetes Fundamentals training.

As a growing number of companies are moving to the #cloud and seek to implement DevOps practices, the need for qualified DevOps engineers is soaring.

There is huge demand for DevOps engineers and great talent out there but no local trainings on it (that we know of, at least). So, we took this initiative to equip the next generation of DevOps Engineers with the necessary skills they need to start off their DevOps careers right. By the end of the 7-week training, they will be fully prepared for the market.

Objectives of the Training

- Gaining a fundamental understanding of DevOps and why it matters
- Learning Kubernetes fundamentals
- Why automation, culture, and metrics are essential to a successful DevOps project.
- How DevOps can positively impact your business's bottom line.
- Learning how to move your application to the container world
- Learning how to manipulate your application by Kubernetes
- Learning how to work with Kubernetes in AWS
- Why automation, culture, and metrics are essential to a successful DevOps project.
- How DevOps can positively impact your business's bottom line
- Improving time-to-market with Kubernetes and Continuous Delivery
- Learning how to monitor, log, and troubleshoot your application with Kubernetes

5 Reasons to Become a DevOps Engineer

### 1. High Demand

Career opportunities: DevOps engineers are in high demand and this is not expected to change in the future. If anything, it's only expected to increase. They enjoy high salaries and some of the best conditions in the High-Tech industry.

### 2. Understanding the bigger picture

DevOps engineers must understand more than how code works, they need to understand how it all works. How can this piece of code the developer just wrote become usable by every person with a computer? When it doesn’t work, what is the underlying root cause?

### 3. Room for creativity

The whole point of the DevOps culture is to improve the process of software development. You can always implement other people ideas (that are becoming industry standard), or let your creativity speak and come up with your own ideas.

### 4. Constant learning

DevOps never bores you. The ever-evolving technological stack and the vast variety of existing technologies and tools make it impossible to know everything, but as a DevOps engineer, you will often have to learn new skills in order to get things done.

### 5. It's Process-Focused

DevOps is for people who are more interested in the process than in the product... but care about the customers too.

The training will be held three times a week from the 1st of February until the 17th of March, 2022. Since there has been high interest in the training, we will be having a second edition soon after this one wraps up. If you are one of them, follow our and ICK's posts on social media to hear about the open call for applications.

Appstellar in partnership with Innovation Centre Kosovo start off the 1st of twenty 3-hour sessions of training on DevOps and Kubernetes.

Appstellar Updates

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The DevOps and Kubernetes Fundamentals Training Kicks Off

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We at Appstellar, are thrilled to announce we’re now a CNCF Silver Member, Kubernetes Certified Service Provider (KCSP), and a Linux Foundation Silver Member! Read more about it on the [CNCF new members announcement](https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2022/05/18/cloud-native-computing-foundation-hits-800-member-milestone-at-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2022/).

This is a big milestone that demonstrates Appstellar’s expertise as a cloud and DevOps solutions provider helping customers embark on their Kubernetes and cloud-native journey. A lot of work has been done to get here, so we’re super proud and excited to finally receive the KCSP badge. (So excited that we made cookies out of it, as you can see below.)

Since focusing our services strictly on cloud software development and DevOps solutions, we’ve implemented Kubernetes practices for multiple clients in industries such as fintech, healthtech, and others. Having said that, the KCSP certification will help show Appstellar’s extensive expertise in supporting organizations to move to a cloud-native platform. 

As a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider with [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](https://www.cncf.io/), Appstellar will continue to offer Kubernetes support, consulting, and professional services for businesses and organizations wanting to migrate to cloud technologies, or improve their existing cloud infrastructure.

On the other hand, as a member of the CNCF and the [Linux Foundation](https://linuxfoundation.org/), Appstellar commits to expanding the Kubernetes and cloud-native ecosystem and bridging the gap between developers and operations.

*“We're proud to be the first Kubernetes Certified Service Provider in Kosovo and the Westerns Balkans"*
say Co-Founders of Appstellar – Rozafe Llalloshi and Mehmetali Shaqiri.

Appstellar is excited to announce that they are now a CNCF Silver Member, Kubernetes Certified Service Provider (KCSP), and a Linux Foundation Silver Member!

Appstellar partnership announcement -  KCSP, Silver Member of CNCF & LINUX FOUNDATION

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Appstellar is now a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider and Silver Member of CNCF and Linux Foundation!

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We’re excited to announce that we’re officially [part of the Amazon Web Services Partner Network (APN)](https://partners.amazonaws.com/partners/0010h00001jCcZLAA0/Appstellar)!

Moreover, we at Appstellar, as a leading cloud service and DevOps service provider in Kosovo, are happy to share that we’re the [first company founded and headquartered in the country](https://partners.amazonaws.com/search/partners/?loc=Kosovo) to become an AWS Partner.

APN is Amazon’s global community of partners who leverage AWS to build best-in-class software solutions. It consists of professional services organizations with a demonstrating track record of successfully delivering AWS solutions and an extensive pool of certified and experienced AWS technical consultants.

As an AWS Partner, we support clients in maximizing the value of all that AWS offers and accelerating their journey to the cloud. APN enables us as a partner to provide innovative solutions, solve technical challenges, and deliver value to our and AWS’s mutual customers.

Appstellar is currently in hyper-growth mode. In the past 6 months, we’ve grown our team by 122%! Moreover, we’ve signed multiple new client deals, expanded in new industries of operation (like fintech and healthtech), and also moved to new office spaces. In addition to our AWS partnership, [Appstellar has also become a CNCF member and a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider](https://appstellar.io/insights/updates/cncf-member-kcsp-announcement). With these partnerships, we look forward to accelerating our growth even further and taking on projects we love to work on.

Amazon Partner Network (APN) is uniquely positioned and powered to help customers take full advantage of AWS’s offering in their cloud journey. We as an AWS partner help our customers to grow and scale their businesses on what is known as one of the most advanced cloud ecosystems.

Why work with an AWS Partner Company like Appstellar?

Appstellar is excited to announce that we have joined the Amazon Partner Network as an AWS Consulting Partner. With this partnership, we aim to continue building software products safely on the cloud!

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Appstellar is now an AWS Consulting Partner!

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These partnerships/certifications are a big milestone for us. They demonstrate Appstellar’s expertise as a Cloud and DevOps solutions provider helping customers maximize their cloud-native journey. A lot of work has been done to get here, so we were super excited to share the news with everyone. So excited that we went all in with branded cupcakes and a stellarized drinks menu.

On top of these two accomplishments, in the last six months, we've expanded our staff by 122%! Moreover, we've signed multiple new client deals, expanded in new operation industries (like fintech and health tech), and moved to new office spaces. Hence all the smiley faces.

What makes this celebration even more remarkable is the community that supports our journey. So, this party wouldn't be a success without a full house of partners, contributors, friends, and family.


Finally, neither the success nor the event would be possible without the engines that power our work – our stellar team. We loved seeing them have fun, forget about the bugs, and enjoy the night.

Thank you to anyone who joined! As an [AWS Partner](https://telegrafi.com/first-kosovo-western-balkans-appstellar-now-kubernetes-certified-service-provider-aws-partner/) and KCSP, we look forward to continuing to support our clients in cloud migration and offer Kubernetes support, consulting, and professional services for businesses wanting to migrate to cloud technologies, improve their existing cloud infrastructure, or build them new products directly on the cloud.


While this is not something you will find on the rest of our website, something we’re also ✨stellar✨ at is throwing parties. We’ve recently celebrated two important accomplishments – becoming an [AWS Partner](https://appstellar.io/insights/updates/aws-partner-announcement) (the first company from Kosovo to do so) and being certified as a [Kubernetes Certified Service Provider ](https://appstellar.io/insights/updates/cncf-member-kcsp-announcement)by Cloud Native Computing Foundation (the first in Western Balkans). So, our HQ doors were open for an evening of laughter and fun.


Appstellar celebrates two important accomplishments – becoming an AWS Partner and being certified as a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider by Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

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