The major news this past week included CoreOS announcing their intentions to launch a CoreOS-stack based commercial Kubernetes product called Tectonic. We also some new exciting integrations and a new podcast on The Cloudcast interviewing Kismatic CEO on how Kubernetes fits in the container ecosystem.

News

CoreOS Tightens Fit with Kubernetes, Raises $12M from Google Ventures (http://thenewstack.io/coreos-tightens-fit-with-kubernetes-raises-12m-from-google-ventures/?utm_content=buffer4b4e0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer) by The New Stack (https://twitter.com/thenewstack)

Blogs

Interview with Patrick Reilly, CEO of Kismatic (https://www.mirantis.com/openstack-portal/external-news/interview-patrick-reilly-ceo-kismatic/) by Mirantis (https://twitter.com/MirantisIT)

Kismatic is readying an OpenStack-optimized Kubernetes distribution (https://www.mirantis.com/blog/kismatic-readying-openstack-optimized-kubernetes-distribution/) by Mirantis (https://twitter.com/MirantisIT)

Play With Kubernetes Quickly Using Docker (https://zwischenzugs.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/play-with-kubernetes-quickly-using-docker/) by Ian Miell (https://twitter.com/ianmiell)

Events

The Cloudcast #185 – Masters, Minions and Pods – Kubernetes 101 (http://www.thecloudcast.net/2015/04/the-cloudcast-185-masters-minions-and.html) by Brian Gracely (https://twitter.com/bgracely) and Patrick Reilly (https://twitter.com/preillyme)

Cluster Management at Google (http://www.infoq.com/presentations/cluster-management-google?utm_content=buffer9a981&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer) by John Wilkes (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-wilkes/0/118/84)

Scaling Docker with Kubernetes (http://www.slideshare.net/carlossg/scaling-docker-with-kubernetes) by Carlos Sanchez (https://twitter.com/csanchez)

Integrations

Ceph RBD (https://huaminchen.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/ceph-rbd-as-persistent-storage-for-kubernetes/) and Ceph FS (https://huaminchen.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/ceph-fs-as-persistent-storage-for-kubernetes/) and persistent storage for Kubernetes by Huamin Chen (https://twitter.com/root_fs)

Clustering on Kubernetes & OpenShift3 using DNS (http://jimmidyson.github.io/clustering-on-kubernetes–openshift3-using-dns/) by Jimmi Dyson (https://twitter.com/jimmidyson)

CoreOS-Vagrant Kubernetes GUI for OS X (https://github.com/rimusz/coreos-osx-gui-kubernetes-cluster) by Rimas Mocevicius (https://twitter.com/Rimusz)

Running Kubernetes locally via Docker (https://github.com/brendandburns/kubernetes/blob/hyperkube/docs/getting-started-guides/docker.md) by Brendan Burns (https://twitter.com/brendandburns)

Meetups Next Week (focusing on or incl. Kubernetes content)

April 14th: COJUG – Scaling with OpenShift (http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/events/221692561/) in Dublin, OH

April 15th: AWS UG April Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/AWS-Munich/events/219210482/) in Munich

April 15th: Containerizing the Cloud with Kubernetes and Docker (http://www.meetup.com/gdg-atlanta/events/221245709/) in Atlanta, GA

April 16th: Kubernetes Vol. 2 (http://www.meetup.com/Kubernetes-London/events/221521966/) in London

April 16th: Premier meetup Aix/Marseille (http://www.meetup.com/Docker-Marseille/events/220728730/) in Le Tholonet, France

April 18th: Kubernetes workshop with Brian Dorsey from Google (http://www.meetup.com/GDGBerkeley/events/221376112/) in Berkeley, CA

April 18th: Getting Started with Docker Workshop (http://www.meetup.com/GDGBerkeley/events/221376112/) in Cambridge, MA