Tech
June 8

Lessons learned when taming Kubernetes for on-demand environments

At OLX Autos, we are running a homegrown Internal Developer Platform that leverages Kubernetes to spin up on-demand environments, each housing more than 180 microservices. Managing 10 to 200 environments or 20k+ pods has been an interesting journey for us, filled with unique challenges and opportunities. I'd like to share our learnings while running on-demand environments at scale on Kubernetes.
Talk abstract

I'll talk about the challenges and solutions we encountered while running on-demand environments at scale on Kubernetes:

  • The need for speed: Unlocking lightning-fast environment provisioning times
  • Handling high pod churn: 
  • No weak links: Protecting environments from single points of failure
  • Guardrails for k8s controllers: As we were managing multiple environments with numerous Kubernetes objects, we required a reliable and scalable solution to tackle this issue, since any downtime could render an entire environment inaccessible. 

 Key Takeaways:

  • Optimize Kubernetes for faster on-demand environment provisioning
  • Identify and resolve potential points of failure while running on-demand environments on Kubernetes at scale
  • How to run on-demand environments on spot instances with confidence
Ravishen Jain
Sr. Platform Engineer, OLX Autos

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