MinIO, once a darling of the open-source object storage world, has followed a path we’ve seen before: slowly pulling the rug on its OSS community. It started subtly, features were stripped from the community edition, leaving users with a barebones experience. Now, MinIO has taken it a step further by ceasing distribution of pre-built binaries altogether. The project is now source-only, as confirmed in their GitHub README. This move significantly raises the barrier to entry for users who relied on the simplicity of ready-to-run binaries. One of MinIO’s biggest selling points was its sleek UI. With that gone from the OSS version and enterprise pricing remaining steep, it’s time to consider alternatives. Read more

Identifying different applications running in the same Kubernetes cluster at an external firewall can be challenging. By default, all services running on a node are SNATed to the node’s IP address. With Antrea Egress we can make use of dedicated egress IPs for different Pods in a Cluster. If you just want to get to the quickstart, click here. What is Antrea? Antrea is a Kubernetes CNI which is currently a CNCF Sandbox Project. It is heavily used in Production by VMware and its Customers as it is the default CNI for VMware Tanzu. Read more