DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling

Bret is joined by Matt Williams of Infra to show off their open source project Infra, which provides easy, centralized RBAC, auth to Kubernetes, and more.

Show Notes

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Bret is joined by Matt Williams of Infra to show off their open source project Infra, which provides easy, centralized RBAC and auth to Kubernetes and more.

Infra is a new company taking on simplifying centralized infrastructure, user authentication and permissions. Their open source tool by the same name is quite easy to start with. In this episode, Matt does a great job of explaining the pain points of Kubernetes user management, certificate distribution and revocation, and more pain points that Infra is bringing simplicity to.

Streamed live on YouTube on November 10, 2022. Includes demos.


Unedited live recording of this show on YouTube (Ep #191).

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  • (00:00) - DDT MAIN
  • (00:04) - Intro
  • (00:54) - Bret intro
  • (01:53) - Main show
  • (02:08) - Introducing Matt
  • (02:40) - Today on the podcast
  • (03:06) - Infra HQ and Company History
  • (03:52) - How Infra came to be
  • (06:40) - Datadog
  • (08:34) - Infra and open source
  • (09:59) - How Infra can help
  • (10:24) - Core Infra functionality
  • (11:56) - Bad idea
  • (12:48) - Can't revoke certificates
  • (16:11) - Painful Certificate Redistribution
  • (17:11) - Why you need Infra
  • (18:41) - Question
  • (19:38) - Service accounts
  • (20:22) - kubectl and pronunciations
  • (21:57) - Question about OIDC
  • (23:45) - Not just a Kubernetes tool
  • (25:27) - Dealing with Keys is Hard
  • (26:08) - Offboarding can be harder than Onboarding
  • (28:24) - Workflow
  • (29:21) - Demo intro
  • (29:51) - End demo
  • (30:02) - Cloud hosted and self-hosted
  • (30:35) - Providers, Okta
  • (32:02) - Is Infra GIOps Compatible?
  • (34:53) - Quick summary of the demo for audio listeners
  • (36:44) - Dumbed down roles?
  • (38:08) - Question
  • (38:52) - A tool to add to your toolbox
  • (40:38) - Getting started and contributing
  • (41:25) - Question
  • (41:51) - Auditing in the future
  • (42:49) - A Safe and Secure Model
  • (43:52) - Wrapping up
  • (45:42) - Outro

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Creators and Guests

Host
Bret Fisher
Cloud native DevOps Dude. Course creator, YouTuber, Podcaster. Docker Captain and CNCF Ambassador. People person who spends too much time in front of a computer.
Host
Matt Williams
Matt is the Evangelist at Infra (a cool RBAC and remote access tool). He's also an Emcee for DevOps Days Seattle and a former organizer of DevOps Days Boston and Serverless Days Boston. He was the first Evangelist at Datadog. He has been using containers on Docker and Kubernetes since the projects started.
Producer
Beth Fisher
Producer of the DevOps and Docker Talk and Agentic DevOps podcasts. Assistant producer on Bret Fisher Live show on YouTube. Business and proposal writer by trade.
Editor
Cristi Cotovan
Video editor and educational content producer. Descript and Camtasia coach.

What is DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling?

7 years running! Interviews from Bret Fisher's live show. Topics cover container and cloud topics like Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Native development, DevOps, SRE, GitOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, and the full software lifecycle. Full show notes and more info are available at https://podcast.bretfisher.com