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ko is a simple, fast container image builder for Go applications. It’s ideal for use cases where your image contains a single Go application without any/many dependencies on the OS base image (e.g., no cgo, no OS package dependencies). ko builds images by effectively executing go build on your local machine and as such, doesn’t require docker to be installed. This […]
In a previous article, the author showed how to build and deploy a Golang Web application (or API backend for a frontend framework like React or Vue) to a cloud provider, using Docker as a process manager. In this post, which is part of two of this series, he will show you a second method of deploying […]
Go’s small application binary sizes are a perfect fit for the microservices deployment strategies that Docker and Kubernetes excel at delivering. Golang applications and containers are made for each other. This synergy is not without its challenges, though. It’s important to understand container best practices and key concepts to avoid security pitfalls that can easily […]