🎉 We are proud to announce that we were selected to receive funding as one of the participants in the recent “Contribute Back” challenge organized by the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF). In our application, we participated in category two: Securing … Read More
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Spark on Kubernetes Operators – A Comparison
Introduction Apache Spark has come a long way since its inception in 2014, originally envisioned as a more generic model to work with data than the previous concept of Map & Reduce. It has been widely adopted since then and … Read More
Adding Custom Visualization Plugins to Superset in Stackable
Apache Superset can be extended with custom visualization plugins. Being able to use this feature in the Stackable platform is a niche feature some could benefit from. This is an explanation how to go about configuring it and enhancing your … Read More
Managed Stackable Data Platform – launch of our open source data platform at IONOS
Karlsruhe, August 24, 2023. Our Stackable Data Platform is now available as a Managed Stackable Data Platform in the IONOS Cloud. Our proven open source Big Data components can now be used even more easily to run high-performance and scalable … Read More
Notes on Signed Commits with Git and Github
How can you be sure, that a Git commit is authentic? That it was made by the person it claims to be made by? Git allows for signing commits to provide proof that you authored a commit. The same signing … Read More
SDP Release 23.7
Stackable Data Platform (SDP) Release 23.7 is now publicly available! Highlights This release introduces the specification of resource quotas, a Kubernetes-specific feature called “Pod-overrides” and many updates to the versions of products supported by SDP. Resource Quotas Explicit resources are … Read More
Tools To Make Interacting With Your Kubernetes Clusters A Breeze
How to get the busywork out of handling Kubernetes and finding out what is going on in your cluster? If you feel like you have written quite enough kubectl commands for a while, this is for you! In this post, we will … Read More
Building a Kubernetes-Hosted Web UI for Our Data Platform
Approachability is not one of the biggest strengths of Kubernetes. Anybody who can’t express their questions in form of kubectl commands will have a hard time finding out what’s going on inside a cluster. Not that it were an easy task. The … Read More
SDP Release 23.4
Stackable Data Platform (SDP) Release 23.4 is now publicly available! Highlights The focus in this release is on Cluster Operation, the Status field and default/custom Affinities. Cluster Operation The first part of Cluster Operations has been implemented in all Stackable … Read More
Stackable Joins Innovative Gaia-X Project Cosmic-X
Gaia-X Initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research investigates solution approaches for trustworthy data exchange in industry Wedel, Jan 18, 2023 – How can Gaia-X applications be used in modern value chains of the Industrial Internet of … Read More