PivotalはKubernetesの統合を拡大します

この拡張には、2つの管理対象プラットフォームのアルファ版が含まれており、今年後半には3分の1をそのステータスに移行する予定です。Pivotal Software launched alpha versions of two of its managed platforms and plans to move a third to that status later this year. The moves are part of its broader push to ease enterprise management of cloud-native platforms like Kubernetes. The first alpha push is in offering its Pivotal Application Service (PAS) on Kubernetes. Richard Seroter, vice president of product marketing at Pivotal, explained that the move taps into Pivotal’s work with Cloud Foundry and its Eirini Project. That project acts as a bridge between Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes. Seroter explained that PAS on Kubernetes provides a “cf push” experience to Kubernetes. It does this by integrating the required components for software deployment, networking, monitoring, and logging and making it easier for developers to focus on code. He also said the move was tied to the continued Kubernetes maturation process, specifically noting the recent addition of Windows container support. That support came as part of the 1.14 update, and Seroter noted that a lot of Pivotal’s PAS customers use Windows containers. Pivotal also introduced an alpha version of its Pivotal Build Service, which provides automation to create container images while maintaining an organization’s audit and security controls. The platform uses the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Cloud Native Buildpacks that Pivotal helped to develop. The Pivotal Build Service launch follows up on the company offering general availability of its Spring Runtime and an alpha version of its Pivotal Service Mesh earlier this year. Spring Runtime now supports all Java environments and Pivotal Service Mesh uses Istio and Envoy to manage access in Kubernetes clusters. The company is also readying an alpha version of its RabbitMQ messaging platform for Kubernetes that will launch later this year. It will automate deployment and ongoing operations of RabbitMQ. That platform is a product of VMware, which has close ties to Pivotal through their shared parent company Dell Technologies. Seroter said that close partnership with VMware provides it with agility in the market to quickly adjust to the needs of developers and customers. The two firms, for instance, both rely on the PKS platform to support various enterprise services. This could be more important going forward in light of IBM’s recent $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat. IBM is also a significant partner in the Cloud Foundry ecosystem. While admitting that Kubernetes can be difficult to use at scale in a production environment – and thus (wink, wink) the need to use Pivotal’s managed services – Seroter remains complimentary toward that community. He noted that in particular he has been impressed by its restraint in light of what continues to be a rapid maturation process. “I appreciated that the team is not overshooting objectives,” Seroter said. “They are remaining focused on just building a great orchestration platform that is solid and highly available.”