Cost optimization with kubernetes

Correction 2023-07-02: fix homelab specs and corresponding AWS EC2 instance class (it’s actually 32GB RAM, not 64GB) Congratulations, you managed to successfully deployed a few services on kubernetes! But this is not the end 👀. Unfortunately money doesn’t grow on trees, and if you can’t justify your infra expenses, finance department won’t be happy. If you’re using Terraform, you can use Infracost to create a cost report. Pretty nifty. But what about kubernetes? Given cost reporting is a basic feature, kubernetes is no exception. ...

April 1, 2023 · 2 min · Karn Wong