--- title: "#148: Testing Microservices and Operating Kubernetes Reliably" publication: "StatusCode Weekly" issue: 148 published_at: "2018-01-10" canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/148" --- WebOps Weekly 148 . The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](https://webopsweekly.com/issues/148) [![WebOps Weekly\](https://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](https://webopsweekly.com) Issue 148 — January 10, 2018 Welcome We're back! We hope you had a great holiday season. The new design we promised is going to have to wait a week or two, unfortunately, but we're getting there :-) Make sure to hit reply if you have any submissions for us. _- The WebOps Weekly team (Peter, Chris, and Za'e)_ [What You Need to Know About Meltdown and Spectre](https://thenewstack.io/need-know-meltdown-spectre-cpu-flaws/) news You’ve probably heard about the major Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that affect various CPUs and GPUs. This goes into more detail and how major online services are responding. The New Stack [Testing Microservices, The Sane Way](https://medium.com/@copyconstruct/testing-microservices-the-sane-way-9bb31d158c16) tutorial A thorough investigation of the challenges and approaches in testing microservices without resorting to monolithic techniques. Cindy Sridharan [Learning to Operate Kubernetes Reliably](https://stripe.com/blog/operating-kubernetes) tutorial An in-depth post on why Stripe chose to build on top of Kubernetes, how they integrated Kubernetes into their existing infrastructure, and their approach to increasing reliability. Julia Evans [A Front-End Performance Checklist for 2018](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/01/front-end-performance-checklist-2018-pdf-pages/) tutorial A front-end performance checklist with everything you need to know to create fast Web experiences this year. Vitaly Friedman [The State of Web App Vulnerabilities in 2017](https://www.incapsula.com/blog/the-state-of-web-application-vulnerabilities-in-2017.html?utm_source=webops&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=primary) What do web threats in 2017 mean for 2018? Impervasponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/6b4e7025.png)](https://www.incapsula.com/blog/the-state-of-web-application-vulnerabilities-in-2017.html?utm_source=webops&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=primary) [Running a Node App on Amazon ECS: The EC2 Container Service Mega-Walkthrough](https://engineering.gosquared.com/running-node-app-amazon-ecs) tutorial If you’re using Amazon Web Services, ECS can be attractive way to run apps - this article digs into why and some of the things to watch out for when using it to run Node apps. [Part 2.](https://engineering.gosquared.com/pt-2-running-node-app-amazon-ecs) Geoff Wagstaff [Azure Functions vs AWS Lambda: A Scaling Face Off](https://www.azurefromthetrenches.com/azure-functions-vs-aws-lambda-scaling-face-off/) opinion Amazon and Microsoft’s serverless ‘function-as-a-service’ platforms go head to head. James Randall [Monitoring in a DevOps World](http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3178371) tutorial _“how your concept of monitoring perhaps needs recentering before it even applies to the brave new world of DevOps”_ ACM [On How Etsy Selected a Cloud Hosting Provider](https://codeascraft.com/2018/01/04/selecting-a-cloud-provider/) story The how and why behind Etsy’s decision to go with Google Cloud Platform. Mike Fisher [Issue with TLS-SNI-01 and Shared Hosting for ACME Challenges](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/2018-01-09-issue-with-tls-sni-01-and-shared-hosting-infrastructure/49996) news Some shared hosting systems can be exploited to obtain certificates for domains not under one’s control. LE has disabled TLS-SNI-01 validation in response. Let's Encrypt Jobs [WebOps Jobs at 4,000+ Companies](https://www.vettery.com/tech?utm_medium=cooper-webopsweekly&utm_campaign=ad-1709&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=grouped&utm_term=tech) Try Vettery to start getting tech job offers delivered right to your inbox. Vettery In brief [Kubernetes 1.9 Releases Beta Support for Windows Server Containers](http://blog.kubernetes.io/2018/01/kubernetes-v19-beta-windows-support.html) news kubernetes.​io [NGINX Response to the Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities](https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-response-to-the-meltdown-and-spectre-vulnerabilities/) news No specific updates for NGINX, just install the OS-level patches. NGINX [All The Fun in Kubernetes 1.9](https://thenewstack.io/fun-kubernetes-1-9/) news The New Stack [Monitor Web App Performance and Infrastructure Metrics in Real-Time](https://www.datadoghq.com/dg/apm/lpg/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-WebOpsWeeklyS) Optimize apps, track performance, and troubleshoot latency issues with end-to-end tracing. [Try Datadog free](https://www.datadoghq.com/dg/apm/lpg/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-WebOpsWeeklyS). Datadogsponsored [Elasticsearch Performance Tuning Practice at eBay](https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/blogs/tech/elasticsearch-performance-tuning-practice-at-ebay/) tutorial Pei Wang [The Evolution of Reddit.com's Architecture](https://www.infoq.com/presentations/reddit-architecture-evolution) video Neil Williams [7 Systems Engineering and Operations Trends to Watch in 2018](https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/7-systems-engineering-and-operations-trends-to-watch-in-2018) opinion How edge networks, Kubernetes, serverless and other trends will shape systems engineering and operations. Nikki McDonald [Is Networking Becoming Cool Again? Predicting the Future of Networking](http://cloudify.co/2017/12/31/networking-becoming-cool-predicting-future-networking-2018/) opinion Nati Shalom [5 Microservices Trends to Watch in 2018](https://medium.com/memory-leak/5-microservices-trends-to-watch-in-2018-aed135f70e51) opinion Astasia Myers [First Impressions: Docker for Mac with Kubernetes](https://blog.alexellis.io/docker-for-mac-with-kubernetes/) opinion Alex Ellis [Do CI/CD in the Cloud, Keep Your Code On-Premise with Codeship & Github Enterprise](https://codeship.com/enterprise/?utm_source=email-sponsorship&utm_medium=cpc-webops-weekly-secondary&utm_campaign=github-enterprise-launch) tools Codeship + GitHub Enterprisesponsored [Locally Developing Kubernetes Services without Waiting for a Deploy](https://hackernoon.com/locally-developing-kubernetes-services-without-waiting-for-a-deploy-f63995de7b99) tools .. using a two-way proxy called [Telepresence.](https://www.telepresence.io/) Richard Li [An 'Awesome' Curated List of Chaos Engineering Resources](https://github.com/dastergon/awesome-chaos-engineering) tools Pavlos Ratis [HttpLive: An HTTP Request & Response Service to Mock HTTP](https://github.com/gencebay/httplive) code Gencebay Demir [GoCD - Open Source Continuous Delivery Server](https://www.gocd.org/?utm_campaign=gocd_oss&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cooperpress_webops&utm_content=go_website&utm_term=) tools GoCDsponsored [Postal: An Email Delivery System (a la Sendgrid or Mailgun)](https://github.com/atech/postal) code Essentially an email delivery platform you can run on your own servers. aTech Media [Read this issue on the Web](https://webopsweekly.com/issues/148) [See our archives](https://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*) [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*) Published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/) Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK