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Introducing Plural Infra Research: From GitOps to Diagrams with AI Members Public

The architecture of a complex system shouldn't exist only in the minds of a few senior engineers. Plural Infra Research is an AI-powered agent that automatically diagrams and analyzes your infrastructure.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino
Announcements

Introducing Plural Sentinels: Automated Infrastructure Validation for Kubernetes Members Public

To truly scale operations, teams need to move beyond the checklist and adopt a system that provides packaged, automated, and auditable infrastructure integration testing. That's why we created Plural Sentinels.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino
Announcements

The Cursor Moment for DevOps Members Public

In the past decade, DevOps has evolved from Chef scripts and ClickOps to a highly dynamic environment merging infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, and constant ecosystem change into a complex mess. We all know the pain of endless Kubernetes upgrades, YAML sprawl, and scary Terraform applies. Moreover, current AI tooling lacks

Sam Weaver Michael Guarino
Announcements

Self-Hosting LLMs on Kubernetes: NVIDIA Jetson + K3s Members Public

LLMs are ubiquitous, and there's a vibrant open source ecosystem with tons of implementations to choose from. But here's the thing: actually running them yourself is surprisingly difficult. Learn how to operate your own in this article.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino

GitOps Setup of Cilium Multi-Cluster with Plural Members Public

When you're running multiple Kubernetes clusters, finding the right network topology is difficult. If you're considering the multi-cluster network route, this guide will help you get started quickly.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino

Plural Cloud: Enterprise Observability without the Enterprise Complexity Members Public

Kubernetes infrastructure monitoring forces teams into an expensive false choice. The DIY approach requires weeks of configuring complex systems—Prometheus for metrics collection, Elasticsearch or Loki for log aggregation, and various agents to connect everything together. The result is configuration work that few organizations ever complete successfully. The alternative? Pay

Aaron Smallberg
Aaron Smallberg
Announcements

How Plural Uses MCP: Replacing Admin Tools with AI Chat Interfaces Members Public

When you're building a startup, every engineering decision carries weight. Do you assign a frontend engineer to build that Stripe subscription management interface? Do you create a custom admin panel for user permissions? The traditional approach is both time-consuming and resource-intensive, creating technical debt that can slow momentum

Aaron Smallberg
Aaron Smallberg
Product

Introducing Plural's Tree View: A Technical Deep Dive Members Public

Your monitoring dashboard shows 66 out of 67 services as healthy. But your application is down, users are complaining, and alerts are firing across multiple channels. This is THE question that keeps platform engineers awake at night: which specific component in your sprawling Kubernetes infrastructure is actually broken? While Kubernetes

Aaron Smallberg
Aaron Smallberg
Product

Recent posts

A CNI plugin managing network connections between pods in a Kubernetes cluster.

What Is a CNI Plugin? A Guide to K8s Networking Members Public

Get clear answers to what is CNI plugin, how it powers Kubernetes networking, and how to choose the right CNI for your cluster’s performance and security.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino
Guides
Robotic arms providing efficient Karpenter autoscaling for server racks.

Efficient Karpenter Autoscaling for K8s Clusters Members Public

Learn how Karpenter autoscaling improves Kubernetes cluster efficiency, reduces costs, and simplifies node management for dynamic cloud workloads.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino
Guides
Laptop screen showing the Cluster API quickstart dashboard for managing a new cluster.

Cluster API Quickstart: A Step-by-Step Guide Members Public

Get a practical cluster api quickstart with step-by-step setup, configuration, and management tips for scalable Kubernetes cluster lifecycle automation.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino
Guides
Engineers use a Kubernetes best practices checklist to monitor cluster performance on dashboards.

The Essential Kubernetes Best Practices Checklist Members Public

Get a kubernetes best practices checklist covering security, resource management, deployment, monitoring, and scaling for reliable production clusters.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino
Guides
Monitoring canary deployment metrics and traffic patterns on a dashboard for a Kubernetes release.

What Is Canary Deployment? A Guide for Kubernetes Members Public

Get a clear answer to what is canary deployment, how it works in Kubernetes, and practical steps for safer, data-driven application releases.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino
Guides
A developer uses Kubernetes blueprints to simplify EKS deployments and manage infrastructure.

Simplify EKS Deployments with Kubernetes Blueprints Members Public

Kubernetes blueprints streamline EKS deployments by providing reusable templates for secure, consistent, and production-ready cluster environments.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino
Guides

November Product Update Members Public

We're excited to announce two major updates: Plural Sentinels, which brings automated, deep integration testing to your delivery pipeline, and Infra Research, an AI agent that turns your static code into live, queryable architecture diagrams.

Aaron Smallberg
Aaron Smallberg
Product
Server racks with network connections showing how the best Kubernetes ingress controllers manage traffic.

6 Best Kubernetes Ingress Controllers Compared Members Public

Find the best Kubernetes ingress controller for your needs. Compare top options for performance, security, and scalability in modern Kubernetes environments.

Michael Guarino
Michael Guarino
Comparisons