Tag: containers
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What Does Kubernetes Actually Do, and When Do You Need It? (DevOps for Beginners, Part 9)
Kubernetes basics for beginners: pods, nodes, deployments and services, how desired state and self-healing work, reading CrashLoopBackOff, and when you actually need it.
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Build Your First Container Image With Docker (DevOps for Beginners, Part 8)
Containers and Docker for beginners: how a Dockerfile becomes an image and a running container, containers versus virtual machines, ports, volumes, and layer caching.
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The DevOps Lifecycle and the Toolchain Behind It (DevOps for Beginners, Part 3)
A plain map of the eight-stage DevOps lifecycle and the tools that run each stage, with a real CI pipeline you can trace from git push to live.
Architect’s Toolkit
PJ’s Tools
VMware Cloud Foundation
- VCF Documentation
- VCF 9 Planning & Preparation Workbook
- VCF Bill of Materials (BoM)
- VMware Compatibility Guide
- VMware Interoperability Matrix
- VMware Configuration Maximums
- VMware Ports & Protocols
- VMware Hands-on Labs
- RVTools Download
Nutanix
AI & Cloud-Native Platform
- NVIDIA Build (Model Catalog)
- NVIDIA AI Enterprise Reference Architecture
- NVIDIA NIM Performance Benchmarking
- NVIDIA NGC Catalog
- NeMo Microservices Helm Chart
- Helm Charts Repository
- Hugging Face Models
Architecture & Design
About the Author

Dr Pranay Jha
Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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