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blogs.vmware.com > cloud-foundation > 03/28/2026 > ingress-nginx-to-gateway-api-istio-vks-migration

Migrating from Ingress NGINX to Gateway API with Istio - The Procrastinator's Guide

2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (1276+ words) The deadline: March 31, 2026 " three days from now.The situation: Ingress NGINX stops receiving security patches forever.The reality: You're still running it in production. In November 2025, the Kubernetes project announced Ingress NGINX's retirement. If you waited until the last minute,…...

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blogs.vmware.com > cloud-foundation > 03/23/2026 > strengthening-the-cloud-native-ecosystem-through-upstream-collaboration

Strengthening the Cloud-Native Ecosystem Through Upstream Collaboration

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (676+ words) Open source thrives on shared ownership, open governance, and collaboration across companies and communities. At Broadcom, our approach to cloud-native innovation is rooted in contributing as maintainers, contributors, and collaborators within the communities that evolve the technologies modern platforms depend…...

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blogs.vmware.com > cloud-foundation > 03/21/2026 > vcf-9-0-delivers-5-6x-pod-density-and-4-9x-faster-pod-readiness-than-red-hat-openshift

VCF 9.0 Delivers 5.6X Pod Density and 4.9X Faster Pod Readiness than Red Hat OpenShift 

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (291+ words) As per CNCF, a pod acts as the smallest deployable unit for containerized application. Each pod contains a single application instance with one or more containers sharing compute, storage and network resources." Pod density measures the number of pods a…...

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blogs.vmware.com > cloud-foundation > 03/20/2026 > tunedprofile-vks-3-6-os-level-tuning-kubernetes

Unlocking Database Performance on Kubernetes with TuneDProfile in VKS 3.6

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1119+ words) TL;DR: VKS 3.6 introduces TuneDProfile, a declarative API for Kubernetes OS tuning. It replaces imperative scripts and unsafe sysctls with a supported, Kubernetes-native approach. Key features include per-pool granularity, automated drain-and-reboot handling for kernel changes, and a built-in "Production Ready…...

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blogs.vmware.com > cloud-foundation > 03/17/2026 > identity-security-for-vmware-cloud-foundation-iam-pam-and-zero-trust-access

Identity Security for VMware Cloud Foundation - IAM, PAM, and Zero Trust Access

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (485+ words) Identity is now the primary security perimeter. In the latest episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, we sat down with Lee Howard, Head of IAM Product Management at Broadcom, to explore how Identity Security for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) enables…...

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blogs.vmware.com > cloud-foundation > 03/12/2026 > cluster-api-immutability-and-the-future-of-kubernetes-infrastructure

Cluster API, Immutability, and the Future of Kubernetes Infrastructure

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1408+ words) Since the Cluster API 1.12 release announcement [1], I keep getting questions about immutability in Kubernetes. Amid this new wave of interest, what stands out is how the Kubernetes community is looking at this topic from a different perspective than in the…...

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blogs.vmware.com > cloud-foundation > 03/10/2026 > vmware-private-ai-on-consolidated-vmware-cloud-foundation-architecture

VMware Private AI on Consolidated VMware Cloud Foundation Architecture

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (197+ words) Discover how to leverage VMware Private AI on a minimal-footprint VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployment. Even if you're starting small with a consolidated VCF architecture, this video demonstrates the deployment and utilization of VMware Private AI, helping your organization to…...

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blogs.vmware.com > cloud-foundation > 03/09/2026 > vcf-workaround-for-quorum-disk-failure-scenario-in-2-node-wsfc-2025-configuration

VCF: Workaround for Quorum-Disk Failure Scenario in 2-Node WSFC 2025 Configuration

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (73+ words) SynopsisBroadcom has published a 10-minute demo video that shows you how to work around a commonly reported failure scenario in 2-node Windows Server 2025 Failover Clusters (WSFC) when adding/configuring a quorum disk in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). Important: This video…...

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blogs.vmware.com > cloud-foundation > 03/05/2026 > the-hierarchy-of-modern-infrastructure-mastering-namespaces-in-vmware-cloud-foundation-vsphere-kubernetes-service-and-vcf-automation

The Hierarchy of Modern Infrastructure: Mastering Namespaces in VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere Kubernetes Service, and VCF Automation

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (500+ words) To successfully scale modern applications, you must understand the three critical layers: the VCF Automation Project, the vSphere Namespace, and the VKS Namespace. At the top of the stack sits VCF Automation. In this layer, the "Namespace" is abstracted into…...

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blogs.vmware.com > cloud-foundation > 03/05/2026 > day-2-operations-for-ai-blueprints-in-vcf-automation

Day 2 Operations for AI Blueprints in VCF Automation

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (549+ words) This is part three of six in a multi-blog series providing a practitioner's guide to VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA. Most customers will want to customize the provided blueprints to meet their specific business requirements. This could be as…...