# Managing Kubernetes

## Content from Blue Matador on best practices to managing Kubernetes.

We've been running Kubernetes for a while now and building a monitoring tool for it has helped us understand it at a pretty deep level. You're probably not completely new to Kubernetes so we hope our content here can help you continuously improve your Kubernetes knowledge and infrastructure.

[**Kubectl Cheatsheet**  
Get all the most helpful kubectl commands in one place](/content/learn/kubectl-cheatsheet/index.html)

[**Using Helm to Manage Kubernetes**  
An intro to Helm for K8s management](/content/blog/using-helm-for-kubernetes-management-and-configuration/index.html)

[**Kubernetes Disaster Prevention & Recovery**  
A framework for preventing worst case scenarios](/content/blog/kubernetes-disaster-prevention-and-recovery/index.html)

[**Monitor Kubernetes with Blue Matador**  
Read about how Blue Matador automates Kubernetes monitoring](/content/blog/how-to-monitor-kubernetes-with-blue-matador/index.html)

[**Kubernetes Rolling Update Configuration**  
Become an expert on managing Kubernetes Deployments](/content/blog/kubernetes-deployments-rolling-update-configuration/index.html)

[**Types of Kubernetes Events**  
Learn about all the different types of Kubernetes events](/content/blog/kubernetes-events-explained/index.html)

[**Delete Pods from a Kubernetes Node**  
Guide to safely delete pods from a Kubernetes node](/content/blog/safely-removing-pods-from-a-kubernetes-node/index.html)

[**Post Mortem: K8s Node OOM**  
Read our post mortem when our nodes ran out of memory](/content/blog/post-mortem-kubernetes-node-oom/index.html)

[**Kubernetes Security Essentials**  
Learn the basic essentials for Kubernetes security](/content/blog/kubernetes-security-essentials/index.html)

[**Monitoring: Prometheus vs. Datadog**  
Comparison of Prometheus and Datadog for Kubernetes monitoring](/content/blog/how-to-monitor-your-kubernetes-cluster-prometheus-vs-datadog/index.html)

[**Automate Kubernetes Deployments**  
Webinar with senior engineers from Vivint on automating build pipelines with over 8k K8s pods](/content/webinar/automate-deployment-cycles-release-with-confidence/index.html)

## **Easy, instant, and automatic** Kubernetes monitoring.