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While kube2iam was declared the winner of that comparison, I feel that the case for kiam too compelling, and the setup too... [ Continue Reading ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/iam-access-in-kubernetes-installing-kiam-in-production) [![](https://www.bluematador.com/hubfs/blog/new/IAM%20Access%20in%20Kubernetes%20kube2iam%20vs%20kiam/BM-iam-access-in-kubernetes-2.jpg) ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/iam-access-in-kubernetes-kube2iam-vs-kiam) [AWS](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/aws), [Kubernetes](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/kubernetes) ##### [IAM Access in Kubernetes: Kube2iam vs. Kiam](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/iam-access-in-kubernetes-kube2iam-vs-kiam) By [Blue Matador](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/author/blue-matador) on March 25, 2020 IAM is the de-facto method of authorization in AWS. Most Kubernetes “Quick Start” guides for AWS do not adequately cover how to manage IAM access in your pods. This blog series will first... 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[ Continue Reading ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/iam-access-in-kubernetes-the-aws-security-problem) [![](https://www.bluematador.com/hubfs/blog/new/Kubernetes%20on%20AWS%20EKS%20vs%20Kops/BM-Kubernetes-on-AWS-EKS-vs-Kops2.jpg) ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/kubernetes-on-aws-eks-vs-kops) [Kubernetes](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/kubernetes) ##### [AWS Kubernetes: Kops vs. EKS](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/kubernetes-on-aws-eks-vs-kops) By [Blue Matador](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/author/blue-matador) on March 3, 2020 There are three popular methods for running Kubernetes on AWS: manually set up everything on EC2 instances, use Kops to manage your cluster, or use Amazon EKS to manage your cluster.... [ Continue Reading ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/kubernetes-on-aws-eks-vs-kops) [![](https://www.bluematador.com/hubfs/blog/new/Kubernetes%20Deployments%20-%20Rolling%20Update%20Configuration/Deployment%20Diagrams%20-%20static.png) ](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/kubernetes-deployments-rolling-update-configuration) [Kubernetes](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/topic/kubernetes) ##### [Kubernetes Rolling Update Configuration](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/kubernetes-deployments-rolling-update-configuration) By [Blue Matador](https://www.bluematador.com/blog/author/blue-matador) on February 26, 2020 Deployment controllers are a type of Pod controller in Kubernetes. They provide fine-grained control over how its pods are configured, how updates are performed, how many pods should run,... 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