Using minikube to Get Started With LINSTOR in Kubernetes

This article gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up a minikube virtual machine (VM) environment for testing and exploring LINSTOR® in Kubernetes. minikube is a local Kubernetes environment on a single host machine that people often use to get up and running quickly, usually for testing or proof-of-concept purposes. Because installing and setting up minikube […]

Kubernetes Roundup – Software News & Resource Updates

LINSTOR Operator 2.10.4 updates the LINSTOR CSI image to 1.10.5 to be compatible with LINSTOR 1.33. We have intentionally not updated the LINSTOR version itself to the latest 1.33.1, as that is left for the next feature release of our Operator. See the full changelog here – https://forums.linbit.com/t/linstor-operator-2-10-4/1135 As you may know, the release of […]

Agentic Coding

As this is my first newsletter of 2026, I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year! For me, this year will be the Year of AI. For the first time in my 25-year career in the IT industry, I feel this year I will change the way I write software. Over the past […]

Using the LINSTOR Python API to Interface with LINSTOR Clusters in Kubernetes

Introduction to the LINSTOR APIs One of the most notable but easily overlooked features in LINSTOR® is its REST API. Typically, LINSTOR users interact with their LINSTOR clusters by using the LINSTOR command line client utility (also known as the linstor-client) to perform administrative tasks. These tasks include operations such as adding LINSTOR satellite nodes to a cluster […]