Sweeney's Awesome Articles

Dec 4, 2025
Ron Sweeney
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
InterSystems Kubernetes Operator (IKO)
Kubernetes
Security

IKO Plus: Shhhhhhhhh – Secrets Management for IRIS Clusters with External Secrets Operator

The external-secrets-operator has reached version 1.0.0, bringing strong and flexible Kubernetes Secrets Management to the forefront. With its wide list of supported providers, you can focus on using external secrets in your IrisCluster workloads without worrying ...
Dec 4, 2025
Ron Sweeney
Databases
ECP
InterSystems Kubernetes Operator (IKO)
Kubernetes
Mirroring

IKO Plus: Database Management, Migration, or Day 1 Seeding your Mirrored IrisCluster

Learn how to use the IRIS “seed” capability to quickly provision a full IrisCluster mirror in Kubernetes. This approach is useful when moving from a single IRIS system to a scalable, containerized environment with the InterSystems ...
Dec 4, 2025
Ron Sweeney
High Availability
InterSystems Kubernetes Operator (IKO)
Kubernetes

IKO Plus: VIP in Kubernetes on IrisClusters

Learn how a Mirror Virtual IP helps IRIS on Kubernetes stay available during failover. A simple guide to creating a stable and reliable connection.