Guides for evaluators and architects.
Hands-on guides for the people who actually run the evaluation — architects, platform engineers, and technical decision-makers. No gated fluff; where a claim is a vendor figure, we say so.
How air-gapped Kubernetes actually works
Disconnected install, an internal registry, and Day-2 operations with no call-home — what air-gapped Kubernetes takes in practice.
Read → GuideThe VMware/Broadcom exit for public sector and defense
A staged path off VMware that keeps your VMs and ends the foreign licence lever — without a big-bang rewrite.
Read → ComparisonAn OpenShift alternative for regulated and government workloads
How to evaluate an OpenShift alternative on the axes that matter in regulated environments — sovereignty, air-gap, lock-in, and cost.
Read → ComparisonA Rancher/SUSE alternative for public authorities
A framework for evaluating a Rancher/SUSE alternative on the axes public authorities actually care about.
Read → GuideSecrets management after the HashiCorp relicense
What the Vault BSL relicense means for sovereign environments, and the open-source path — OpenBao + External Secrets Operator.
Read → GuideEvaluator quickstart — what to test in a sovereign Kubernetes PoC
A focused PoC checklist — the disconnected install, fleet ops, VM and secrets tests, and the sovereignty checks that separate a demo from a decision.
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