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The Fkh Web Client
In my previous post I showed how to open a terminal to one of your containers in Fkh - Freddy’s Kubernetes Helper. This post is about another one of the faces of Fkh - the Web Client. A web client? Really? At first glance it might seem a bit weird that Fkh has a web client at all. Most of the work happens in VS Code, some of it in the CLI - so why on earth would you need...
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Accessing Fkh containers using a terminal
In my previous post I broke down what it costs to run Fkh - Freddy’s Kubernetes Helper. This post is about something more hands-on: how you open a terminal to one of your containers. Why you don’t have direct access to the container Just like the SQL Server we looked at in the just-in-time database access post, your Business Central containers run as pods inside the Kubernetes cluster in your own Azure subscription. They are not exposed to the public...
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The price of running Fkh (Freddy's Kubernetes Helper)
In my previous post I described the Fkh CLI. One question I get almost every time I show Fkh - Freddy’s Kubernetes Helper is: what does it cost to run? Since Fkh runs entirely in your own Azure subscription, the honest answer is “it depends on your usage” - but that isn’t very helpful, so this post breaks down exactly what has a cost attached, how each part scales as usage grows, and what a realistic monthly bill looks like...
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File storage in Fkh (Freddy's Kubernetes Helper)
In my previous post I explained just-in-time database access in Fkh - Freddy’s Kubernetes Helper and promised to go into more detail about the file storage. This post does exactly that. The Fkh file storage basically gets rid of SAS URLs or secret URLs — you have a trusted file storage that you can access wherever you need it. Why file storage? When you work with Business Central containers, there are always files you need to have around - license...
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The Fkh CLI (Freddy's Kubernetes Helper)
In my previous post I showed how to run backend commands from VS Code using Fkh - Freddy’s Kubernetes Helper. Obviously, VS Code is not the only frontend for Fkh, there is also a Web App and a CLI. Who knows, in the future, there might be other front-ends (MCP is one I have on my mind - for troubleshooting purposes). One backend, many interfaces The most important thing to understand about Fkh is that all the functionality lives in...
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Just-in-time database access in Fkh (Freddy's Kubernetes Helper)
In my previous post I explained the security model of Fkh - Freddy’s Kubernetes Helper and why you can trust it for your development processes. In that post I briefly mentioned just-in-time database access. This post explains what that means and how it works. Why you don’t have direct database access As explained in the security model post, the databases for your containers live on a SQL Server (Developer edition) running inside the Kubernetes cluster in your own Azure subscription....
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The security model of Fkh (Freddy's Kubernetes Helper)
In my previous post I explained how it looks when working with containers in VS Code using Fkh - Freddy’s Kubernetes Helper. This post will explain about the security model of Fkh and why you can trust it for your development processes. It’s all yours First of all, Fkh is not hosted by me or any other organization. When using Fkh, it is hosted in your own Azure subscription and your data never leaves your subscriptions. Secondly, Fkh is Open...
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Creating Containers in VS Code using Fkh (Freddy's Kubernetes Helper)
In my previous post I introduced Fkh - Freddy’s Kubernetes Helper and explained the what and the why. This post is all about the how - specifically, how you create your first Business Central container with Fkh. Prerequisites Before you can create your first container, you need to install and setup Freddy’s Kubernetes Helper (Fkh). You can find the installation guide here Beside that, you need to install the Fkh VS Code Extension, found here or if you are using...
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What is Fkh (Freddy's Kubernetes Helper)
If you have followed my work over the years, you know that I have spent a lot of time making it easier for people to run and develop Business Central in containers. First with Business Central on Docker, then with NavContainerHelper and BcContainerHelper. Those tools have served the community incredibly well - but the world has moved on, and it is time for something new. That something new is Fkh - Freddy’s Kubernetes Helper. Why did I create Fkh? There...
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The future of Development...
Development has gotten so much easier over the last couple of years. AI has changed the game completely. Innovative and bright minded developers can now write apps - or entire solutions - in days, if not hours. Things that used to take weeks or months of work can now be created over a weekend. That is amazing… but it is also a bit of a problem. When everybody can build a solution to almost anything in no time, it becomes...
