Tag: devops
Hack or Genius: cloud backup revisited
So earlier I wrote about my simple rsync approach. It worked well for a bit, and then mysteriously broke. Why you ask? And how did I fix it? Well, down the rabbit-hole we go. First I get an email from Google GCP/GKE people. Hello Google Kubernetes Customer, Several vulnerabilities were recently discovered in the Linux kernel which…
Today’s post brought to you by the letter ‘k’: quickly re-pull an image in kubernetes
What do KDE, Kubernetes, and Krusty the Klown have in common? They all paid attention in English class where they taught us about cacaphony. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree. And all their commands are ‘k*’. Ps, poor euphony, never used. So here’s a ‘k*’ for you. You are developing along.…
Running magnum (Kubernetes orchestration) on OpenStack Queens: lxd to the rescue
So the home OpenStack system is running Queens on Ubuntu 18.04, courtesy of Kolla. Great. The all-NVME Ceph I talked about in the previous post is kicking ass and taking names for glance/nova/cinder. Now, lets try some container orchestration and install Kubernetes via Magnum. Make sure to use Fedora-Atomic and not coreos because of this. But also…
Hack or genuis: cloud backup, you vote!
OK, you read from my previous post that I’ve tooled up some things in public cloud (specifically Google GCP & GKE). Now, I’m sure they have a strong track record of backup/restore/disaster recovery. But what if… something goes wrong. Maybe I make a mistake and delete the project, my credit card gets stolen and they…
Cloud Lessons: Of gits and ci’s and pipelines and k8s and charts
OK, no cats, no IoT robots, no crappy consumer electronics disassembly, no spray-foam-snowblower tires.. This is a post about the journey to get a source control system + continuous integration system going in a far away cloud. WiFi fireplaces and feral cats will return, I promise 🙂 Also, if you want to make this like…
