This time we're going to try and set up a full cluster and see what happens. I'm using v1.19.1 of K3s which is experimental, and that equals fun. SPOILER - using experimental features doesn't always work out the way that you want, i.e. epic fail.
As I'm learning more about Web Assembly and its potential, I'm also realizing how blended Dev and Ops are becoming. This is going to continue, so if you're a pure Ops person, now is the time to change, learn, and adapt.
Looking around this week, I found a cool repository of Terraform configurations that translate existing Azure Quickstarts to use Terraform. Let's see how far I can get! The GitHub repo: https://github.com/kpatnayakuni/azure-quickstart-terraform-configuration Azure Quickstarts repo: https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates
What is the best career advice you ever got and how did it change your life? I can point to two separate occasions where someone said something to me that shifted my perspective forever.
We are going to get into the Vault CLI in this episode. Specifically, we'll talk about using the Vault CLI at a high level and some of the various authentication methods to log into Vault.
I tried to set up a K3s cluster using three Raspberry Pis. It did not go smoothly. In this first part of the series I will cover the initial setup, difficulties I encountered, and what I hope to accomplish.
There has been an explosion of Service Meshes out there. What does the current landscape look like, and are there some common patterns or things to remember?
How can Terraform and Vault work together? - Terraform can configure Vault - Terraform can get secrets from Vault - Terraform can get dynamic credentials from Vault Check out Josh Duffney's new Ansible Book: https://becomeansible.com/
As the pandemic drags on many of us are hitting a breaking point. We all collectively hoped that Autumn would bring some semblance of normality. That's not going to be the case. What can you do to step back and avoid burnout?
This is part 2 for Object 5 in the Vault certification. We'll be talking more about Vault Secrets Engines, including the Transit Engine and selecting an engine based on used cases. 5 Compare and configure Vault secrets engines 5a Choose a secret method based on use case 5b Contrast dynamic secrets vs. static secrets and their use cases 5c Define transit engine 5d Define secrets engines
I'm now over 100 episodes of the daily check-in. How are things going? How have things changed? And what's the plan for the future?
What do you think cloud computing will look like in the year 2030? Rob Hierschfeld and friends have started a group to discuss this very topic. Why not join into the conversation? Link to Mighty Networks: https://cloud2030.mn.co Link to L8ist Sh9ny podcast: https://l8istsh9y.com/2020/08/08/announcing-the-cloud-2030-online-community-event/ Intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lw-WtnVdjY&feature=youtu.be
How do you use GitHub actions to automate the validation and deployment of Terraform code to your environment? That's the topic for this week. You can hear more about GitHub actions on an episode of Day Two Cloud we did with Chris Wahl. Dot Net Liverpool Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Dot-NET-Liverpool/events/272306762/ Day Two Cloud Episode: https://daytwocloud.io/podcast/day-two-cloud-050-nerding-out-on-github-actions-with-chris-wahl/ Terr...
Interesting Twitter post last week asking about what service job you had as a youth and what lessons you learned. Here's what I learned from working food service and retail.
We're going to get started on Objective 5 by talking about Vault secrets engines. I think the objectives are in a weird order, so let's do them in reverse. First up, we'll define a secrets engine. 5 Compare and configure Vault secrets engines 5a Choose a secret method based on use case 5b Contrast dynamic secrets vs. static secrets and their use cases 5c Define transit engine 5d Define secrets engines My Terraform certification guide: https://leanpub.com/terraform...
Data being generated at the Edge is going to increase exponentially. How do we apply proper data governance to an immense volume of data? Do existing approached work? How does AI factor into it?
Unpopular opinion I guess. Multicloud makes sense and you're probably already doing it.
The Terraform Active Directory provider is now available. I took it for a spin and found some interesting challenges. Here's the GitHub repo for Terraform Tuesdays: https://github.com/ned1313/terraform-tuesdays Here's the link to the Active Directory provider: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/ad/latest/docs Here's my Terraform Certification Guide: https://leanpub.com/terraform-certified/
A post I read over the weekend really got under my craw. And it made me think about the differences between an assertive person and an asshole.
Let's talk about Objective 4 for Vault - Leases! 4 Manage Vault leases 4a Explain the purpose of a lease ID 4b Renew leases 4c Revoke leases
Mark Thiele and Subhan Jahromi have founded Edgevana and officially launched the site. Service coming soon. What is this thing and why should you care? https://www.edgevana.com
Does Nutanix on AWS make sense? I'm not convinced. CTO Advisor series on VMC: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCTOAdvisor/videos
What are the new features to watch out for? Module improvements : Count, depends_on, and for_each Providers: Third-party auto install, required providers block Variable validation! Kubernetes for remote state storage Output changes now reported Check out the Heavy Networking Podcast on August 28th: https://packetpushers.net/series/weekly-show/ My Terraform Study Guide: https://leanpub.com/terraform-certified/...
Google announced a 6 month cert and people lost their minds. https://grow.google/certificates/
Finishing objective three for the Vault Certification. We're going to look at orphaned tokens and combine what we've learned so far. My Terraform cert guide: https://leanpub.com/terraform-certified/ The Vault Cert objectives: https://www.hashicorp.com/certification/vault-associate/
Is Edge a natural progression of compute? How do bottlenecks play into Edge? Why is a tree like a traffic system is like our circulatory system? L8ist Sh9ny podcast episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-410091210/james-urquhart-on-edge-computing-and-flow-evolution James Urquhart blog post: https://www.infoq.com/articles/edge-flow-evolution/ Geoffrey West's book: https://www.amazon.com/Scale-Universal-Innovation-Sustainability-Organisms/dp/15...
Diamanti presented at Cloud Field Day 8 (#CFD8). Here are my thoughts on their products. The Cloud Field Day presentation: https://diamanti.com/cloud-field-day/ Cloud Field Day 8 home page: https://techfieldday.com/event/cfd8/
They're kinda weird. A bit wacky. And 100% useful! Terraform Tuesdays GitHub: https://github.com/ned1313/terraform-tuesdays Terraform Certification Guide: https://leanpub.com/terraform-certified/
You have to learn to say no. And by you, I mean me.
Continuing our exploration of Vault tokens. We're going to cover token accessors and TTLs. You'd think TLLs were simple, but they get complicated quickly.
