Git is a great tool for version control in software development but automating commits or the modification of history causes problems for traceability, security, and usability. Git lets developers work independently and combine their work quickly and efficiently whilst retaining change history. With the increased use of GitOps there are…

Best Practices & Examples — In this article, we will look at how to manage Terraform State. First, we will cover what Terraform state is and why it is required, before looking at some best practices for storing, organizing, and isolating your state files. …

Save money by picking the right technology — So you got a great idea to offer a brand new service. The first step is making the right investments on a tight budget as a startup. You certainly do not want to burn your money on resources doing nothing for you. Would it not be nice if costs only…

As more companies strive to deliver software faster it becomes clear what legacy processes are slowing them down, one of these is Feature Branching. The use of Feature Branches separates work, increases the size of code changes, and prevents Continuous Integration. …

If you’re wondering why DevOps is one of the highest paid skills in tech, consider that it is a totally different skillset than traditional IT. This job requires a different set of skills, and relies heavily on experience and automation. DevOps is particularly lucrative for investors because it allows companies…

Terraform state management deep dive — As we mentioned in my last Terraform article — “Terraform Provider”. When we successfully execute once terraform apply and create the desired infrastructure, Terraform will remember the current state and compare it to the desired state described by the code. …

Learn How-To enhance your Docker Swarm with four important services that you will love. — In my last article, I showed how a Docker Swarm is set up in ~15 minutes. Remember: Whenever you read “Docker Swarm” we are talking about “Docker Swarm mode” Within this article, I will show and explain four services everyone should use in their Docker Swarm: traefik, Portainer, Docker-Registry, FTP. Traefik

Deploy a Docker Registry using TLS (key/certificate) and htpasswd (authentication) — We’ll start with creating a directory in which we’ll store our configuration and certificates. # Create a directory and access it $ mkdir registry && cd "$_" In this directory, we’ll create two subdirectories: one for our TLS configuration and one for our htpasswd configuration. # Create subdirectories $ mkdir certs $…

I’ve been using proxmox for a while now in my homelab as an open-source alternative for a virtualization platform like ESXi. One useful feature in proxmox is the templates which allows us to create a LXC or VM templates that can then be cloned as a starting off point for…