I thought that it would be a good idea to do a quick blog post on how to build a ci/cd database pipeline. If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I’ve done quite a bit of tinkering with various automation tools. One thing that I’ve found is that automation helps to relieve me … Read more
In my current job, I’m one of the local resident Active Directory experts. Granted my knowledge is a little dated on the subject but I can still get around enough as needed. In order to perform testing, we need to spin up test environments for Active Directory and don’t want to maintain a long lived … Read more
I will admit that I’m quite a bit of a rookie when it comes to Terraform and the whole infrastructure as code scene but I’m learning. One of the most powerful tools I’ve found when trying to convert your current infrastructure into Terraform is the terraform import command. After too many times of doing an … Read more
As I’ve been working with Terraform more and more these days, I felt that it would be a good idea to move away from some of my other hacked together solutions in favor of Terraform. My next logical step was to focus on kubernetes management with terraform and github actions. This idea builds upon my … Read more
I started messing with GitHub Actions a little more in my Using GitHub to Manage Kubernetes post. I also did some tinkering around with Terraform in my How to Use Terraform to Deploy a Python Script to AWS Lambda post. As I started messing with Terraform even more, I realized how cool it would be … Read more
Yes, I’ve been on a Rego kick lately. I posted Kickstart Your Journey With Rego as a way for others to get onboard as well. As with any language, it’s always good to know the impact of your logic. After gaining an understanding of the language and flow, it only makes sense to begin benchmarking … Read more
Rego, the language powering the Open Policy Agent (OPA), has become an indispensable tool for developers and security professionals alike. In order to kickstart your journey with Rego, it makes sense to first understand some of the basics. I put the cart before the horse by first posting how to use Rego in Rego Based … Read more
After writing Making the Leap into DevOps and Using Github Actions To Test Before You Deploy, I decided that using Github to manage Kubernetes was my next step. Up until this point, I had a collection of random YAML files sitting on a Linux machine that was backed up. Trying to maintain random YAML files … Read more
I recently decided to deploy a Python script to AWS Lambda with Terraform. I had to create this Python code so that I could expose a simple API to the Internet. So that I didn’t have to maintain infrastructure, I figured the best approach was to deploy it as a Lambda function and API Gateway. … Read more
After I was able to Deploy a Nanobus Web Server, I thought about using Nanbous to replace Nginx. I’ve moved on a little from Deploying Nginx + PHP + git-sync on Kubernetes. I still run Nginx + git-sync on Kubernetes. I’ve removed the need for PHP in my Nginx web servers anymore. I thought, do … Read more