DevOps

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 was not working anymore so I needed a different way to manage my Kubernetes. I decided to move my configurations into Github. I then used Github Actions to make my changes live in my Kubernetes cluster. ...

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. Deploying as a Lambda and API Gateway sounded like a great way to go. While not maintaining infrastructure, I figured it was also a good idea to make the deployment easy. Me using Terraform to bundle everything was how I would make deployment easier. ...

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 I still really need to run a full blown Nginx anymore on some of my static servers? Let’s find out! ...

A friend of mine recently asked me to take a look at Nanobus. I guess the first question is what is Nanobus? Allow me to pilfer that definition directly from the Nanobus Overview page. They define it as a lightweight framework for building secure and scalable software services. The next question is what does this really mean? To be honest, I have no idea! I guess we’ll find out together as I’m trying out Nanobus for the first time! ...

If you’ve followed my previous posts, you’ll see that I’ve spent some time attempting to build my blog on WordPress and then finally make it static. This had resulted in lots of custom code and even more failed attempts to get things to publish correctly. I’ve finally been successful in building out my site with a combination of some of my failed attempts: Adding Nginx in Front of WordPress Building a Kubernetes Container That Synchs with Private Git Repo Building a Static WordPress The third article above is the most failed attempt to date at making the WordPress site static because it resulted in just as many successes as it did failures. The good news is that I learned a lot along the way on this particular attempt and it brought me to what appears to be a functional static site. ...