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Really useful if you want to have a home setup and need to bypass the creating VM’s each time you are working on a new idea/project. Terraform is a product by Hashicorp which makes easy work of building VM’s. Install Terraform I’m using a Windows 11 machine, but running WSL AlmaLinux OS 9 (so I […]
Bash variables are one of the first things you’ll encounter when using Linux — but there’s a big difference between shell variables, environment variables, and how to make them persist globally. This guide will take you from the basics, with clear examples. 1. What Is a Variable? A variable is just a named value stored […]
we’ll explore moving resources from a single Terraform state file to three separate state files—Development, Preproduction, and Production. The goal is to manage resources across different environments effectively, using GitLab, HashiCorp Vault, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform.
This guide provides an overview of managing environment variables in Terraform, covering two common approaches (using a single environments.auto.tfvars file and separate environment files), as well as an alternative approach with Terraform Workspaces.
This might not apply to your projects but as a DevOps Engineer I think it’s good to have a standard set of files/folders for each of my projects. It keeps things tidy and helps me. This list is based on my projects using Terraform, GitLab, Docker, Packer, git and more. Here’s a brief explanation of […]
Script automates adding folders to Windows Explorer’s Quick Access, streamlining new server setup; just list paths and update the array.
Minikube is a popular tool for running Kubernetes locally, allowing developers to test and develop applications in a Kubernetes environment on their personal computers. One of the key features of Kubernetes is its ability to load balance traffic across multiple instances of an application, ensuring reliability and availability. This article explores the different ways you […]
If you need to move a repo from one to another, use the following code To push to an existing folder To create a new repository Setting the git global setup Job done!
Afternoon, Morning and Evening depending on when you are reading this. I’ve come across this one recently and thought I would post it. You know those situations where you need to copy a file from a machine, but can’t as it’s blocked in RDP, but you can still copy text through RDP. Well, you still […]
AWS auth role in Vault is specifically designed for applications running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. It leverages AWS IAM roles to authenticate and authorize applications to access secrets in Vault. The key components of the AWS auth role are: