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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · 28d

I created a new wiki page on how to connect to a Azure Kubernetes Private Cluster. In this I show how to connect using VS Code as well as with Lens, a powerful k8s IDE: wiki.getshifting.com/k8s-lens

#azure #kubernetes #lens #vscode

AKS Private cluster and jumpbox network setup

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Sep 20

I had to clone a PVC in K8S recently, to change the storage class. I created a small wiki page about it, which might be interesting in case you ever have to do this: wiki.getshifting.com/k8spvcclone

#kubernetes #pvc

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Aug 16

And 2 more pages on the wiki:

How to Forcefully Delete Kubernetes Resources: wiki.getshifting.com/k8sforcedelete
How to add Multiple TXT Records for a Domain in Route 53: wiki.getshifting.com/r53multiplet...

It's a bit more of #k8s on #aks, and a bit of #aws. Enjoy.

How to Forcefully Delete Kubernetes Resources [wiki.getshifting.com]

wiki.getshifting.com

getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Aug 16

2 new pages on my wiki:

How do Kubernetes probes work: wiki.getshifting.com/k8sprobes
How to manually install Grafana Plugins into the Kubernetes Helm Chart Pods: wiki.getshifting.com/grafanaplugins

It's a lot of #k8s on #aks, and a bit of #grafana. Enjoy.

How do Kubernetes Probes Work [wiki.getshifting.com]

wiki.getshifting.com

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Jul 29

I was working on something new when I wanted to reference my manual for setting up WSL, and it turned out I never put that on my wiki, so here it is wiki.getshifting.com/wsl

#wsl #devops

Installing and configuring WSL for a DevOps Engineer [wiki.getshifting.com]

wiki.getshifting.com

getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Jul 16

I also created a separate page about setting up the monitoring:
wiki.getshifting.com/awslightsail...

#aws #cloudwatch #lightsail

How to setup and configure Cloudwatch for an AWS Lightsail instance [wiki.getshifting.com]

wiki.getshifting.com

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Jul 16

The last few months I've moved my documentation wiki to AWS, in order to have more control, use git as a backend for the documentation and also because I can :-)

And of course I documented all the steps:
wiki.getshifting.com/awshosteddok...

#dokuwiki #aws #cloudwatch #git

How to setup and configure dokuwiki on AWS Lightsail [wiki.getshifting.com]

wiki.getshifting.com

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 27

And also a fix for if you would run into this error: `exceeded max combined manifest file size` : www.shiftwiki.nl/argocdfixexc...

#kubernetes #argocd

Argo CD - Fix exceeded max combined manifest file size [SHIFT-WIKI]

www.shiftwiki.nl

getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 27

I just created two relative short pages about Argo CD. I wanted to share how to change a live manifest in Argo CD, just because it saved me so much time: www.shiftwiki.nl/argocdedit .

#kubernetes #argocd

Argo CD - Changing a Live Manifest [SHIFT-WIKI]

www.shiftwiki.nl

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 24

I'm currently working on a few AKS upgrades using Terraform so I thought I'd share my findings with you: www.shiftwiki.nl/aksupgrade

#azure #aks #terraform

Upgrading AKS using Terraform [SHIFT-WIKI]

www.shiftwiki.nl

getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 17

Another remarkable update is the update on allowed IP addresses, if you're firewalling your access from Azure DevOps you need to start adding these IP addresses.

Blog about the Allowed IP Adresses: devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/updat...

#azureDevops

Update to Azure DevOps Allowed IP addresses - Azure DevOps Blog

We are excited to announce some important upgrades to our networking infrastructure that will enhance the performance and reliability of our service. As part of these infrastructure upgrades, we are i...

devblogs.microsoft.com

getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 17

For me, the most interesting is that Managed DevOps Pools are now generally available:

Blog about Managed DevOps Pools: devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/manag...

Documentation about Managed DevOps Pools: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...

#azureDevOps

Announcing the General Availability of Managed DevOps Pools (MDP) for Azure DevOps - Azure DevOps Blog

Use Managed DevOps Pools (MDP) to improve developer productivity in the CI/CD loop and reduce your cloud bill for your engineering systems.

devblogs.microsoft.com

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 17

Last week Microsoft released some updates on Azure DevOps. As usual, quite some updates on GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps, but besides that also more changes to Test plans.

Full update: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...

#azureDevOps

Git authentication and improved pipeline scalability

learn.microsoft.com

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 13

A full recovery was now one man clicking some buttons for an hour or so, instead of 4 men working around the clock for 3 days. So... how often do you test your recovery plans?

#throwbackThursday #srm #disasterRecovery

getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 13

This was impossible, as a disaster recovery test required the infamous #IBM truck to come by the office. After a small investment in some hardware (which was also used as a test environment) I implemented Site Recovery Manager, and disaster recovery tests have never been more simple.

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 13

It's Throwback Thursday! Recently I saw this old post of my: Creating protection groups and recovery plans in VMware Site Recovery Manager: www.shiftwiki.nl/srmpgrp. Back when I implemented this, we had a need to do multiple disaster recovery tests a month, as those were required for major changes.

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 10

Terraform Module for a Private DNS Zone vNet Link: www.shiftwiki.nl/terraformmod...
Terraform Module for setting Diagnostic Settings to send logs to a Log Analytics Workspace: www.shiftwiki.nl/terraformmod...

#azure #terraform

getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 10

when creating the post I found it uses a lot of other modules as well...

Terraform Module for PostgreSql Flexible Server: www.shiftwiki.nl/terraformmod...
Terraform Module for a Private Endpoint: www.shiftwiki.nl/terraformmod...

#azure #terraform

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 10

Lately I've been working a lot with terraform modules. Modules allow you to create the same resources over and over again, predictable and reliable. I wanted to share a module with you, one to create a postgresql flexible server, but...

#azure #terraform

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Feb 2

I created a post on using Azure DevOps pipelines to deploy terraform config files to Azure. The focus is on using a federated service principal for authentication, because I couldn't find a good working example when I needed one:

www.shiftwiki.nl/terraformazu...

#azure #azureDevops #terraform

Terraform in Azure DevOps [SHIFT-WIKI]

www.shiftwiki.nl

getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Jan 27

Good question! I normally use IaC for stuff I need to deploy more often and I use the azureCli when deploying temporary test environments. I find the azureCli very convenient when I need something quickly to test on.

getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Jan 26

I'm slowly expanding my collection of AzureCLI snippets which will allow you to quickly setup an Azure test environment. They are all in my Azure CLI cheatsheet, in the deploy section: www.shiftwiki.nl/cheatsheet-a...

#azure #azureCli

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Jan 26

See my azureCli-along-post on deploying and testing with an aks cluster with workload identity, it will show you how to quickly get a aks cluster running and using workload identity for authorization towards Azure: www.shiftwiki.nl/k8s-aksworkl...

#azure #aks #azureCli

getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Jan 9

And I've also updated my recent post regarding azure app configuration. I added a module to assign permissions and I've also created a separate post with a bicep module to deploy a dashboard for the app config:

Updated post with dashboard link: www.shiftwiki.nl/bicepmodulea...

#azure #bicep

Bicep Module for Azure App Configuration [SHIFT-WIKI]

www.shiftwiki.nl

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getshifting.com @getshifting.com · Jan 9

It's Throwback Thursday! I came across this old post, www.shiftwiki.nl/awstoolkitfo..., for which I started with the AWS toolkit for VSCode, decided to do the 10 minute tutorial for step functions and the rest is history ;-).

#aws #vscode #lambda #stepfunctions

AWS Toolkit for VS Code [SHIFT-WIKI]

www.shiftwiki.nl