So far, using Kubernetes has been deploying toy apps or someone else's recipie. But now, I have a couple practical things I'd like to deploy. First, I'd like to spin up an SMTP server of some sort. I know all the bits that are needed, but so far all the …
read moreComing back to kubernetes
It seems like every time I start to work on Kubernetes stuff, I get distracted in some way. Sometimes its other computer stuff, sometimes its just life stuff, but I'll start to get traction in Kubernetes, then I'll make some positive progress and then I'll stall a bit, and then …
read moreExploring the pico
I've talked a bit about Raspberry Pis (and the lack of them lately), but they have a littke buddy contoller called the Pico Pi. Unlike the other bigger Pis like the 4 or the Zero, this little guy doesn't run a whole Operating System (OS) but really only one program …
read moreCertification prep for assoc
I've started to tread a more serious line on the AWS associates exam. I'm angling for the solutions architect, but the toughest exam at this level is supposedly the SysOps Admin, which I did last year.
I ended up dabbling in a bunch of the simple and short lessons already …
read moreDoing more monitoring
So, life and computers are both full of entropy and bitrot. It's way more of a struggle than it shoud be.
First, typos suck; One of my remote machines went wonky, and I had to get into it, but something has been funny. Turns out I mistyped a 5 for …
read moreTrying more learning
I have to get back into learning mode, and in a serious way. I've got tons of books and a few video courses to do, but I really have to switch on learning mode and get in the zone. I have watched some vids for my certification path, but I …
read moreTwitter is dying
I'm pretty disappointed to report, but the writing on the wall is pretty clear -- Twitter is dying. New owner Musk seems to be speed running bad descision making, and small things are starting to strain and crack already. Laying off 50% of the staff then arbitrarily firing people who call …
read moreTrying some serverless
Learning a new technology is fun. The cursing, the reading, the questioning why nothing ever works and why article writers have it in for you. Fun fun. Oh, and sometimes certain things work and you actually gain a bit of skill.
The promise of serverless is lightweight scripts doing neat …
read moreAfter some struggle, the back part is making progress
I started off wanting to spin up a simple Ubuntu 18-LTS box that had a few utils to help with recovery. But, for some reason, VMs on the box I'm trying to host from are restricted to 32bits. Okay, just snag a 32bit install media, right? Beep beep, try again …
read moreGoing the wrong way around
I've been trying to get a piece of software updated and working, but recently I figured out I'm doing it wrong.
I got an ancient install and I need it to be a bit more recent. Up until now, I assumed that the current install worked, and it simply needed …
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