Dissecting Kubernetes example
Much to my surprise, starting from the last week Kubernetes became the part of my job description. It’s no longer something just interesting to try, I actually …
Category: Development
Autoscaling build servers with Gitlab CI
I’ve been using Gitlab CI for a while now and until certain point it worked really well. We had three build servers (GitLab runners) in the beginning, …
Another shiny toy – serverless application
Application deployment strategies are really evolving fast. While containerized applications still look hot, there’s something even more interesting happening. What if instead of dealing with application …
Keeping application secrets with Vault
I’ve been talking to one of our security guys recently about providing my piece of software with secret certificate and in the meanwhile keeping that …
Provisioning cluster of VMs with Ansible
Seeing how easy it was to provision one VM with Ansible, I can’t stop thinking: would it be as easy to deal with the whole cluster? …
Provisioning Vagrant VM with Ansible
I’m still looking for ways to automate hosts configuration. So far I’ve been using Vagrant + bash/PowerShell for configuring Linux or Windows hosts, but somehow I …
Easy continuous integration and deployment with GitLab CI
Last month we finally finished migration from our previous CI/CD system to GitLab CE and that’s something that makes me extremely happy. It’s just so much …
Move existing WordPress site into Docker
I’ve been running two WordPress blogs for some time and my biggest regret is that they are not running in Docker containers. If I did …
Using private registry in Docker Swarm
In one of my previous posts about Docker health checks closer to the end of the post I managed to build a Dockerfile and run it …
What exactly is Kubernetes
Kubernetes (or K8s) is another tool for orchestrating containerized apps in a cluster. It’s job is to find the right place for a container, fulfill its desired …