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The author discusses their experience configuring their cluster for metrics and log aggregation using Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki. They express their reluctance to put effort into setting up Loki again due to a previous lacklust...
The author discusses the process of renovating old deployments in a Kubernetes cluster, emphasizing the need for automation to stay up to date with developments and avoid leaving critical infrastructure outdated. The post covers o...
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The text describes an incident where the author attempted to upgrade Talos from 1.4.6 to 1.4.7 and ended up breaking scheduling across the cluster. The incident involved issues with Ceph, Harbor registry, and Rook. The author also...
The text discusses the importance of having a private registry with proxy caching for container images in a Kubernetes cluster. It provides a detailed guide on installing Harbor, setting up proxy caches, configuring Talos override...
The text discusses the deployment of Rook operators into a cluster and configuring a CephCluster as well as a block storage CephBlockPool to fulfill PersistentVolumeClaims in deployments. It also highlights the considerations of u...
The text discusses the process of scaling out a bare-metal Kubernetes cluster by adding new nodes. It covers the rethinking of machine configurations, the process of installing Talos on a dedicated server, and the challenges faced...
The text discusses the state of the cluster, the need for an ingress controller, cert-manager, and external-dns to deploy web applications. It also covers the deployment of the ingress controller, external-dns, and cert-manager us...
The text discusses the process of setting up a secure and continuously updated Kubernetes cluster using FluxCD. It covers the process of choosing FluxCD over ArgoCD, installing FluxCD, bootstrapping, backporting Cilium, restructur...
The text discusses the process of setting up a new cluster exposed directly to the internet, and the steps to remedy that. It covers the installation of Cilium, a CNI, and the process of firewalling to protect the cluster from ext...
The text discusses the author's experience running a Kubernetes cluster on a mix of virtual and bare metal machines with Hetzner. The author plans to document the process through a series of posts, covering topics such as provisio...
The text discusses the use of typed-uuids in Rust to improve readability and ease-of-use of APIs. It explains how typed-uuids can differentiate unique identifiers for different types, allowing the compiler to keep track of them. T...
The text discusses the Fallible crate, which is an Option with inverted Try-semantics, and how it fills the gap left by Option and Result by providing a type that signifies either the successful completion of an operation or an er...
The article provides a comprehensive guide to domain name resolution in Ubuntu, with a disclaimer that it is a work-in-progress. It covers relevant information for other distributions, especially systemd based ones. It explains ho...