Happy New Year Happy New Year from The rollBak! Late? Sure. No idea why this is here? Me either! WE'VE BEEN HACKED.Jk. Just doing some tests and maintenance. Carry on!
Azure Creating a Jump / Bastion Host on Azure Hello Rollbak friends and happy 2019! I figured I'd start the year fresh with a cloud related topic and provide a tutorial on setting up an Azure lab environment. I have decided to
Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform - Part 2 Into the cluster in GCP! Create our first pod Now that our cluster is up and running (please see part 1 to see up your K8s cluster), let's take a look inside!Once we click on the cluster, we see some well-written
Test your Python3 code in VSCode with a Docker container With great code, comes great testing (or so we hope).This blog post will require the following:1. VSCode installed.2. Docker extension in VSCode.3) Docker for Mac or Windows.4. A
Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform - Part 1 Set up GCC Moving into a containerized world can be tricky and confusing at first. The orchestration portion of containers and the ability to scale them can be the trickiest. In this 3 part series, we're
Docker on Windows - Part 3 Creating A Container with Docker Compose Welcome back and thank you for checking out my third and final blog post in the series of running Docker on Windows. In the first blog post, we set up Docker on Windows.
configuration management SaltStack Execution Modules Saltstack's execution modules allows you to run specific modules written in python that will conduct system management tasks on remote servers. What does this mean? Let's say you want to upgrade all of
podcast December 2: Episode with Paul Joyner Hello everyone! I thought this episode deserved its own "post", as Twitter usually takes a minute to update, plus I want to be able to reference this in the future ;) Today we had
version control Git Branches Creating git branches are an integral part of a devops workflow. It allows you and your colleagues to work on a project without affecting the main development branches. Also branches allow for a
Docker on Windows - Part 2 Creating A Container Welcome back and thank you for joining me on this epic journey! On part 1 of the Docker series, we went over installation and configuration of Docker on Windows. Today, we will bring
Docker on Windows - Part 1 Installation & Configuration As we go through the journey of distributed applications and containers, there's an up-and-comer, Microsoft. Microsoft has been in the container game since Server 2016, and it is now available on Windows 10.
code Programming with Go: Installation Welcome to The rollBak's Programming with Go Code-Along! This is going to be a structured, in-depth series that covers the Go programming language. We're going to start with the bare minimum of basics,
Web Development Creating a Web App Using NodeJS At some point in every techies life they have dabbled with creating a website. Websites sounds complicated... sort of, but not really. There are tons of hosting providers that will host your site
networking Intro to GNS3 and Layer 3 Routing (OSPF) When it comes to network emulation GNS3 is as close as you can get. Packet Tracer is a great alternative however some commands do not function as intended or are completely lacking. GNS3
Utilizing Python3 to manage AWS So, here we are. Deep into cloud architecture, getting our feet wet in application deployment/distributed systems, and we find ourselves doing a ton of manual tasks. These manual tasks could be point/
unix Creating NFS Shares There comes a time when you're working on multiple servers or nodes that need the same files or resources to function. You can upload everything you need to each instance, but that doesn't
Building an AWS EC2 instance with CloudFormation Welcome back and thank you for taking the time to read my blog. After the last few blog posts being about Docker, Kubernetes, and micro-apps, I wanted to switch gears and jump into
Docker & Kubernetes: Part 3 Ladies and gentlemen, we are now at part 3, which is the last part of the Docker & Kubernetes series. Now that we know what Docker/Kubernetes is, what containers are, and we
Azure Restoring Volumes to Recover Files in Azure Finally I was able to play around with Azure's file recovery features and I have to say - I'm very impressed Microsoft! Thanks for coming in clutch on this one! As well as
python Playing with APIs and Python Most cloud based software these days allows you to programmatically interact with it's API. It's essential to automation! For example let's say you built an embedded software on a convertible. You want the
monitoring Zabbix Monitoring - Part 2 - Paging on call... Now that Zabbix is up and monitoring your systems lets start thinking about how it's going to send it's alerts and some self healing capilities. If you haven't read part one, you can
freebsd Configuring FreeBSD for Infrastructure FreeBSD is a robust operating system that has its roots in the Bell Laboratories Unix Operating System. Technically, FreeBSD is derived from the BSD, Berkeley Software Distribution Unix. Now that you're all caught
systems SSH Security - Using Public Keys to Connect to a Remote Server Hello therollBak friends, in our security conscious world even passwords are not secure. Let's face it, if someone finds your password they can impersonate you and log into multiple systems using your credentials.
Docker & Kubernetes Part 2 with Minikube Greetings earthlings! And non-earthlings. Last time we spoke about Docker and Kubernetes was very brief. Today we're going to dive into running Kubernetes as your orchestration tool.Speaking of orchestration, what is this?
networking Networking 101 - Static Routes One of the most basic and fundamental routing are static routes. Tonight I'll show you how to configure a static route from the Green Network to the Red Network using Cisco Packet Tracer.