Running deployments on managed Kubernetes services could result in a higher cloud cost. Most of the companies prefer to shut down their development Kubernetes environments during non working hours. For example during weekends. There are multiple solutions to achieve the above. This solution is based on an Azure Automation Account…

In this blog post, we will be discussing how to route your traffic from a Kubernetes service to an external domain. In a typical scenario where the request is coming from a Kubernetes, ingress would be directed to a Kubernetes service which will then be routed to deployment or a…

Agent pools and Parallel jobs The difference between the agent pools and the parallel jobs are these parallel jobs will run on the agent pools. So if you are using your own agent pool and you need to run parallel jobs, you would need to purchase parallel jobs separately which costs $40 USD per month. Agent Pool Types …

Microsoft Azure Managed Identity is somewhat equal to AWS IAM roles. It allows users to authenticate to any Azure service that supports AD authentication, without the need of configuring the credentials in your source code. Underneath of managed identities are Azure service principals. …

Azure app service allows users to deploy their own custom web apps in a Docker container or the code within a couple of seconds. By default Azure App Service provides a domain name for your app with a valid SSL/TLS certificate signed by Azure. …

In this blog post I will be explaining on how to create your own Kubernetes cluster using a couple of VMs. The configurations and the required packages will be installed via Ansible. To create your own Kubernetes cluster you would need atleast two VMs. One machine as the master node…

Usually Puppet maintains the state of the agents. For example, you would need to always keep a service running. It could be a MySQL service, sshd service or whatever you need. …

SSL certificates are a set of small data which binds a cryptographic key to an organizations details. This enables a secure connection between a webserver and a browser. Mostly in AWS, web severs are fronted with a Loadbalancer and the web browser communicates with the web servers through the Loadbalancer. …

Ever wonder how to execute your classes defined in your Puppet manifests in a particular order ❓❓ Puppet allows users to change the deployment order of classes using Stages. Each class could be attached with a particular stage. The order of classes that needs to be executed could be defined…