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Deploying an AKS Cluster with Workload Identity using Terraform

Deploying an AKS Cluster with Workload Identity using Terraform

In this blog post, we'll dive deep into how to deploy an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster with Workload Identity using Terraform. Workload Identity allows Kubernetes pods to access Azure resources securely. By the end of this guide, you'll be able to view and watch resources

Setting Up a Kubernetes Cluster with kubeadm

Kubernetes has become the go-to solution for container orchestration, offering a scalable and flexible platform for running containerized applications. In this blog post, we'll guide you through the process of setting up a Kubernetes cluster on Ubuntu 20.04 using kubeadm. Prerequisites Before proceeding, ensure that you have

Setting Up Prometheus and Loki on Kubernetes with Longhorn Storage

Setting Up Prometheus and Loki on Kubernetes with Longhorn Storage

Monitoring is a critical component of any Kubernetes environment. It's important not only to understand how your applications are performing but also to have the ability to troubleshoot issues as they arise. Two of the most popular monitoring tools in the Kubernetes ecosystem are Prometheus, which is used

Installing Ansible AWX on a Kubernetes Cluster Using Helm

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Installing Ansible AWX on a Kubernetes Cluster Using Helm

Deploying Ansible AWX on your Kubernetes cluster is simplified using Helm. Here's a concise guide to deploy AWX and have your web interface operational: 1. Setting Up the AWX Helm Chart: * Add the AWX Helm chart repository: helm repo add awx-operator https://ansible.github.io/awx-operator/ * Update your

Proxmox Ubuntu Cloud-Init Image Creation

Proxmox Ubuntu Cloud-Init Image Creation

This guide illustrates the steps to create a Proxmox Ubuntu cloud-init image. 1. Downloading the Base Ubuntu Image Ubuntu provides base images that are regularly updated. Download the Ubuntu 20.04 Focal cloud image. wget https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/focal/current/focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img 2. Install Packages Install libguestfs-tools for modifying

Migrate your Azure Classic (ASM) Virtual Machines to Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

Migrate your Azure Classic (ASM) Virtual Machines to Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

If you still have any Azure classic Resources running under your Subscription, you will have to migrate it to Resource Manager module at some point, as there is many features in Azure that doesn’t Support the Classic module. For example, if you would like to move your Resources to

Azure disk encryption using AAD app with custom certificate

Azure disk encryption using AAD app with custom certificate

Azure guarantees that all the data that being stored on any Azure Storage Services are encrypted by default. You can refer to Azure Data Encryption-at-Rest for more details in regards. However, most enterprises have their own standards to ensure a high security level is applied on their infrastructure. One of

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Kubectl Cheat Sheet Series - Part 1

Working with Kubernetes is quite easy, using either a Command Line Interface (CLI) or REST API. in this series, we will be using Kubectl as the kubernetes command line client and we will discover examples how to quickly get started with kubectl and its commands such as get, create, apply,

Linux Terminal Cheat Sheet

Linux Terminal Cheat Sheet

Terminal Variables Grep sed Awk Xargs Find Condition And Loop Math Time Download RandomXWindow System Hardware Networking Others The Terminal Using Ctrl keys Ctrl + n : same as Down arrow. Ctrl + p : same as Up arrow. Ctrl + r : begins a backward search through command history.(keep pressing Ctrl + r to move

Configuring and troubleshooting Linux Syslog in Azure Monitor [Part2]

Configuring and troubleshooting Linux Syslog in Azure Monitor [Part2]

In the previous article, we've configured rsyslog on CSSRedhat02 to forward syslog data to our OMSAgent running on CSSRedhat01. In this article, we will trace the data flow and confirm the data has reached our log analytics workspace. So when you are troubleshooting syslog data collection, there are

Configuring and troubleshooting Linux Syslog in Azure Monitor [Part1]

Configuring and troubleshooting Linux Syslog in Azure Monitor [Part1]

Syslog is an event logging protocol that is common in Linux. Applications will send messages that may be stored on the local machine or delivered to a Syslog collector. When the Log Analytics agent for Linux is installed, it configures the local Syslog daemon to forward messages to the agent.

[Azure Monitor] Collecting Linux data using custom JSON data source

[Azure Monitor] Collecting Linux data using custom JSON data source

In order to collect custom JSON data with OMS log Analytics you should have at least OMS Agent for Linux V1.1.0-217. In this post, we will be installing the latest version. For this blog I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS running in Microsoft Azure, but you can