Cloud

Object attribute defaults on terraform - hello simplicity Members Public

Using terraform's object attributes defaults empowers you to create complex input values that still apply default values on a highly granular level. This post shows an example how to use this.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
IaC

Configurable default values on terraform objects Members Public

Creating complex configurations requires many dimensions on the input - this post shows how to take care of default values in such a case to offer users of your code fine grained control without enforcing too much input if not required.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Terraform

Terraform - applying complex default values Members Public

This post explores handling default values in Terraform. It shows merging default values with instance-specific values, using both native merge and the deepmerge module for recursive merging of nested objects. This approach ensures compact, maintainable code and seamless use of default values.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Cloud

Get filesystem access using an ephemeral container in kubernetes Members Public

Sometimes you need to access a containers filesystem but the container itself is eventually distroless or does not offer any shell. Here's how to access the filesystem anyway using ephemeral containers!

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Cloud

Using AKS kubectl (kubelogin) on headless systems or pipelines Members Public

Running kubectl on pipelines with interactive authentication is somewhat non-optimal :-) Let's make it better without using long-living tokens.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Azure

Choosing a postgres operator Members Public

This post describes my journey on the selection of the postgres operator that matches our demand.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Kubernetes

Why you should use rook ceph on kubernetes (onprem) Members Public

If you run kubernetes on your own, you need to provide a storage solution with it. We are using ceph (operated through rook). This article gives some short overview about it's benefits and some pro's and con's of it.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Cloud

Change statefulset spec without downtime Members Public

Altering statefulsets on kubernetes can be tricky - as statefulsets are very common used for persistent applications like databases recreation is no option. This guide shows a path around some of these limitations.

Daniel Nachtrub
Daniel Nachtrub
Cloud