How to Set Up a Local DNS Server with Dnsmasq in Ubuntu 24.04 (Fast & Easy)
Dnsmasq simplifies local DNS setup, providing essential services for small networks, enhancing efficiency, and serving as a backup solution.
Mastering Puppet: Implementing Roles and Profiles Effectively In Reality
This blog walks you through the Roles and Profiles method in design pattern in Puppet to enhance code reusability and…
Setup Puppet 8 on Ubuntu 24.04 – Configuration Management for a scaling enterprise
This article provides a guide to installing and setting up a Puppet server, offering insights on its purpose, advantages over…
Dkron – Distributed Cron System – Solution to replace traditional cron and optimise cloud cost
Dkron and AWS Spot Instances - a perfect combination for you to replace the traditional cron system, improve reliability, scalability,…
Centralise logs with Filebeat + Logstash + Elasticsearch + Kibana
This article provides a step-by-step guide to implementing a centralized logging system using the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana)…
A CLI tool to delete a bulk AWS snapshots and keep the expected snapshots based on snapshot age
When operating EC2, we might usually run into the situation of removing the old unused...
GitLab CI/CD: Automate build and publish docker image to a private container registry.
This blog post details how to automate the building and publishing of custom Docker images to a GitLab Container Registry…
20 tips to speed up your GitLab CI/CD pipelines in 2023
The article discusses 20 strategies to optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines, reducing runtime significantly, enhancing efficiency, and improving developer experience.
Deploying a Flask app with Gunicorn and Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04
This post details the deployment of a Flask application on an Ubuntu server utilizing Gunicorn and Nginx, covering installation, configuration,…
GitLab – Trigger CI/CD Pipeline run only when a merge request is approved
This guide outlines how to trigger a GitLab CI/CD pipeline immediately after a merge request approval using a Webhook and…