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I passed my CKAD exam!

Despite working with Kubernetes daily for the past two and a half years, I put off getting my CKAD. I work in consulting which means, for…

Nov 6, 2022

I passed my CKAD exam!

Nov 6, 2022

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Chromecast cross-VLAN traffic on a Unifi UDM Pro SE

Apr 20

Chromecast cross-VLAN traffic on a Unifi UDM Pro SE

Apr 20

Stromer ST1 : 1 year review

When I moved to the Netherlands in 2019, I made a deal with myself that I would adapt to a life without a car, just as so many millions of…

Jul 15, 2023

Stromer ST1 : 1 year review

Jul 15, 2023

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TrueNAS Scale Low Power Setup🌱

Optimising old hardware for low power consumption in the context of a TrueNAS Scale NAS environment for home use.

Dec 24, 2022

TrueNAS Scale Low Power Setup🌱

Dec 24, 2022

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Scripted OKTA / ZScaler Authentication with Curl

Recently I had to write a shell script to authenticate a user to ZScaler via OKTA by using only command-line tools. It seems that the SSO…

Jul 4, 2022

Scripted OKTA / ZScaler Authentication with Curl

Jul 4, 2022

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Camel K — “Containerless” Deployments

Recently I was asked to look into Camel for a project I am working on. Camel is a lightweight integration framework that aims to implement…

Apr 1, 2022

Camel K — “Containerless” Deployments

Apr 1, 2022

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Bitwarden Self-Hosting - 12 Months Later

For the longest time, I used LastPass as my password manager of choice. It was easy to use, I didn’t have to host anything, and hence I…

Mar 10, 2022

Bitwarden Self-Hosting - 12 Months Later

Mar 10, 2022

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Helm 3.8.0 — OCI Registry Support

An exciting new update has made its way into the latest version of Helm; namely Helm 3.8.0 — OCI registry support. To be fair, this…

Feb 22, 2022

Helm 3.8.0 — OCI Registry Support

Feb 22, 2022

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3..2..1 Backups!

How can you ensure that your backups are recoverable? How do you make sure you can lose a disk (or two) and still get your data back?

Jan 16, 2022

3..2..1 Backups!

Jan 16, 2022

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Helm 3 — Secrets management, an alternative approach

There are many ways of managing secrets in Kubernetes, some ways are simpler than others but when researching this topic for my project at…

Apr 27, 2021

Helm 3 — Secrets management, an alternative approach

Apr 27, 2021

Christopher Parker, MSc

Christopher Parker, MSc

Solutions & Infrastructure Architect working as a consultant. I write about real-world problems in the hope of helping others find solutions to theirs.

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