PinnedChristopher Parker, MScinITNEXTI 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, 20223Nov 6, 20223
Christopher Parker, MScStromer ST1 : 1 year reviewWhen 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, 2023Jul 15, 2023
Christopher Parker, MScinITNEXTTrueNAS 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, 2022Dec 24, 2022
Christopher Parker, MScinITNEXTScripted OKTA / ZScaler Authentication with CurlRecently 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, 20222Jul 4, 20222
Christopher Parker, MScinITNEXTCamel K — “Containerless” DeploymentsRecently 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, 2022Apr 1, 2022
Christopher Parker, MScinITNEXTBitwarden Self-Hosting - 12 Months LaterFor 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, 20223Mar 10, 20223
Christopher Parker, MScinITNEXTHelm 3.8.0 — OCI Registry SupportAn 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, 2022Feb 22, 2022
Christopher Parker, MScinITNEXT3..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, 2022Jan 16, 2022
Christopher Parker, MScinITNEXTHelm 3 — Secrets management, an alternative approachThere 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, 20216Apr 27, 20216