Author Archives: Freejack

Game Store Move: Different Space

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Freejack

Well, I did chat with the landlords for the Hobbydown space, gave them a quick elevator speech. Of course they’re still looking at the nationwide spa taking it however they do feel we are the best choice but first come, … Continue reading →

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Game Shop Move

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Freejack

Okay if you recall I bought my Friendly Local Game Store (FLGS) last year. In fact, in a couple of weeks, it’ll be exactly a year. As a reminder, I stumbled onto an ad for a Board Game Cafe up … Continue reading →

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Pan Fried Rainbow Trout

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Freejack

Basically I do this when I find a recipe on line that I like and want to make sure I can find it again 🙂 Ingredients 2 Rainbow Trout fillets, boned and with skin. 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon … Continue reading →

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Quick and Dirty Kubernetes

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Freejack

Overview At times you want to quickly throw up a Kubernetes cluster for some quick test or another. While I do have several Kubernetes clusters on my Homelab once in a while you want to do a quick test or … Continue reading →

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Ansible Automation Platform Installation

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview In order to use AWX, aka the upstream product of Ansible Automation Platform, formerly Ansible Tower, we need to have a working cluster. This article provides instructions in how to install and use AWX. Installation Before doing the installation, … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes Issues

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview This article lists a couple of issues that occurred while I was building this environment. The issues don’t fit into any of the specific articles mainly because it was likely due to my testing vs anything that occurred during … Continue reading →

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Llamas Band and Green/Blue Deployments

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview The last two jobs indicated they were interested in or already doing green/blue deployments. There are multiple methods of deploying in this manner. Kubernetes has two strategies in the deployment context in order to gradually roll out a new … Continue reading →

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Llamas Band and Continuous Delivery

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview In this article, I’ll be providing details on how to configure ArgoCD for the Llamas Band project including deploying to the other sites. Continuous Delivery With ArgoCD installed and the Llamas container CI pipeline completed, we’ll use this configuration … Continue reading →

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Llamas Band Website

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview This article provides instructions in how to build my llamas container and then how to deploy it into my kubernetes cluster. In addition, a Horizontal Pod Autoscaling configuration is used. Container Build The llamas website is automatically installed in … Continue reading →

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GitLab CI/CD Pipeline

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview This article provides details on my use of the GitLab Runners in order to deploy websites and then automatically build, tag, and push images to my local docker repository. Runner Installation I’ve been using Jenkins for most of my … Continue reading →

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