Author Archives: Freejack

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 The installation process for … 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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ArgoCD CLI Commands

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview This article lists argocd CLI commands that were used to review and manage the ArgoCD installation. A lot of times finding useful commands isn’t easy. This article lists the more commands I used when getting things set up. Help … Continue reading →

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Continuous Delivery With ArgoCD

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview This article provides instructions in installing and configuring ArgoCD in Kubernetes. Installation The main task here is that Openshift is using ArgoCD so we should be familiar with how ArgoCD works. Images Installation-wise, it’s pretty easy. There are a … Continue reading →

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Ingress Controller

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview There are multiple IP assignments used in Kubernetes. In addition to the internal networking (by Calico in this case), you can install an Ingress Controller to manage access to your applications. This article provides some basic Service information as … Continue reading →

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Persistent Storage

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Freejack

Overview In this article I’ll configure and verify Persistent Storage for the Kubernetes cluster. Installation This is a simple installation. The NFS server has 100 gigs of space which will be used for any Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs) needed by … Continue reading →

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