Author Archives: Freejack

Computers And Me

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Freejack

Over the past 12 months, I’ve deep dived into automation. I’d been investigating this for some time prior to that but this was work related. This involved research into using Terraform to automatically build virtual machines and Ansible to configure … Continue reading →

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Recognition

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Freejack

I’m a computer geek. I’ve worked as a programmer, local area network installer, Unix Admin, and now a DevOps Engineer. Over the past 40 years, it’s understood that folks that work in the computer industry don’t get a lot of … Continue reading →

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Gitlab Runners

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Freejack

Overview This article provides local configuration details specific to the site. Links to the relevant documentation will also be provided. Description The gitlab-runner is a tool that uses the .gitlab-ci.yml file to build, test, and deploy to the target host. … Continue reading →

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Resize KVM Images

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Freejack

Overview In order to properly support the environment, one set of images will be retrieved from the Red Hat OpenShift reference site for Debian, Ubuntu, and CentOS. These images will then be modified in order to support the necessary installations. … Continue reading →

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Docker Best Practices

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Freejack

Use the Official Docker Image for your Base Image. Download the image from the docker.io site. Never use the Latest tag for an image. In order for consistency, identify the version you want to use. This also prevents potentially breaking … Continue reading →

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Replacing An OKD Master

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Freejack

I’m running an OKD4 (aka an upstream Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform v4) cluster at home. Recently my bldr0cuomokdmst1 master node crapped out. I couldn’t even log in to determine the problem. For my current Kubernetes clusters, I’m casting the … Continue reading →

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Original Car Wars Play

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Freejack

Morning! Jeanne and I played the old Car Wars Saturday night. Took a bit to track down some of the bits and there are a few others that I haven’t found yet but I’m still hunting. Top pic is my … Continue reading →

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Car Wars and Car Wars 6E, A Comparison

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Freejack

I played Car Wars back with the pocket edition and a bunch (not quite all) of the expansions. I even ran a AADA chapter in Virginia for a bit and when we got into a car accident one Sunday afternoon, … Continue reading →

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Recommended Games

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Freejack

Jeanne and I have played several games in the library (see prior post). I did a quick walk through for someone who asked for a list of good games. While there are quite a few games that are pretty good, … Continue reading →

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Mid Year Review

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Freejack

This is more of a redo of the game room into a game library type post. I generally do a COMC as an end of year review so none of the extra information that’s typically added. In this case the … Continue reading →

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