Author Archives: Freejack

LACP, Bonding, Bridges, and VLAN Tagging

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Freejack

Overview This article provides some brief information on setting up bonded interfaces in Linux, configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), and then setting up tagged VLANs. Many times there’s an assumption of knowledge. This article provides some background and resources … Continue reading →

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Ansible Patterns

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Freejack

Overview One of the cool things with Ansible are Patterns. With Patterns, you can combine entries in your inventory file. Instead of having a bunch of tags specific to each site, you can instead have a list of servers in … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes Upgrade to 1.20.6

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Freejack

Upgrading Kubernetes Clusters The following lists what software and pods will be upgraded during this quarter. Upgrade the Operating System. Upgrade Kubernetes. Upgrade kubeadm, kubectl, and kubelet RPMs from 1.19.6 to 1.20.6. kube-apiserver is upgraded from 1.19.6 to 1.20.6 automatically. kube-controller-manager is … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes Preparation Steps for 1.20.6

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Freejack

Upgrading Kubernetes Clusters The purpose of this document is to provide the background information on what is being upgraded, what versions, and the steps required to prepare for the upgrade itself. These steps are only done once. Once all these … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes Manual Upgrade to 1.20.6

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Freejack

Upgrading Kubernetes Clusters This documentation is intended to provide the manual process for upgrading the server Operating Systems, Kubernetes to 1.20.6, and any additional updates. This provides example output and should help in troubleshooting should the automated processes experience a … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes Ansible Upgrade to 1.20.6

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Freejack

Upgrading Kubernetes Clusters This document provides a guide to upgrading the Kubernetes clusters in the quickest manner. Much of the upgrade process can be done using Ansible Playbooks. There are a few processes that need to be done centrally on … Continue reading →

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Ansible Tags – A Story

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Freejack

Started a new job back in October. The team is just me and another guy and the boss. And the other guy quit in December. The real good thing is it’s a small single project shop and pretty much all … Continue reading →

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Ansible Tags

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Freejack

Overview Simply enough, Ansible Tags let you run specific tasks in a play. If you have a lengthy playbook or are testing tasks within a playbook, you can assign tags to tasks that let you run a specific task vs … Continue reading →

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Ansible Handlers

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Freejack

Overview Ansible Handlers are tasks that are only performed when a calling task has successfully changed something. Updating Docker Say for example you want to try and update docker. There isn’t always an update available but if there is an … Continue reading →

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Configuring Katello 3.15

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Freejack

I’m currently using Spacewalk to manage patches on my servers however it doesn’t support CentOS 8 and I suspect there’ll be more and more issues. Plus my previous job used Satellite and the current one wants me to install Katello … Continue reading →

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