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Streamline Your Azure DevOps Pipelines: Harnessing Variables and makefile Magic

👋 Hey there! I’ve been exploring Azure DevOps recently, and while the user interface is quite user-friendly, navigating through numerous clicks to complete tasks can be cumbersome. One particularly tedious task is setting up a new pipeline using an existing YAML definition with variables.

Secure Your Secrets: Best Practices for Hardening HashiCorp Vault in Production

So, you’ve got Vault up and running, and you’re feeling pretty good about storing and managing secrets. But here’s the thing—running Vault in production is a whole different game. It’s not just about turning it on; it’s about hardening it to ensure that your Vault instance is secure, reliable, and resilient against attacks.

HashiCorp Vault: The Key to Secrets Management 🔐

I’ve embarked on my latest deep-dive into the HashiCorp ecosystem, and let me tell you there’s a lot to unpack! My focus right now? Vault. It’s one of those tools that, once you understand its capabilities, you can’t help but wonder how you ever managed without it.

Ensuring Seamless Connectivity - The Crucial Role of Failover testing in AWS Direct Connect

👋 Hey there! Setting up the Direct Connect service is reserved for a select few. Typically, the network dudes handle this intricate task. However, understanding this service is crucial, especially when establishing hybrid cloud connectivity.

github Self-Hosted Runners on AWS CodeBuild

👋 Hey there! I’ve written before about establishing Self-Hosted Runners within github.com here. However, this involves deploying API endpoints and integrating with github via a WebHook. It’s not hard to establish, but it’s extra work to look after, update, and manage.

Creating shared github-actions

Table of contents Workflow Before Workflow After The Workflow Creating a shared (reusable) workflow Workflow Repository Adapt the workflow for reuse Calling the shared workflow Summary 👋 Hey there!

Do Not Default to PAT

👋 Hey there! Scenario: You need to automate something in github, and after a couple of searches in Google, you see that you can create a PAT and use that.

Searching github Organisations

👋 Hey there! As a DevOps 🧑‍💻 team grows, so does the number of repositories. If you use Infrastructure As Code and automation tools like Terraform or Ansible, you will likely have many repos that map to reusable modules. The modules are then combined to deliver full deployments. 🚀

AWS Windows SSM Port Forwarding, too easy

👋 Hey there! Recently, I had to configure some Windows boxes for a project and was reminded of how simple it was to access them without needing a Bastion host by using SSM port forwarding. 🙌

Supercharge Your AWS CloudWatch Metrics with Lambda Powertools

In this post, I’ll show you how easy it is to publish custom metrics into AWS CloudWatch using AWS Lambda Powertools and the Cloudwatch EMU Specification