This time we're going to try and set up a full cluster and see what  happens. I'm using v1.19.1 of K3s which is experimental, and that equals  fun.  SPOILER - using experimental features doesn't always work out the way  that you want, i.e. epic fail.

As I'm learning more about Web Assembly and its potential, I'm also realizing how blended Dev and Ops are becoming. This is going to continue, so if you're a pure Ops person, now is the time to change, learn, and adapt.

Looking around this week, I found a cool repository of Terraform  configurations that translate existing Azure Quickstarts to use  Terraform. Let's see how far I can get!   

The GitHub repo:  https://github.com/kpatnayakuni/azure-quickstart-terraform-configuration

 Azure Quickstarts repo:  https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates

What is the best career advice you ever got and how did it change your  life? I can point to two separate occasions where someone said something  to me that shifted my perspective forever.

We are going to get into the Vault CLI in this episode. Specifically,  we'll talk about using the Vault CLI at a high level and some of the  various authentication methods to log into Vault.

I tried to set up a K3s cluster using three Raspberry Pis. It did not go  smoothly. In this first part of the series I will cover the initial  setup, difficulties I encountered, and what I hope to accomplish.

There has been an explosion of Service Meshes out there. What does the  current landscape look like, and are there some common patterns or  things to remember?

How can Terraform and Vault work together? 

 - Terraform can configure Vault 

 - Terraform can get secrets from Vault 

 - Terraform can get dynamic credentials from Vault   

Check out Josh Duffney's new Ansible Book: https://becomeansible.com/

As the pandemic drags on many of us are hitting a breaking point. We all  collectively hoped that Autumn would bring some semblance of normality.  That's not going to be the case. What can you do to step back and avoid  burnout?

This is part 2 for Object 5 in the Vault certification. We'll be talking  more about Vault Secrets Engines, including the Transit Engine and  selecting an engine based on used cases.   

5 Compare and configure Vault secrets engines 

5a Choose a secret method based on use case 

5b Contrast dynamic secrets vs. static secrets and their use cases 

5c Define transit engine 

5d Define secrets engines