OKD is the open source equivalent of RedHat’s Openshift product. Openshift is an opiniated patched Kubernetes flavour, marketing itself as more developer oriented and more secure. I always forget what the acronym OKD stands for, so Google it yourself it you like to know. Changing jobs about a year ago, I inherited some long running clusters and the internal work flow using and operating the platforms. I had about 4 years of experience operating and developing on ‘vanilla’ Kubernetes before....

Yesterday I managed to solve a long standing issue with the help of someone from the community. To me a nice example of what can be the hidden costs of running an open source platform with a lot of moving parts. My takes on Openshift and OKD after a year of experience is for some other time. The problem An image says more than a thousand words is the cliché so here we go:...

I guess everyone interested in technology heard about the fuzz around Apple’s newest platform. By now they are at the second iteration. I am a gadget freak at times, and consequently couldn’t wait for very long to get my hands on one. Eventually in March 2021 I did my purchase. But first some history My Apple history I only use Apple laptops since about 4 year. Before I usually used Dell professional laptops running Windows, Linux....

Warning: work in progress. In this blog post you will learn how easy it is to setup object storage (cfr. AWS S3) using the Rook Ceph operator in Kubernetes. The Rook object storage quickstart is a good resource (https://rook.io/docs/rook/v1.9/ceph-object.html ) but I experienced a few bumps on the road, and I learned how easy it is to expose the storage with an user friendly web interface. Requirements The other day we needed a storage solution with following requirements:...

Combell is kind enough to offer me this A++ hosting for free and was my employer for many years, so the least I could do in return is spread the word about their hosting solutions. Today we zoom in on this little less known feature of their Linux hosting offering. It enables me to manage this little blog with minimal effort. I should also note that I am the main implementor of the first versions of this nifty feature....