Just a guy doing stuff. Mostly #FLOSS like #Linux, #Ansible, #Podman, #k8s, #Python, #Nextcloud or whatever comes next. You can also find me on Mastodon (https://fosstodon.org/@dschier).
Fedora
Before digging into Kubernetes, you will need a minimal Kubernetes Setup. Such a setup should spin up fast, should work like a real cluster, and hopefully integrate well in other tools. For me, Minikube fulfills these needs, and you can run it on Fedora, too.
Fedora
The Fedora project provides many flavors of Linux based Desktop operating systems. With Fedora Silverblue, you are getting the option to dip your tows into immutable desktop distributions. But what are the differences? Why have I chosen to use Fedora Workstation after two years of Fedora Silverblue?
Podman
Running your own Git server for your project, private work or your company is very common. With Podman and Gitea, you can get things going in minutes. In this guide, I will demonstrate how you can set up your own Gitea instance on Podman, including auto-start and auto-updates.
Development
Some time ago, I published the article "Git - Getting Started" to get you started with Git and Source Code Management. Now, let's have a look how to enhance your workflow with branching, rebasing, squashing and merging.
Gaming
On July the 16th, Valve announced a new console, which will be powered by Steam. The console comes in a handheld format and will be named "Steam Deck". The operating system (Steam OS) will be based on Arch Linux. Let's see what you can expect.
Fedora
The Fedora project is maintaining different variants of Fedora Linux to fulfil different use cases. The Linux variant provides some features, specialized for servers and headless systems. Let's have a look at Fedora server and see what is different to CentOS Stream, Alma Linux or Fedora Workstation.
Ansible
Ansible can be used to configure and orchestrate a bunch of machines. As explained in a previous article, it is quite easy to write and maintain a simple inventory. Now let's add some variables to it, so we can maintain our infrastructure settings in a central place.
Nextcloud
On 6. July 2021 Nextcloud Hub 22 was released and introduced via a Live Stream event. During the session, the Nextcloud team demonstrated and explained some of the new features. Let's have a look, what's new!
Podman
Containers made it very easy to package and run applications on different Linux based platforms. Building and running a container can be done in seconds and is easy to reproduce. But what about updating the running containers on a regular basis?
Community
I started this blog 6 months ago and made my first experiences with writing and publishing. In this article, I want to share how I made this thing happen and what I learned so far. I am also reaching out to you to share your experience with me and get in touch.
Ansible
Ansible is a quite simple and powerful automation tool. You can configure servers, switches, firewalls, cloud providers and much more. One essential thing needs to be considered, if you start using Ansible: "How to tell Ansible everything it needs to know about the infrastructure?"
Fedora
Fedora Linux is a modern Linux distribution, which can be used on your workstation, server and everything between. It is not very well known, but you can deploy Fedora Linux on your Raspberry Pi, too. Let's see what you get when opting for Fedora.
Podman
Podman is an awesome tool to build, manage and share container workloads. Sometimes you also need to store a password for your container or manage secret tokens. With Podman 3.1.0 a feature was released that helps to manage container secrets with Podman.
Vagrant
Vagrant provides an easy and powerful way to deploy local machines for development and testing. You can use Ansible or Podman and Docker to provision complete use cases on the machines, too.
Rocky Linux
CentOS shifted it's support and delivery. Nowadays, you can get CentOS Stream with continuous updates, but that's not everybody's cake. With Alma Linux OS, we already had a look at one of the new distributions, that try to fill this gap. In addition, you may have heard of Rocky Linux.
Ansible
Managing servers with Ansible is a common task. But you can also automate the setup of your own workstation. Setting a wallpaper, installing software, managing repositories and more can be done with Ansible.