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Terraform

Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool created by HashiCorp that supports a number of cloud infrastructure providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and many more.

Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! We'll Meet Again!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here are lessons for the enterprise use of K8s, its overall potential, and why we'll meet again in the future.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 8 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! Thanks for the Lessons!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's everything we wish we would have known before using the platform.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 7 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! It's Still a Business!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's everything we wish we would have included in the business case.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 5 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! Welcome Back, Old Friend!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's why a realistic assessment drove us back to an old friend. And what we're getting now.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 5 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! This Isn't Working!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's what the platform required and all the reasons that drove us away from it in the end.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! This Is Excellent!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's what the platform gave us and how it shaped our multi-cloud technology stack.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! We Had So Many Plans!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's what we originally set out to achieve. And by using the platform.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
Aws

The Curious Case of CloudFront Origin Custom Headers

Long origin custom headers can lead to 403 errors for S3 static website origins. Are there implicit restrictions in place?

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 5 min read
Thoughts

Dates and Times for Truly Everyone

Why 01/06/2020 is neither in June nor in January. But just wrong. Why it's rather 2020-06-01. And everyone benefits.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 8 min read
Thoughts

Prove me Wrong and I'll Buy You a Pint!

Why I put a bug bounty on my personal errors. How actively looking for disconfirming evidence allows me to learn cheap. And why you should too.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 10 min read
Thoughts

Building Software for the Modern Era

The not-too-serious but absolutely foolproof missing manual for modern engineering practices: From understanding the problem to declaring success in eleven (not so) easy steps.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 7 min read
Cybersecurity

Ready to Use OpenVPN Servers in AWS For Everyone

Reclaim some lost privacy and security by using a fully automated OpenVPN server solution in AWS! Readily available as a one-stop Terraform module on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 14 min read
Gke

When GKE Tells Your Terraform Service Account to Go Away

GKE tells you 'Error 400/403: Missing edit permissions on account' but actually something else is off. More fundamental. But easy to fix.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
Thoughts

Why I Focus on Not Building Things (as an Architect)

Stop building. Start Reusing. Get some Sellotape and get going. Because the best system I've ever built is the system I've never built!

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 6 min read
Kubernetes

Build Your Own Helm Chart Repository in S3 — With Auto-Generated User Documentation!

Helm chart repositories for everyone. With auto-generated clear instructions on how to add, search, and remove the repository. Right from the repository. Because user documentation matters. Readily available as a Terraform module on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 10 min read
Photography

QNAP Glacier IAM User

An AWS IAM User (including access keys and secret access keys) with a minimum set of permissions that seamlessly works with the QNAP Glacier app. Readily available as a Terraform module on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 12 min read
Aws

AWS Logging Buckets

AWS S3 logging buckets that can be used with EC2, VPC, S3, ELB, CloudTrail, CloudFront, CloudWatch, ECS, SNS, and OpsWorks. Readily available as a Terraform module on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 2 min read
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