Kubernetes initContainers vs Jobs
There are tasks that need to take place within your cluster on an ad hoc basis. These tasks tend to have short lifetimes, an example might be “updating the schema in a database”. Kubernetes offers… »
envsubstr
I’m writing a lot of yaml files at the moment, mostly manifests for kubernetes. Part of that task involves substituting variables into the yaml, because they change depending on the environment. As an example, this… »
kubectl wait
After writing a few million scripts over the years,I’ve learnt a thing or two (I hope). One of those things is how painful it is to wait for some condition before continuing with the next… »
Deployment strategies
Congratulations on building a fancy new thing, it’s brilliant, now it needs to be put somewhere so the rest of the world can enjoy it too. There is one thing that you need to be… »