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K8S
KUSTOMIZE
DEVOPS
TERRAFORM
Effective GKE Management With Terraform & Kustomize (with code).

Managing GKE (k8s) clusters and applications inside them has become a never ending battle. Managing apps and configuration accurately has become cumbersome. This has become more common given the rise of micro-services and event-driven services.
Guru Raghupathy : Wed, 15 Jan 2025
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JAVA
DOCKER
MAVEN
DEVOPS
Accelarate Java application build & containerization with plugins.

Java service Development involving test, SAST (Sonar), Containerisation, Versioning can become complicated. Creating multiple steps with Environment variables, CI specific plugins and DockerFile is time wasted. With maven plug-ins you can automate it saving lot of effort.
Guru Raghupathy : Sat, 4 Jan 2025
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FINOPS
NETWORKING
CLOUD
Private / Internal Network For Speed, Cost and Security.

In today's interconnected businessess, private and internal networks play a vital role in optimizing organizational performance. These dedicated networks offer significant advantages in three critical areas: speed, cost-effectiveness, and security.
Guru Raghupathy : Wed, 1 Jan 2025
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DORA
JENKINS
GCP
K8S
Optimized DR Mechanism For Jenkins Using GCS Bucket in GKE.

Setting up a simple disaster recovery (DR) mechanism for Jenkins running in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) using Google Cloud Storage (GCS) buckets and FUSE persistent volumes.
Guru Raghupathy : Wed, 1 Jan 2025
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SECURITY
IDENTITY
AUTH
JENKINS
Using Workload Identity For Password-less Security.

Workload Identity represents a modern, security-focused approach to managing authentication between services and workloads. This powerful feature eliminates the need for managing static credentials, enhancing your cloud security posture.
Guru Raghupathy : Wed, 1 Jan 2025
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FINOPS
CLOUD
GCP
TERRAFORM
Start Small, Expand Later for optimization and control.

With cloud providing unlimited resources, we may end up with a huge bill if not careful. A good approach is to start very small and expand slowly based on metrics rather than upfront provisioning. You can use tools like terraform, GKEs, grafana for this purpose.
Guru Raghupathy : Wed, 1 Jan 2025