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Just wrapped up an upgrade of the AzureRM Terraform provider, from version 3.112 to 4.51, and wanted to share some insights to save you time and headaches. If you're planning a provider upgrade soon, check out my detailed walkthrough: wiki.getshifting.com/terraformpro...

#devops #terraform #azure
Thoughts on Upgrading Terraform Providers [wiki.getshifting.com]
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November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
(1/2) I wrote a small wiki page on adding some text to every file in a directory which is part of a repository. For me it was important that newly added files would also get this text section, but I didn't want to do that manually obviously.

#powershell #vscode
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I created a new wiki page on how to connect to a Azure Kubernetes Private Cluster. In this I show how to connect using VS Code as well as with Lens, a powerful k8s IDE: wiki.getshifting.com/k8s-lens

#azure #kubernetes #lens #vscode
September 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I had to clone a PVC in K8S recently, to change the storage class. I created a small wiki page about it, which might be interesting in case you ever have to do this: wiki.getshifting.com/k8spvcclone

#kubernetes #pvc
September 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
2 new pages on my wiki:

How do Kubernetes probes work: wiki.getshifting.com/k8sprobes
How to manually install Grafana Plugins into the Kubernetes Helm Chart Pods: wiki.getshifting.com/grafanaplugins

It's a lot of #k8s on #aks, and a bit of #grafana. Enjoy.
How do Kubernetes Probes Work [wiki.getshifting.com]
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August 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I was working on something new when I wanted to reference my manual for setting up WSL, and it turned out I never put that on my wiki, so here it is wiki.getshifting.com/wsl

#wsl #devops
Installing and configuring WSL for a DevOps Engineer [wiki.getshifting.com]
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July 29, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The last few months I've moved my documentation wiki to AWS, in order to have more control, use git as a backend for the documentation and also because I can :-)

And of course I documented all the steps:
wiki.getshifting.com/awshosteddok...

#dokuwiki #aws #cloudwatch #git
How to setup and configure dokuwiki on AWS Lightsail [wiki.getshifting.com]
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July 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I just created two relative short pages about Argo CD. I wanted to share how to change a live manifest in Argo CD, just because it saved me so much time: www.shiftwiki.nl/argocdedit .

#kubernetes #argocd
Argo CD - Changing a Live Manifest [SHIFT-WIKI]
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February 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I'm currently working on a few AKS upgrades using Terraform so I thought I'd share my findings with you: www.shiftwiki.nl/aksupgrade

#azure #aks #terraform
Upgrading AKS using Terraform [SHIFT-WIKI]
www.shiftwiki.nl
February 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Last week Microsoft released some updates on Azure DevOps. As usual, quite some updates on GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps, but besides that also more changes to Test plans.

Full update: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...

#azureDevOps
Git authentication and improved pipeline scalability
Git authentication and improved pipeline scalability
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February 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's Throwback Thursday! Recently I saw this old post of my: Creating protection groups and recovery plans in VMware Site Recovery Manager: www.shiftwiki.nl/srmpgrp. Back when I implemented this, we had a need to do multiple disaster recovery tests a month, as those were required for major changes.
February 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Lately I've been working a lot with terraform modules. Modules allow you to create the same resources over and over again, predictable and reliable. I wanted to share a module with you, one to create a postgresql flexible server, but...

#azure #terraform
February 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I created a post on using Azure DevOps pipelines to deploy terraform config files to Azure. The focus is on using a federated service principal for authentication, because I couldn't find a good working example when I needed one:

www.shiftwiki.nl/terraformazu...

#azure #azureDevops #terraform
Terraform in Azure DevOps [SHIFT-WIKI]
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February 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm slowly expanding my collection of AzureCLI snippets which will allow you to quickly setup an Azure test environment. They are all in my Azure CLI cheatsheet, in the deploy section: www.shiftwiki.nl/cheatsheet-a...

#azure #azureCli
January 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
See my azureCli-along-post on deploying and testing with an aks cluster with workload identity, it will show you how to quickly get a aks cluster running and using workload identity for authorization towards Azure: www.shiftwiki.nl/k8s-aksworkl...

#azure #aks #azureCli
January 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
And I've also updated my recent post regarding azure app configuration. I added a module to assign permissions and I've also created a separate post with a bicep module to deploy a dashboard for the app config:

Updated post with dashboard link: www.shiftwiki.nl/bicepmodulea...

#azure #bicep
Bicep Module for Azure App Configuration [SHIFT-WIKI]
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January 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It's Throwback Thursday! I came across this old post, www.shiftwiki.nl/awstoolkitfo..., for which I started with the AWS toolkit for VSCode, decided to do the 10 minute tutorial for step functions and the rest is history ;-).

#aws #vscode #lambda #stepfunctions
AWS Toolkit for VS Code [SHIFT-WIKI]
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January 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
As a follow up on yesterday, I've now created a post on using the Azure App Configuration in an Azure DevOps pipeline. In case you're looking for a good way to work with variables in Azure Pipelines I highly recommend this one: www.shiftwiki.nl/azuredevopsa...

#azure #azureDevops #pipelines
Azure DevOps Pipeline with Azure App Configuration [SHIFT-WIKI]
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January 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I just posted the bicep module I use for deploying Azure App Configuration, a cloud service I mainly use to store the global variables for Azure DevOps pipelines.

Check the module here: www.shiftwiki.nl/bicepmodulea...

#bicep #azure
Bicep Module for Azure App Configuration [SHIFT-WIKI]
www.shiftwiki.nl
January 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For all you VSCode users out there, I've created a page with real world examples on how to use VSCode tasks as a sysadmin, including powershell and bash scripts: www.shiftwiki.nl/vscodetasks

#vscode #sysadmin #powershell #bash
January 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Check out my journey to getting root access on a pod (aks cluster): www.shiftwiki.nl/k8s-rootacce... . I show a few ways to get access, some might work in different circumstances, but for me only one way was successful. Curious?
December 29, 2024 at 12:20 PM
(2/2) I refactored all (most) of my posts about AIX, so if you're too a bit nostalgic about the good old days, check the list of AIX tags and see if there's anything you like: www.shiftwiki.nl/aix?do=showt...
December 21, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Today I felt a bit nostalgic. Back in the days I managed an AIX environment and I wrote a lot of docs on my wiki as there wasn't that much available on the internet. Now all these pages are about AIX 5.3 to AIX 6.1, so think around 2010-2014, but, nostalgic as I was.... (1/2)
December 21, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I've just created a new wiki post on manually scaling a kubernetes cluster: www.shiftwiki.nl/k8s-expand-n.... On this page I'll show you how to quickly scale your cluster out right before a big deployment so everything runs smoothly.

#kubernetes #aks #autoscaler
December 20, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Oh, and I also added some information on my cheatsheet on docker:

Docker cheatsheet: www.shiftwiki.nl/cheatsheet-d...

#docker #cheatsheet
Cheatsheet Docker [SHIFT-WIKI]
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December 15, 2024 at 2:39 PM