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Using Custom Registries with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

Oct 25, 2020 k8s docker

I've had several requests from people who want to use Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) with their own registries and have had problems doing so. This could be either something in a lab environment or even in a production environment where they have replaced TLS certificates with those signed by an internal, enterprise …

Deploying Harbor on Photon OS

Oct 4, 2020 k8s docker

Although there are many great container and artifact registries out there, Harbor has quickly risen to the front of those ranks not only because of its accessibility and ease of use, but because of its feature set. It's now one of the most popular registries out there and has recently graudated from the CNCF which is a …

Clarity Theme for Hugo Released

Jul 28, 2020 blogging

"Out with the old, in with the new," they say. And today, there's a whole lot new. In particular, there's a whole new look to Neon Mirrors complete with custom branding and a brand spanking new logo. But the main subject of this post is to announce a new theme in which the site has been reskinned and appears …

Antrea: The Ubiquitous CNI

Jun 20, 2020 k8s

About six months ago, a new container network interface (CNI) was released to the world, this one coming out of VMware called Antrea. I had heard positive things about this new CNI and although I thought "great, yet another CNI", I decided to dive in, take a look, and see why the community needed a new one. …

Complete CI/CD for Hugo on AWS with GitHub Actions

May 3, 2020 blogging

For about five months now, I've been using Hugo to build my personal blog here at neonmirrors.net. It has been a great way for me to get more familiar with modern development practices and learn more about AWS in the process. It was somewhat of a learning curve what with me never having a blog previously, but now that …

Getting Started with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

Apr 11, 2020 k8s vsphere

After VMworld US 2019 when the Tanzu portfolio was announced, there was naturally a lot of excitement for what VMware was doing around modern application development. Fast forward a couple months when more things were announced, names were changed, and Pivotal became part of VMware, and what Tanzu actually is and what …

Behind the Scenes with Cluster API Provider vSphere

Apr 8, 2020 k8s vsphere

The verdict is in and Kubernetes has proven a great success in its ability to deploy and manage containerized applications. And in that regard, it is now seen as the de facto platform for running cloud-native applications. A somewhat more recent project has emerged which seeks to apply that same system of desired state …

Buy Don't Build

Jan 25, 2020 thoughts

As long as I’ve been involved in technology, I’ve noticed a central theme which reappears countless times and is a powerful influencer in every decision, hire, and discussion. This theme invisibly steers businesses in meaningful ways yet isn't given enough serious thought by developers and technical folks. That theme, …

Why Kubernetes on Virtual Machines?

Jan 17, 2020 k8s vsphere

One of the arguments or debates (depending on how generous you are) that continues to rage in the world of Kubernetes is the old "bare metal versus virtual machines" subject. Some people seem to be all in on bare metal while you have those staunch opponents (as well as some hilarious memes) who advise not …

2020 Public Domain Day

Jan 4, 2020 thoughts

In addition to the customary "Happy New Year" we casually wish each other, the first of January also ushers in a new round of creative works entering the public domain around the world. In Canada, it's works authored by contributors who died in 1969; in the EU it's works authored by contributors who died in …