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Terraform: creating a Kubernetes cluster on DigitalOcean with public NGINX ingress


Categories: Automation, Containers

Updated Aug 2023: tested with Kubernetes 1.25 and ingress-nginx 1.8.1 Creating a Kubernetes cluster on DigitalOcean can be done manually using its web Control Panel, but for automation purposes it is better to use Terraform. In this article, we will use Terraform to create a Kubernetes cluster on DigitalOcean infrastructure. We will then use helm … Terraform: creating a Kubernetes cluster on DigitalOcean with public NGINX ingress

Ansible: orchestrating ssh access through a bastion host


Categories: Automation

Ansible uses ssh to configure its target host inventory, but for on-premise datacenters as well as hyperscalers like EC2/GCP/Azure, the target hosts are often purposely located in deeper private subnets that cannot be reached from the Ansible orchestrator host. One solution is to enable a bastion/jumpbox host that serves as the forwarding host.  It sits … Ansible: orchestrating ssh access through a bastion host