The previous post introduced the Ignition file that is being used to configure the CoreOS nodes that will eventually be used for running Kubernetes. The Ignition file is a JSON formatted flat-file that needs to include certain information and is particularly sensitive when improperly written. In an effort to help users of Ignition, the CoreOS team have provided a Config […]
The first post in the series went over the design goals and the logical diagram of the Kubernetes environment. This post will include the necessary steps to PXEBOOT a CoreOS node, install the VMware Tools included version of CoreOS and perform an initial configuration of the CoreOS node with Ignition. After determining what the Infrastructure-as-Code project would be working to […]
In an effort to get caught-up with the Cloud Native space, I am embarking on an effort to build a completely dynamic Kubernetes environment entirely through code. To accomplish this, I am using (and learning) several technologies, including: Container OS (CoreOS) for the Kubernetes nodes. Ignition for configuring CoreOS. Ansible for automation and orchestration. Kubernetes VMware NSX for micro-segmention, load […]
I had the opportunity to attend the CoreOS Fest 2017 in San Francisco for a day this past week. There are lots of exciting things happening in the cloud native space, and CoreOS, with its heavy influence with Kubernetes is at the forefront of much of the innovation. The conference itself was on the smaller side, but the amount of […]
OpenStack has been my world for the past 8 months. It started out with the a work project to design and deploy a large-scale VMware Integrated OpenStack environment for internal use. It then became the design I would submit for my VCDX Defense and spend a couple hundred hours pouring over and documenting. Since then it has included helping other […]
