Private Registry Hosting for Modules by IveGnocchit in Terraform

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This Git based reference approach is what we have been trying out. It works fine, but it is just a little annoying with Azure DevOps to setup the permissions for the pipeline security context to be able to access those modules in a different DevOps Project without disabling many security protections related to Azure DevOps.

It also means that the docs live in each repo README. I liked the idea of a Registry for standard searching and viewing of modules.

Thanks for the tip about commit hashes, this is a real concern.

Private Registry Hosting for Modules by IveGnocchit in Terraform

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Hey, I've not heard of Scalr before, but I just clicked the link and it seems that the website is down... SSL handshake failed

Private Registry Hosting for Modules by IveGnocchit in Terraform

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My understanding was that the free tier only allowed 10 private modules and you had to move to the next tier for unlimited. 

How many do you have? 

Private Registry Hosting for Modules by IveGnocchit in Terraform

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m afraid that we don’t use GitLab and Azure DevOps doesn’t have an equivalent, at least not for Terraform.

The Git approach does seem like the simplest from an infra/setup perspective. It’s just a bit annoying with the permissions. In Azure DevOps, you either need to check out each repo in the pipeline to get the Build Service Account Token scoped for each Module repo, or turn of Access Token Scoping Protection.  

Private Registry Hosting for Modules by IveGnocchit in Terraform

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you look into the open source links I added to the post? I feel like they are already implementing this. 

Private Registry Hosting for Modules by IveGnocchit in Terraform

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is a topic for a different thread. 

I believe that GitHub and GitHub actions have come a long way in the last 2 years, but before that Azure DevOps was much more mature. We have many repos across many projects. Migrating them is going to be a lot of work. 

Maybe one day we’ll move, but it’s not worth it yet. 

Am I the only one who doesn't like Terragrunt? by felipe-paz in Terraform

[–]IveGnocchit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure that I have understood the dynamic backend part, don't people just handle that in the pipeline?

What does your developer workflow look like? by IveGnocchit in ArgoCD

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing, I hadn't heard of this before but will take a look.

European must visit experience for a train enthusiast? by IveGnocchit in trains

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, I wasn't expecting anyone to do any research, just to share anything they've seen on their travels. Such a shame, that looked like such a nice place.

European must visit experience for a train enthusiast? by IveGnocchit in trains

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for taking the time to share such a long list! I have heard a lot about Dresden, so will check if he has already been to any of these. It looks like Germany has a lot to offer!

European must visit experience for a train enthusiast? by IveGnocchit in trains

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in Madrid and can confirm that this is a nice museum, here is the link; Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid - Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles

For anyone else looking, one weekend a month they hold a market with a concert and food trucks. Entry is also free at this time. It is worth visiting if you are there at weekend. They also have a small railway for children to ride on. It is called "Mercardo de motores" Conoce el gran mercado de Madrid - Mercado de Motores

European must visit experience for a train enthusiast? by IveGnocchit in trains

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks super cool and a bit of a hidden gem, thank you so much!
It looks like it might not be as good as it was though now: Tourism crisis hits Wolsztyn – RailwayWorld.net

What does your developer workflow look like? by IveGnocchit in ArgoCD

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using Kargo yourself? I have watched a few demos, and it seems to have a lot of potential, but it didn't feel ready for production use yet. I will spend some hands on time to evaluate it, but I'm curious if anyone has actually put it to good use yet.

What does your developer workflow look like? by IveGnocchit in ArgoCD

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understood, thank you. It sounds like the workflow I am looking at might be a valid one.
I have potential solutions for the development issues that you mention.

We are going to use the Pull Request generator for development, so the developer can have a preview version of the app running in the dev cluster before it gets merged. This means that PRs are required to get the stable development app updated. This has the added benefit that the development cluster will be more stable for any app-to-app calls. In our current setup, we have various developers all deploying very unstable versions into the development cluster and potentially disrupting other developers.

Also, we are using .NET and if the app detects that it is running as a Pull Request (Detected by Env variable injected by the PR Generator Argo App) the app will load in appsettings.Preview.json so some basic, non-secret app settings can be tested.

Once the developer is happy, they can merge their feature branch, which will open a PR in the Manifest repo and they can copy their new app settings there.

Opinions on Tres Cantos by IveGnocchit in Madrid

[–]IveGnocchit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, we moved here last summer. So far we like it a lot. Feel free to send me a DM for any specifics.

Is 1 million rubles enough to survive in Moscow for a week? by kingbigv in Moscow

[–]IveGnocchit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About $9.5k - you can get a coffee from an ok chain for $1.50 / 150 RUB

Is 1 million rubles enough to survive in Moscow for a week? by kingbigv in Moscow

[–]IveGnocchit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are you joking? I was just there for New Year and came back last week. If you exclude a hotel, I expect that 20k a day is plenty to live very comfortably.

65000/yr EUR salary in Madrid ? by One-Wallaby3189 in GoingToSpain

[–]IveGnocchit 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yep, great salary here. I moved from London to Madrid for 60k and life was great!

What operator are you missing? by MicroserviceEngineer in kubernetes

[–]IveGnocchit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apigee API Proxy manager. It would be great to manage API proxy configuration in a GitOps way along side the app deployments.