Michael RodgersDeploying ESXi 7 to my HP ProLiant DL360p ServerI’ve had a server sat decommissioned in my closet for a while now; I’m finally going to spin it up and use it as an ESXi host to complement…Feb 7, 2023Feb 7, 2023
Michael RodgersConfiguring a Django Development EnvironmentOver the past year I’ve been spending my free time learning more about developing and hosting full-stack web applications.Feb 7, 2023Feb 7, 2023
Michael RodgersDeploying a Docker Environment to AWS with Terraform Infrastructure as Code — Underlying…I’ve been spending some time working on building my docker infrastructure recently, so that I can have a place to both develop and deploy…Jul 14, 2022Jul 14, 2022
Michael RodgersUsing an AWS S3 Bucket to Securely Manage and Encrypt Terraform State FilesOver the past few months I have been investigating deployment methods for my Docker containers — I’m brushing up on Python programming by…Jun 7, 2022Jun 7, 2022
Michael RodgersCreating a Custom Python Application Image and Deploying to DockerI’ve been brushing up on some Python programming using Angela Yu’s 100 Days of Code. I’ve reached the section where we begin creating web…May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
Michael RodgersConfiguring Grafana and Prometheus to Monitor my Docker Development EnvironmentI’ve recently built a development environment for building container-based Python applications and deployed Jenkins to it for CI/CD…May 16, 2022May 16, 2022
Michael RodgersDeploying Jenkins CI/CD to DockerI’ve been spending time brushing up on programming concepts that I haven’t used for a few years, and I’m slowly working through Dr. Angela…May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Michael RodgersDeploying Traefik Edge-Router Reverse Proxy to Docker SwarmTraefik is an edge-router, used for load-balancing, reverse proxying, and deploying micro-services in a cloud-native environment, giving…Apr 8, 2022Apr 8, 2022
Michael RodgersMulti-Node Docker Swarm on CentOS 8 Stream, Installed on ESXi HostDocker is a container-based system that allows applications and services to be deployed in a self-isolated environment, alongside multiple…Apr 1, 20221Apr 1, 20221
Michael RodgersInstalling pfSense on ESXiFor the past three years, I have been maintaining and administering a multi-tenant enterprise network deployed on a multi-host vSphere/ESXi…Mar 14, 20221Mar 14, 20221