Setting up a GitBook for a Custom Domain

If you haven’t already looked at the GitBook platform, you definitely should.  There are a number of very interesting ways that you can use this for creating easy-to-use documentation sites using simple markdown and the hosted platform.  SaaS FTW! Let’s view a simple way to add a custom domain name to an existing GitBook site.  For … Read more

You Call it Legacy. I Call it Production.

The IT world is moving fast according to the pundits. You may read the latest round of articles that tell you about microservices and cloud-first, or cloud-only organizations who are using development strategies to embrace DevOps and the inevitable shift towards next-generation platforms. Containers, clouds, microservices, DevOps, Serverless…and Legacy! Tired of buzzword bingo? You’re not … Read more

Getting Started with Kubernetes using Minikube

Kubernetes has become the next big thing lately. It didn’t happen overnight, even though it may seem like it. It all depends on which news trend site you follow. Kubernetes is the container orchestration system that came out of the Google environment. It’s a result of the learnings of development on Borg, and subsequently on … Read more

Installing Hashicorp Vault on Ubuntu 16.04

Hashicorp is all kinds of awesome. That’s the real story here, but this is meant to highlight just one portion of the overall Hashicorp ecosystem. We are going to install Vault on Ubuntu in order to create a platform for storing secrets. This is part of the foundation of much of the 12-factor app concept, … Read more