Docker Desktop with pull-through docker registryI am using Docker Desktop of Windows as a docker engine for WSL2. This is a nice integration that is available and spares you from…Oct 20Oct 20
WSL2 Spare InstancesI am already using WSL2 with an Ubuntu instance set as the default. This has been configured with a lot of customizations and tools that I…Oct 19Oct 19
VRF and traffic forwardingAfter my initial quick start article on VRF, I left two questions for further study, and I will be tackling the second one related to…Jul 15Jul 15
VRFs Quick IntroVirtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) is a L3 networking concept available also as a Linux kernel feature that is useful when one needs to…Jul 11Jul 11
EC2 with custom VM imageI have a VM that I would like to run as is in AWS EC2. I do not want to use the existing AMIs, so what can I do? This is well documented…Jun 14Jun 14
Kubernetes Getting StartedThis is a gentle introduction to Kubernetes in the form of curated notes so as to act as a compass to guide you through the rabbit hole…Apr 23Apr 23
Run your own kernel with WSL2In case you need a specific kernel feature that the vanilla kernel shipped from Microsoft for WSL2 does not include then you can build a…Feb 131Feb 131
SSH agent setupI am using the default ssh-agent included at most distributions. Initially I had to figure out how can I use my SSH keys, forward them to…Feb 7Feb 7
SSD health metricsOne of the most critical things when deploying a service is the reliability of the storage layer. When you are the responsible of ensuring…Dec 17, 2023Dec 17, 2023
