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12Jul/25

Proxmox: Terraform Cloudinit

DevOps, proxmox
Back in May I used Terraform to create some containers in my Proxmox environment. Adjustments to Proxmox Since my original post I have turned my single Proxmox node into a Proxmox cluster, added some shared storage and created a cloudinit template. With all of that in place I’m now going to look at deploying a […]
08Jul/25
Proxmox: Cloudinit

Proxmox: Cloudinit

DevOps, Linux, technology
In this blog post I am going to look at creating a virtual machine (VM) template that has cloudinit so that some settings are automatically configured at launch of any VMs built from the template. The first step towards a cloudinit template is finding a cloudinit image. Ubuntu Cloudinit Images Ubuntu maintains a page for […]
30Jun/25
Proxmox: Adding A Share

Proxmox: Adding A Share

DevOps, proxmox
My little Proxmox cluster is coming into iit’ss own with a few virtual machines (VMs) and containers running across the 2 nodes of the cluster. However, I have been downloading operating system ISOs and container templates (CT) to each node when needed, and backup is currently non-existent. Time to do something about that…. Sharing is […]
28Jun/25

Linux: Creating an NFS Share

DevOps, Linux
Sharing data across multiple computers can be achieved in many different ways, in this blog post I’m going to use an Network File System (NFS) share. Server The server will require nfs-kernel-server installing and at least one share setting up: I’m going to be using the share to share out a basic HTML page via […]
18Jun/25
Proxmox Cluster

Proxmox Cluster

DevOps, proxmox
A Proxmox cluster allows for High Availability (requires 3 nodes) and resource sharing. In a production data centre it would allow for Virtual Machines (VMs) or containers to move between nodes to help keep production systems running. It is not something I’ve done previously as I only had 1 device running Proxmox. However, I’ve now […]
17Mar/25

DevOps: What is DORA?

DevOps
DORA is an acronym for DevOps Research and Assessment. The DORA team carry out research into the DevOps movement and produce “State of DevOps” reports to show what is happening in DevOps across teams across the world. The DORA State of DevOps reports from 2014 onwards can be found at: https://dora.dev/publications/ and show the changing […]
16Mar/25

DevOps: Muri, Mura, Muda

DevOps
When discussing DevOps the Agile principles of Muri, Mura and Muda are key to help identify areas where improvements can be made. Muri Muri is overbudening. Overburdening a system, such as running an engine at its at limits can produces results for a while but it eventually causes burnout. Unlike Mura (below), Muri generally occurs […]