Vuyisile Ndlovu
@terrameijar.bsky.social
Cloud, DevOps and Automation
I set up Paperless-ngx successfully in Kubernetes & uploaded documents. I'll be using it to manage receipts & important records digitally.
It has many great features; automatic document classification, tagging, & full text search (even in images).
Best of all? It's a Django app!
It has many great features; automatic document classification, tagging, & full text search (even in images).
Best of all? It's a Django app!
July 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I set up Paperless-ngx successfully in Kubernetes & uploaded documents. I'll be using it to manage receipts & important records digitally.
It has many great features; automatic document classification, tagging, & full text search (even in images).
Best of all? It's a Django app!
It has many great features; automatic document classification, tagging, & full text search (even in images).
Best of all? It's a Django app!
I configured Terraform to use Azure Blob Storage as a remote backend.
Using the Azure CLI, I
- Created a new storage account and container
- Set up a backend tf file with Azure config and
- Ran terraform init to migrate the local state to remote.
#azure #terraform
Using the Azure CLI, I
- Created a new storage account and container
- Set up a backend tf file with Azure config and
- Ran terraform init to migrate the local state to remote.
#azure #terraform
June 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I configured Terraform to use Azure Blob Storage as a remote backend.
Using the Azure CLI, I
- Created a new storage account and container
- Set up a backend tf file with Azure config and
- Ran terraform init to migrate the local state to remote.
#azure #terraform
Using the Azure CLI, I
- Created a new storage account and container
- Set up a backend tf file with Azure config and
- Ran terraform init to migrate the local state to remote.
#azure #terraform
Trying out ArgoCD
June 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Trying out ArgoCD
I'm learning Azure & I have only $200 in Azure credit valid for a month, so I need to use it wisely. The advantage of using Terraform is that I can easily destroy all resources I create during my learning sessions, keeping costs low.
As you can see from the image below, I've only used 5 cents.
As you can see from the image below, I've only used 5 cents.
June 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I'm learning Azure & I have only $200 in Azure credit valid for a month, so I need to use it wisely. The advantage of using Terraform is that I can easily destroy all resources I create during my learning sessions, keeping costs low.
As you can see from the image below, I've only used 5 cents.
As you can see from the image below, I've only used 5 cents.
Putting a server on the Internet exposes you to relentless automated attacks from hackers & bots.
Whenever I provision a server, the first thing I do is harden its security.
This is a screenshot from a server I set up last month, it already has 200K failed login attempts
Whenever I provision a server, the first thing I do is harden its security.
This is a screenshot from a server I set up last month, it already has 200K failed login attempts
May 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Putting a server on the Internet exposes you to relentless automated attacks from hackers & bots.
Whenever I provision a server, the first thing I do is harden its security.
This is a screenshot from a server I set up last month, it already has 200K failed login attempts
Whenever I provision a server, the first thing I do is harden its security.
This is a screenshot from a server I set up last month, it already has 200K failed login attempts
Before today, I manually backed up my site whenever I remembered. This wasn't ideal, so I wrote a bash script that backs up my self-hosted @wordpress.org site, stores it locally, and syncs it to AWS S3 @awscloud.bsky.social .
Now I don't need to remember to run the backup. Automate all the things.
Now I don't need to remember to run the backup. Automate all the things.
April 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Before today, I manually backed up my site whenever I remembered. This wasn't ideal, so I wrote a bash script that backs up my self-hosted @wordpress.org site, stores it locally, and syncs it to AWS S3 @awscloud.bsky.social .
Now I don't need to remember to run the backup. Automate all the things.
Now I don't need to remember to run the backup. Automate all the things.
I'm setting up infrastructure for a new client in the property business.
I'll be their server guy. The job includes setting up a server, securing it with a firewall and HTTPS, enabling automatic deployments to it and documenting the entire process.
Using Ansible to automate the deployment
I'll be their server guy. The job includes setting up a server, securing it with a firewall and HTTPS, enabling automatic deployments to it and documenting the entire process.
Using Ansible to automate the deployment
April 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I'm setting up infrastructure for a new client in the property business.
I'll be their server guy. The job includes setting up a server, securing it with a firewall and HTTPS, enabling automatic deployments to it and documenting the entire process.
Using Ansible to automate the deployment
I'll be their server guy. The job includes setting up a server, securing it with a firewall and HTTPS, enabling automatic deployments to it and documenting the entire process.
Using Ansible to automate the deployment
I'm currently reading Cibola Burn by James S.A Corey.
My kind of content.
My kind of content.
March 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm currently reading Cibola Burn by James S.A Corey.
My kind of content.
My kind of content.
Today, I set up Kubernetes Dashboard, a web UI for managing Kubernetes in my staging cluster.
While I prefer managing clusters from the CLI, Dashboard is especially useful when working with a team. It let's me grant controlled access to the cluster and it looks pretty.
While I prefer managing clusters from the CLI, Dashboard is especially useful when working with a team. It let's me grant controlled access to the cluster and it looks pretty.
March 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Today, I set up Kubernetes Dashboard, a web UI for managing Kubernetes in my staging cluster.
While I prefer managing clusters from the CLI, Dashboard is especially useful when working with a team. It let's me grant controlled access to the cluster and it looks pretty.
While I prefer managing clusters from the CLI, Dashboard is especially useful when working with a team. It let's me grant controlled access to the cluster and it looks pretty.
I've started thinking about disaster recovery for my homelab, so today, I setup streaming replication for one of my postgres databases.
Replication maintains a copy of the database on another server, ensuring the db is available even if the primary server fails. Next step is to set up cloud backups
Replication maintains a copy of the database on another server, ensuring the db is available even if the primary server fails. Next step is to set up cloud backups
March 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I've started thinking about disaster recovery for my homelab, so today, I setup streaming replication for one of my postgres databases.
Replication maintains a copy of the database on another server, ensuring the db is available even if the primary server fails. Next step is to set up cloud backups
Replication maintains a copy of the database on another server, ensuring the db is available even if the primary server fails. Next step is to set up cloud backups
This is how I built out my Kubernetes homelab
What do you think? Any suggestions?
What do you think? Any suggestions?
March 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is how I built out my Kubernetes homelab
What do you think? Any suggestions?
What do you think? Any suggestions?
My prod two-node Kubernetes cluster is now 11 days old. I wonder how many nodes I'll be running in a year's time
February 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My prod two-node Kubernetes cluster is now 11 days old. I wonder how many nodes I'll be running in a year's time
I've heard good things about @coolify.io so I'm giving it a go in a fresh server today.
Coolify is an open source Heroku/Vercel alternative that makes self-hosting apps easy.
Coolify is an open source Heroku/Vercel alternative that makes self-hosting apps easy.
January 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I've heard good things about @coolify.io so I'm giving it a go in a fresh server today.
Coolify is an open source Heroku/Vercel alternative that makes self-hosting apps easy.
Coolify is an open source Heroku/Vercel alternative that makes self-hosting apps easy.
I've started using the btop resource monitor instead of htop or top.
It looks beautiful and I love that it let's you change its themes and colours too.
It looks beautiful and I love that it let's you change its themes and colours too.
January 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I've started using the btop resource monitor instead of htop or top.
It looks beautiful and I love that it let's you change its themes and colours too.
It looks beautiful and I love that it let's you change its themes and colours too.
I'm writing the second article in my CI/CD in BitBucket series and it's coming along nicely.
This article will be on creating CI pipeline triggers and setting up branch protection rules.
#bitbucket #cicd
This article will be on creating CI pipeline triggers and setting up branch protection rules.
#bitbucket #cicd
December 18, 2024 at 10:10 AM
I'm writing the second article in my CI/CD in BitBucket series and it's coming along nicely.
This article will be on creating CI pipeline triggers and setting up branch protection rules.
#bitbucket #cicd
This article will be on creating CI pipeline triggers and setting up branch protection rules.
#bitbucket #cicd
I provisioned servers, created a CI/CD Pipeline, & documented the process for a client recently. They appreciated the quality and attention to detail.
If your team needs expertise in server admin, cloud solutions, automation or DevOps, let's talk!
If your team needs expertise in server admin, cloud solutions, automation or DevOps, let's talk!
December 7, 2024 at 9:43 PM
I provisioned servers, created a CI/CD Pipeline, & documented the process for a client recently. They appreciated the quality and attention to detail.
If your team needs expertise in server admin, cloud solutions, automation or DevOps, let's talk!
If your team needs expertise in server admin, cloud solutions, automation or DevOps, let's talk!
I reached a milestone I'm proud of on Upwork: a 100% Job Success Rate.
This is amazing because I'm still relatively new to the platform.
I'm not stopping here, I'm working on getting the coveted "Top Rated" badge.
For now, I celebrate this:
This is amazing because I'm still relatively new to the platform.
I'm not stopping here, I'm working on getting the coveted "Top Rated" badge.
For now, I celebrate this:
November 26, 2024 at 7:58 AM
I reached a milestone I'm proud of on Upwork: a 100% Job Success Rate.
This is amazing because I'm still relatively new to the platform.
I'm not stopping here, I'm working on getting the coveted "Top Rated" badge.
For now, I celebrate this:
This is amazing because I'm still relatively new to the platform.
I'm not stopping here, I'm working on getting the coveted "Top Rated" badge.
For now, I celebrate this:
I like the graph view feature in the Obsidian note-taking app which allows me to see connections between notes. More connections mean better understanding so I'll work on adding more connections between the notes.
November 19, 2024 at 1:21 PM
I like the graph view feature in the Obsidian note-taking app which allows me to see connections between notes. More connections mean better understanding so I'll work on adding more connections between the notes.
Here's what ChatGPT thinks I look like.
Prompt: "based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like"
Prompt: "based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like"
November 10, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Here's what ChatGPT thinks I look like.
Prompt: "based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like"
Prompt: "based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like"