Ales Nosek - The Software Practitioner

Helping you navigate the world of Kubernetes.

May 18, 2015 - Comments - development java

Five Basic Tips for Logging in Java

Where do you look when your server application doesn’t work as expected? Application logs can provide invaluable information when the systems in production misbehave. That’s why a great software practitioner desings the application logs carefully. Let’s review a couple of basic tips for great logging in Java.

May 2, 2015 - Comments - devops

Dynamic DNS with BIND and dhclient

In this blogpost we’re going to configure the BIND server to accept dynamic updates. Client machines themselves will send the updates to the DNS server instead of letting DHCP server update the DNS. A great setup for situations where the DHCP server is not in your control.

Apr 26, 2015 - Comments - devops cloud

Using Cloud-Init Outside of Cloud

In EC2 and OpenStack cloud environments user data can be passed to the cloud instance to customize the cloud instance on the first boot. But what if your virtual machine doesn’t run in the cloud environment? In this article we’re going to configure our virtual machines with user data regardless if they’re running in the cloud or not.