A simple htpasswd file management using Puppet
I just came across a task, that I thought would be the usual daily duty for every Puppet administrator: Managing users in a htpasswd file. For whatever reason, this is neither supported in the fairly official Apache module nor via a puppet user resource – or it isn’t documented well. However, the apache module contains a
Container configuration management
So I recently dived into container schedulers (like Kubernetes, DC/OS (Mesos) or Docker Swarm Mode). You know, all the stuff the cool kids talk about. And truth be told, I really liked the ephemeral nature of it all – and using things like Terraform really makes setup a breeze (once you leaped over the „fundamentals“ learning curve).