Traefik 3.0 service discovery in Docker Swarm mode

I recently decided to set up a Docker swarm cluster for a project I was working on. If you aren’t familiar with Swarm mode, it is similar in some ways to k8s but with much less complexity and it is built into Docker. If you are looking for a fairly straightforward way to deploy containers across a number of nodes without all the overhead of k8s it can be a good choice, however it isn’t a very popular or widespread solution these days. ...

May 11, 2024 · 3 min · 612 words · Mike Conrad

Automating CI/CD with TeamCity and Ansible

In part one of this series we are going to explore a CI/CD option you may not be familiar with but should definitely be on your radar. I used Jetbrains TeamCity for several months at my last company and really enjoyed my time with it. A couple of the things I like most about it are: Ability to declare global variables and have them be passed down to all projects ...

March 11, 2024 · 5 min · 944 words · Mike Conrad