Technical insights and best practices for DevOps & Infrastructure
It is December 2015. The Safe Harbor agreement is dead. Your servers are taking traffic. If you are still relying on simple ping checks, you are flying blind. Here is how to architect a monitoring stack that actually scales.
Stop praying during deployments. Learn how to architect fail-safe canary releases using HAProxy weighting and Nginx split_clients to route traffic safely. Essential reading for Norwegian DevOps teams navigating the post-Safe Harbor landscape.
Stop manually SSH-ing into production. Learn how to implement a fully automated 'commit-to-deploy' pipeline using Jenkins, Ansible 1.9, and Docker on high-performance NVMe infrastructure.
Docker 1.9 is changing the game, but running containers as root is a recipe for disaster. Here is the battle-tested guide to hardening your stack, surviving the 'Safe Harbor' collapse, and why KVM is your only safety net.
AWS Lambda is trending, but the recent Safe Harbor invalidation changes the game for European data. Learn how to implement serverless-style event loops using Docker 1.9 and RabbitMQ on high-performance Norwegian infrastructure.
Kubernetes 1.1 has stabilized, but the flat networking model remains a black box for many. We dissect Flannel, iptables, and the hardware requirements needed to keep latency low in production.
Is your Jenkins queue blocking deployment? We analyze 2015's best practices for CI/CD performance, from tmpfs caching to Docker integration, specifically tailored for Norwegian development teams facing new data sovereignty challenges.
The container ecosystem in late 2015 is a battlefield. We benchmark Docker Swarm against the newly released Kubernetes 1.1 to determine which tool belongs on your production servers in Norway.
Don't let a hardware failure become a business failure. We analyze the specific constraints of Norwegian data laws following the Safe Harbor collapse and implement a robust KVM-based recovery plan using MySQL 5.6 replication and rsync.
With the ECJ invalidating Safe Harbor, reliance on US-only hosting is a liability. Here is a technical guide to building a compliant, low-latency hybrid infrastructure using Ansible, HAProxy, and local KVM instances.
Hardcoded IPs are killing your uptime. With the recent fall of Safe Harbor, it's time to bring your infrastructure home to Norway and automate your networking. Here is the battle-tested guide to dynamic service discovery in late 2015.
Kubernetes 1.1 brings performance improvements, but networking remains a complex beast. We dissect overlay networks, the new iptables proxy mode, and why the recent Safe Harbor invalidation makes hosting in Norway critical.
With the recent invalidation of Safe Harbor, hosting monitoring infrastructure outside Norway is a risk you can't afford. Here is how to architect a high-performance ELK and Zabbix stack on local KVM instances.
Breaking the monolith isn't just code refactoring—it's an infrastructure war. We explore Docker 1.9 networking, Consul service discovery, and why the recent Safe Harbor invalidation makes hosting in Norway non-negotiable.
With the recent release of Docker 1.9 and Swarm 1.0, the container orchestration battle has intensified. We benchmark Swarm against Google's Kubernetes and Apache Mesos to see which solution truly belongs in your production stack—and why your underlying hardware might be the bottleneck you ignored.
Microservices are trending, but network complexity is the silent killer. Learn how to implement a robust service discovery and load balancing layer—the precursor to a 'service mesh'—using tools available right now in late 2015.
It's rarely the code; it's usually the infrastructure. We dissect how to monitor disk I/O, steal time, and Nginx upstream latency on Linux servers. Featuring the implications of the recent Safe Harbor ruling for Norwegian data.
Monolithic architectures are stifling innovation. We explore how to deploy robust microservices using Docker 1.9 and Nginx, while addressing the critical post-Safe Harbor data sovereignty reality in Norway.
Stop praying during 'service restart'. Learn how to implement robust Blue-Green deployments using Nginx and KVM to ensure zero downtime for your Norwegian infrastructure.
Manual FTP uploads are killing your uptime. Learn how to implement a robust, git-centric deployment workflow using Jenkins, Ansible, and Docker on high-performance Norwegian infrastructure.
Your builds are too slow, and it's probably disk I/O. We analyze how to cut Jenkins build times by 40% using Docker caching, proper SSD allocation, and local Norwegian infrastructure.
Microservices are great until they can't talk to each other. Learn how to build a resilient service discovery layer—the precursor to a 'service mesh'—using HAProxy, Consul, and Docker in 2015.
Microservices promise agility but often deliver complexity. Learn how to implement robust API Gateways and Service Discovery using Nginx and Docker, while navigating the recent Safe Harbor invalidation with compliant Norwegian infrastructure.
Docker 1.9 just changed the game, but managing containers at scale is still a battlefield. We pit Kubernetes 1.1 against Swarm and Mesos to find the best stack for Norwegian infrastructure post-Safe Harbor.
Your build server is the bottleneck. In the wake of the Safe Harbor invalidation, we analyze how moving Jenkins slaves to NVMe-backed KVM instances in Norway not only solves compliance headaches but crushes build times by 40%.
With the recent invalidation of Safe Harbor, relying on US-based 'Serverless' clouds is a legal minefield. Here is how to architect scalable, containerized microservices on Norwegian infrastructure using Docker and Nginx.
With the recent invalidation of Safe Harbor and the explosion of container adoption, default Docker configurations are a liability. We analyze kernel isolation, capability dropping, and why running containers on KVM-based VPS is the only sane choice for Norwegian data.
With the recent ECJ ruling invalidating Safe Harbor, your disaster recovery plan needs a legal update as much as a technical one. Here is how to architect failover systems that keep data strictly within Norway.
Monolithic architectures are dying, but microservices introduce a new nightmare: networking complexity. Learn how to architect a robust service communication layer (the precursor to a service mesh) using Consul, HAProxy, and Docker on high-performance infrastructure.
With the recent invalidation of the Safe Harbor agreement, relying solely on US-based cloud giants is a liability. Here is a technical blueprint for a Multi-Cloud architecture that balances compliance, latency, and redundancy.