Aide Memoire - Docker Tinkerings
Writing it down here so that I don't forget .....A quick run-down of some of my most useful Docker commands: -See what's runningdocker ps -aCONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND...
View ArticleBash - Conditions and loops
Again, an aide memoireA Bash script that tests for a single input, and moans if none are found: -cat plob.sh #!/bin/bashif [ -z "$1" ] then echo "For what product are you creating this ?" exit 1...
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Ooops, broke my Red Hat
I had a brief issue with a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.6 VM this AM.For no obvious reason (!), the VM kept booting into so-called Emergency Mode: -Emergency mode, provides the minimal bootable...
View ArticleBringing it together ... Docker and AWK
Building on two earlier posts: -AWK - It's my "new" best friend forever ....Aide Memoire - Docker Tinkeringshere's a quick spot of tidying up completed/unwanted Docker containers, using the power of...
View ArticlePlaying with Kubernetes deployments and NodePort services
Today I'm fiddling with nginx as a workload on my IBM Kubernetes Service (IKS) cluster.My default process was this: -kubectl create deployment nginx --image=nginx...deployment.extensions "nginx"...
View ArticleFollowing up ... defining K8S Services using YAML
As a fup to this: -Playing with Kubernetes deployments and NodePort serviceslife is SO much easier if I choose to define the service using YAML ( YAML Ain't Markup Language ).So this is with what I...
View ArticleSecurity Bulletin: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a privilege...
Following on from this: -CVE-2019-5736runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows attackers to overwrite the host runc binary (and consequently obtain host root...
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Following my previous post: -Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in runc I also needed to update Docker on the Mac: -to mitigate the...
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MainframerZ meetup at Lloyds - Tuesday 19 March 2019 - See you there
Having recently moved into the IBM Z development organisation, as mentioned before: -New day, new job - more of the same, but in a VERY good wayI'm now working in a new area, with a new ( to me )...
View ArticleTech Talk: Leveraging IBM Z Security in the Cloud with IBM Cloud Hyper...
My IBM colleague, Dr Chris Poole, presented upon this: -Tech Talk: Leveraging IBM Z Security in the Cloud with IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Services at IBM Think last week.His most excellent session is...
View ArticleProtect Your Data and Code in the Cloud with IBM Hyper Protect Services
And from one of our Senior Technical Staff Members, Angel Nunez Mencias: -Keeping your data and code protected while deployed in the cloud is not an easy task since the hardware and system...
View ArticleSecurity and Flexibility in the IBM Cloud: A Deep-Dive into IBM Hyper Protect...
And there's more: -In the last few years, there have been a lot of large-scale data leaks by major companies revealed in the news. You wouldn't want this to be you. In this session, we’ll take a deep...
View ArticleEnd-to-End Hyper Protection of Data on the IBM Cloud
Finally ( for now ), there's this one: -Learn how the IBM Cloud security portfolio is helping clients achieve continuous security for cloud applications while protecting data in every form—at rest, in...
View ArticleKubernetes tooling - tinkering with versions
Having built a new Kubernetes cluster on the IBM Kubernetes Service (IKS), which reports as version 1.11.7_1543 within the IKS dashboard: -https://cloud.ibm.com/containers-kubernetes/clusters/I'd...
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Reminder - MainframerZ meetup at Lloyds
Just a reminder ....MainframerZ meetup at LloydsLook forward to seeing you there ....
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IBM Notes 9 - How to munge the Shortcut Buttons
For too long, I've been trying to remember how I can add shortcuts to the IBM Notes client, alongside the existing two shortcuts: -Guess what ?It's easy !This rather nice all-in-one IBM Notes 9...
View ArticleTainting and "untainting" nodes in a Kubernetes cluster
Having been tinkering with the taint function on an x86 node in an IBM Kubernetes Service (IKS) cluster, to force my pods to deploy onto another node in the same cluster: -kubectl taint node node1...
View ArticleTinkering with Docker manifests ? You need Manifest Tool and MQuery
MQueryA simple utility and backend for querying Docker v2 API-supporting registry images and reporting on "manifest list" multi-platform image support.This project uses IBM Cloud Functions (built on...
View ArticleIBM Cloud Hyper Protect Crypto Services is Now Available on IBM Public Cloud
A new offering from my IBM Z organisation: -...IBM offers now two choices for key management. IBM Cloud Key Protect supports Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for protecting data at rest. Today, IBM Cloud is...
View ArticleGoLang and the unexpected exit
As with most of my career to-date, I'm on a learning curve ...This time, it's GoLang, and I'm learning at a fast pace AND loving it !I was trying to work out why my tests: -go test ./...or the more...
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