It is common in a pipeline to have operational steps share data. Typically that’s in the form of an output from one step, and an input to another step. With GitHub Actions, this might be trickier t...

One of the consistent features of systemd is how it deals with time spans. A common usage of systemd time spans is when you’re getting journal log events. It’s typical to invoke something similar t...

I see this all over the place in documentation, blog posts, scripts, articles, etc: kubectl exec -it my-pod -- do_something_here These type options have the following help text: -i, --stdin=f...

When you’re working with the Azure CLI, locations are one of the most commonly used parts of commands you have to write. Some of them are really easy to remember, like eastus. But others may be a l...

When working with Linux VMs in Azure, there can be a few situations where your VM is not accessible. Say, for instance, you receive an OS provisioning timeout error. This is just one example, but i...

When you are working with Linux VMs (IaaS) in Azure, the most common way to access the VM is through Secure Shell (SSH). A common issue when you’re trying to SSH into your Linux VM for the first ti...

Storage (typically) plays a large role in software systems. With Kubernetes that is, of course, no different. The way Kubernetes handles storage can be a little confusing, especially in cloud-provi...

As a software engineer, I’m working with Azure on a daily basis. Like most things in my daily computing life, I choose the terminal (and keyboard) over a GUI (and mouse). My development and interac...

A lot of us, especially in the non-Windows world, rely heavily on the Azure CLI to do our day-to-day jobs: As engineers, developers, administrators, etc. When dealing with Azure, you are destined t...

This post is intentionally thorough, but if you’re just looking for a summary and when to use which service type, jump down below. When you are creating your systemd service, choosing a service ty...