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Automation and Tools

Any form of automation, from scripting, utility scripts, IaC and more! Writing them in my own words to (hopefully!) simplify the concepts.

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How to Verify Keys in JSON Using jq

Sep 2, 20243 min read

Quick techniques to validate keys in JSON with no iteration · Context A peer seek my inputs on parsing JSON. The requirements are: To determine whether...

How to Verify Keys in JSON Using jq

How to Create and Update Gitlab CI/CD Variables Using PowerShell

Aug 5, 20243 min read

How to Use PowerShell Invoke-WebRequest to Set Gitlab CI/CD Variables · Context I needed to create multiple CI/CD variables in Gitlab on my Windows...

How to Create and Update Gitlab CI/CD Variables Using PowerShell

CloudFormation and Terraform: Mapping Core Concepts

Jul 25, 20242 min read

Leveraging transferable knowledge from CloudFormation to learn a second Infrastructure as Code tool, Terraform · Overview This article documents the...

CloudFormation and Terraform: Mapping Core Concepts

How to Set Up NSSM Service Using an Idempotent Approach

Jul 23, 20243 min read

Testing NSSM removal of service and introduce some consistency when performing mutable deployment · Context I was attempting to automate a mutable...

How to Set Up NSSM Service Using an Idempotent Approach

NSSM 101 & Caveats

Nov 27, 20235 min read

The dreaded `Unexpected status SERVICE_PAUSED in response to START control.` · Overview You can use NSSM, an open-source tool with both GUI and CLI...

NSSM 101 & Caveats

Rocket.Chat Integration with Gitlab

Feb 24, 20234 min read

Overview Lazy to constantly check for the latest update in the team's project repository? Webhooks can be used to push notifications into your chat...