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Watchtower is an excellent tool for keeping your containers up to date. It’s a process that runs on a schedule and checks for new versions of your containers, and if it finds one, it pulls the new image and recreates the container with the latest image. It’s built for Docker, and it works great for Docker. But what about Kubernetes? Keel, a Kubernetes operator, also achieves what Watchtower can do but can automate Helm, DaemonSet, StatefulSet & Deployment updates. It also has a friendly UI to see the status of the updates it is managing. ...

Bunny.net (formerly BunnyCDN) is a low-cost, high-performance CDN provider that can be used to host static sites. This post will walk through the steps to hosting a static site using it. Creating a Storage Zone The first step is to create a storage zone. The storage zone is where the static site will be stored. To do this, log into the Bunny.net dashboard, click the Storage Zones tab, and follow the steps to create a new storage zone. The storage zone can be named anything, but it’s best to name something that will allow you to identify it later and associate it with your site quickly. You can select the regions you would like your content replicated to, and the more regions you have, the faster your site will be in those regions. Be careful; the more regions you select, the more it will cost you. ...

SSH certificates are an effective way to secure SSH server access. They can restrict users and the commands they can run, making them especially valuable for managing access to multiple servers. By using SSH certificates, server fingerprint validation becomes unnecessary since the certificates are signed by a Certificate Authority (CA) with the CA’s public key installed on the server. Vault is an excellent tool for managing SSH certificates, offering functionalities like issuing and revoking certificates, managing SSH keys, and providing audit logs. ...

Fly.io is a “serverless” hosting platform usually used to host web services. It can be used for more than just web services; it can also be used to run long-running tasks. I wanted to try a new way to run the Gitea Actions runner, and Fly.io would be interesting way to try out. Treat this as a proof of concept, I’m unsure if this is a good idea, but it’s fun to try out. ...