Tech Content creator toolkit: the cheat sheet

Intro Some of you are probably at a stage where daily work isn’t enough, and interacting with the tech community is the fulfilling mission you’ve been waiting for. But in order to do so, you need to level up your game. Whether your goal is to be a blogger, speaker, podcaster, or social media maverick, …

OCI FortiGate HA Cluster – Reference Architecture: Code review & Fixes

Intro OCI Quick Start repositories on GitHub are collections of Terraform scripts and configurations provided by Oracle. These repositories are designed to help organizations quickly deploy common infrastructure setups on the OCI Platform. Each Quick Start focuses on a specific use case or workload, simplifying the process of provisioning on OCI using Terraformβ€”a sort of …

Cloud Showdown: Bare Metal vs. VMs in OCI – Pros & Cons

Intro The migration journey to the cloud for a business comes in different shapes and colors. Today, we’ll explore a quick comparison between Bare metal and VM platforms, which are two IaaS compute options available in Oracle Cloud infrastructure. Although specific to OCI, you might find similar benefits and trade-offs in other Cloud platforms. In …

Terraform for dummies part 6: Deploy a static website on Alibaba Cloud

Intro 3 years ago, I started the terraform for dummies series where I wanted to deploy a static website in any cloud provider there was (the dummy in question was me duh:)). But the mistake most of us make is to think AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud are the only Hyperscalers out there. Wrong! Alibaba …

Terraform pipelines for dummies part1: Run a terraform configuration in GitLabCI

Intro Automating infrastructure provisioning with Terraform is nothing for many, but to truly harness IaC power, seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines is key. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process of setting up and running your Terraform configurations within GitLab CI from an GitHub imported repo. This powerful combination not only ensures consistent …