Chad M. Crowell

The Second Edition of Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam

The CKA exam keeps evolving, and so should the way you prepare for it. That’s why the second edition of Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam is now available, fully updated, expanded, and aligned with everything to pass the most recent version of the exam. This edition also marks

Migrating Ghost Blog from AKS to LKE

My ghost blog (ccrowell.com) has been running on AKS. If you are cost concious, I wouldn't recommend doing this, but I had some Azure credits and was feeling adventurous. Also, I thought it would be good practice for running "real" workloads on. The pieces to

containers

Ghost Blog on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Learn how to customize a ghost image, build an image and push to Azure.

kubernetes

🎉CKA Book Release

New book release "Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam"

kubectl

Updated Cheat Sheet - Kubernetes

Do you use kubectl a lot? Well, so do I. I hate having to remember every single little command and variation, so I created a cheat sheet. This cheat sheet is meant to be printed out (in PDF form), or searched through in markdown. Keep this handy and share with

Terminal

Recording the Terminal

I started recording my terminal sessions, mostly for my own use. I constantly refer to these recordings for quick configurations or command reference. This is using FREE software, in which you can also easily use: https://asciinema.org [https://asciinema.org/] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video creates an Azure KeyVault using the

Recording

My Recording Setup

I often get the question "What gear do you use for creating courses", so I thought i'd create a list of the equipment i've used.

wsl

Install Windows Subsystem for Linux

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets you run your Linux distributions on Windows. The following is a quick guide to get up and running with WSL and upgrade to WLS2. Also, some issues you may run into when installing it yourself. NOTE: You must be on windows version 1904 or

developer tools

Using WSL in Docker Desktop

Installing Docker Desktop with WSL backend -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In order to increase the performance of ur apps running in containers, we can enable the WSL2 Backend in Docker Desktop for Windows. Being that it's a full Linux kernel, Linux containers can run natively without emulation. More detail here [https:

developer tools

Bring Remote Dev Machines into VS Code

Using the remote development extension in Visual Studio Code, you can work on your development machine, just as you would locally. Find out how in this article. Connect to Dev Box using VS Code Extension -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you install the remote development extension bundle, you'll be able to

Remote Work

Working Remotely in Tech

Millions of people are now working from home, collaborating with their teams remotely. Some may welcome this to continue beyond the pandemic, but some consider the drawbacks defeating and long to return to the office. Either way, as we try to navigate the situation, let's examine ways to