DevOps
Step-by-step recipes from real projects. You’ll find how to build a small, efficient Docker image, build and push it with GitHub Actions, set up related containers with Docker Compose and its profiles, run integration tests in a CI pipeline, and put NGINX in front of several instances of an API. Most examples use .NET and Node.js.
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![Filtering EventStoreDB subscriptions by event types]()
Filtering EventStoreDB subscriptions by event types
Regular expressions are one of the classic examples of hate and hate relationships. Yes, it’s not a typo; hate and hate. Do you know anyone…
![How to automatically setup pgAdmin with a Docker database]()
How to automatically setup pgAdmin with a Docker database
Developer experience is a phrase repeated in multiple ways. In our industry, we finally realised how important it is to reduce the cognitive…
![Setting up NGINX load balancer for .NET WebApi]()
Setting up NGINX load balancer for .NET WebApi
“Just put the load balancer in front of it, and call it a day”. But is it really that simple? Was it ever “just do XYZ?“. I was preparing a…
![Docker Compose Profiles, one the most useful and underrated features]()
Docker Compose Profiles, one the most useful and underrated features
Erik Shafer asked me on the Emmett Discord if I could provide a sample of how to run the WebApi application using Emmett. Of course, I said…
![A simple way to configure integration tests pipeline]()
A simple way to configure integration tests pipeline
Continuing an effort to explain DevOps scenarios, today I’d like to show you a simple way to set up integration tests that I’m using in my…
![How to create a Docker image for the Marten application]()
How to create a Docker image for the Marten application
Containerisation is something that pushed our industry much further. Generating immutable artefacts is a foundational aspect of the DevOps…
![A few tricks on how to set up related Docker images with docker-compose]()
A few tricks on how to set up related Docker images with docker-compose
In the last few days, I have been working on guidance on piping EventStoreDB logs into Elasticsearch. ELK stack (so Elasticsearch, Logstash…
![How to build and push Docker image with GitHub actions?]()
How to build and push Docker image with GitHub actions?
In the previous post, I explained that with a few simple tricks, you can make your Docker image less cluttered and build faster. I explained…
![How to build an optimal Docker image for your application?]()
How to build an optimal Docker image for your application?
Some time ago, I realised that my posts from 2011 about configuration and operation in SCRUM using TFS are still hanging on the Internet…
![How to create a custom GitHub Action?]()
How to create a custom GitHub Action?
As you may know, I’m a fan of documentation. I wrote a few practical tips on this topic on the blog: “How to create projections of events…
