Lately, I attempted to execute a tailor-made image on my Raspberry Pi but encountered the error message exec /usr/bin/sh: exec format error. After searching online, I discovered that this issue arose from an architectural incompatibility. The initial image was constructed on an AMD64 system, whereas the Raspberry Pi operates on Read more…
Running GitLab Runner in a Docker container can be a great way to isolate your build environment and easily deploy your runners to different machines. Here are the steps to set up GitLab Runner in a Docker container: Run the gitlab runner in a container Create a docker volume to Read more…
In my previous write-ups, I explained how to set up rootless Docker, and I also mentioned that I prefer using Portainer to manage my containers. However, to enable Portainer to manage Docker daemons on multiple servers, I need to be able to connect to these daemons and add them as Read more…
In recent years, Docker has gained widespread popularity, and many companies have adopted containerization for their applications. However, managing containers has become a major challenge for many organizations. To address this issue, solutions like Kubernetes and OpenShift were developed. However, Kubernetes may not be the best fit for everyone. Personally, Read more…
You are here because you have encountered the above error while setting up automatic user provision for Snowflake on Azure AD. The reason why this happened is due to Azure IP being blocked by snowflake. In order to resolve this, we need to first find out the Azure IP address Read more…
In many situations we would like to give users access to a particular command without exposing too much access due to security concerns. One particular example will be the docker command. After a docker daemon has been installed, one can invoke the command either as a root or as a Read more…
Download the IPMI utilities from supermicro website. Set the fan mode to full speed before updating the fan speed. ./SMCIPMITool <ip> <user> <password> ipmi raw 30 45 1 1 Setting the fans under cpu zone to be spinning at 25%. ./SMCIPMITool <ip> <user> <password> ipmi raw 30 70 66 1 Read more…
Windows enterprise edition is pretty much the default for all corporate machines running Windows, and there are reasons to it. The enterprise edition allows the company to have a greater control of the device which it was installed on. Thus improving the security of the corporate network and resources. For Read more…
Introduction Docker has become one of the most popular tool in the recent years. This is because it allows developer to deploy their application to any machine with the same setup. Think of it like running a Java program on any machine with JVM installed. Due to the popularity, it Read more…
Due to the recent change of job, I had to set up all the DevOps infrastructure from scratch which includes Gitlab, Docker, Jenkins and various other tools. As I have been a software engineer most of the time for the last 5 years plus, DevOps is really something that I Read more…