Monthly Archives: September 2017

Kubernetes & Kops: Make Your Own Encrypted Debian AMI

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Grischa Ekart

Kops is the most popular solution to install Kubernetes on AWS in a highly-available way. Debian is the preferred Linux distro for kops, which is somewhat annoying if you see that CoreOS is the preferred container Linux. Moreover, the Debian … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes: Make Pods Run on Your Master Nodes

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Grischa Ekart

Some pods you might want to run on your master nodes, too. This may be because they are exporting master node metrics or even to save resources: say you want many instances of a specific pod. In that case (and … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes: How to Make Your Node a Master

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Grischa Ekart

Under some circumstances Kubernetes is forgetting its master nodes (kops version < 1.8.0 and canal). If this happens, your masters will get scheduled full of pods. If this is the case the following command might help you: kubectl taint master1.compute.internal … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes: How to Delete all Taints from a Node

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Grischa Ekart

kubectl patch node node1.compute.internal -p ‘{“spec”:{“taints”:[]}}’

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Lost Web Passwords After Migrating to New Mac

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Grischa Ekart

After migrating to a new Mac, I found out that a ton of my web site passwords were gone or were out of date (I haven’t been using iCloud passwords or any other password app). The Migration Assistant seems to … Continue reading →

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