In case you need a shell script or Ansible playbook to update your own Forgejo instance, I’ve just uploaded mine to Codeberg.1 The specific reason: There have been a series of updates in quick succession over the past days.2 I noticed some people expressing frustration about having to redo all their updates all over again. Read more

Over the weekend I have increased security and automatized processes - that’s lame! This can be anything or nothing, too vague and unspecific. Well technically correct and with a touch of cynicism: “I translated bash scripts to YAML.” Okay, let’s agree on: I consolidated numerous bash scripts for automatically renewing certificates, reduced complexity, eliminated potential security risks when transferring certificates from outside reverse proxies to inside hosts, and made everything more transparent with both Ansible and Git. Read more

The new year 2021 starts off quietly with original English Breakfast Tea and a stack of new books. I have long been looking forward to the 3rd edition of the book by Oliver Liebel, which was published kinda fortnite before Christmas. My intentions are getting more familier with orchestration and automation of containers. Read more