Tag: DevOps

Terraform set timezone upon virtual machine creation

Sometimes it’s important to set proper timezone on the server and recently I’ve got this task: set proper timezone automatically based on the server’s location in Azure Cloud. Moreover, I needed timezone to be set automatically by Terraform upon virtual machine creation.  In my case I had Ubuntu VMs in Azure and here is the …

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How to resolve merge conflicts in Azure DevOps

There is a simple and effective extension that allows resolving Pull Requests merge conflicts directly in Azure DevOps: Pull Request Merge Conflict Extension

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LetsEncrypt certificates automatic renewal in Azure Application Gateway

I can bet almost any IT technician have heard of Letsencrypt certificates. They are completely free and fully supported by big corps such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and many others, to have a more secure and privacy-respecting Web. A lot of public websites are using those certificates. Of course, as for any free stuff, there …

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How to Install and Configure GitLab on CentOS 7

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Gitlab is an open source, powerful, robust, scalable, secure, as well as efficient software development and collaboration platform for all stages of the DevOps lifecycle. It allows you to plan your development process; code, and verify; package software, and release it with an in-built continuous delivery feature; automate configurations management, and monitor software performance. It …

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