and Technology Advocate
Inspired by the rich tapestry of global cultures, I embody the spirit of innovation and collaboration. With roots in the vibrant landscapes of Ireland, I blend the charm of European ingenuity with the dynamic energy of the digital world. My journey is fueled by a passion for simplifying complex technologies and empowering others to harness their potential. Here I stand, eager to embrace every challenge, every opportunity to create impactful solutions, and to inspire a community of forward-thinkers.
Making Incredible Technology; Incredibly Simple
— My Teaching Motto
Empower Through Sharing & Collaboration
— My Community Motto
Building Authentic Connections for Positive Change
— My Networking Motto
Latest articles
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Using AI to Empower Cloud Architecture and Deployments
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into cloud infrastructure is revolutionizing how we manage and deploy cloud resources. AI, now a pivotal component, optimizes the entire lifecycle of cloud architecture, enhancing tasks like deployment, maintenance, and scaling. This article explores the role of AI in empowering cloud architecture and deployments, especially when combined with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Bicep and Terraform.
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Bicep - Tags as Parameters
Deploying infrastructure ARM Templates to Azure, but using Tags and their respective value as the parameter configuration settings
In a post earlier, we look at using arm to lookup the value of tags’ at both the Subscription and Resource Level.
With Bicep this is much easier to understand. This is the same lab configuration as in the original post, but this time to code should be a lot more readable.
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Streaming Vinyl On Sonos
Mixup some Vyinl Oldies, a little Ice to cast, and a PI for some energy, and your ready to go
A little known trivia - I was once a Disc Jokey, and spent a lot of my youth behind the decks, in clubs around the West Of Ireland. Today, I still am the proud owner of a very large collection of Vynil and CD music, which of course deserves to get a second life with my digital streaming audio system powered by Sonos
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Azure IaC - Tags as Parameters
Deploying infrastructure ARM Templates to Azure, but using Tags and thier respective value as the parameter configuration settings
In the post, I am going to introduce a concept which will allow you to greatly up your Infrastructure as Code game, by using Azure as a State Machine!
One of the typical challenges when deploying ARM templates, is the sheer number of parameters which we find as a requirement to complete a deployment; which as you will appreciate gets considerably harder as we target many environments.
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Change Detection Using Oxidized
Oxidized is a Linux based service which has the ability to monitor a device’s configuration, including software and hardware. Current configuration is backed up from each device and stored to a GIT repository to maintain history of changes.
The process is very simple:
- Login to each device in the router listÂ
router.db, - Run Commands to get the information that will be saved
- Clean the output
- Commit the Changes to GIT Repository
The tool is coded in Ruby, and implements a Domain Specific Language (DSL) for interaction.
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