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Importing Container Images as WSL Distributions

Dev.to · Ian Packard ☁️ DevOps & Cloud ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

Importing Container Images as WSL Distributions

Any Docker or OCI container image can become a WSL distribution. Learn how to import images from Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry, and other registries — w

Automated TLS Certificates with Let's Encrypt and DNS-01 Challenges

Dev.to · Ian Packard ☁️ DevOps & Cloud 5mo ago

Automated TLS Certificates with Let's Encrypt and DNS-01 Challenges

Free, automated TLS certificates for Kubernetes services using cert-manager, Let's Encrypt, and AWS Route53 DNS validation. Works for private services and wildc

GitOps All The Things - ArgoCD and the App-of-Apps Pattern

Dev.to · Ian Packard ☁️ DevOps & Cloud 5mo ago

GitOps All The Things - ArgoCD and the App-of-Apps Pattern

Part 3 of my homelab series: How ArgoCD's app-of-apps pattern manages 30+ applications with automatic sync and self-healing.

The Great WSL Escape - Why My Homelab Runs in a Hyper-V VM

Dev.to · Ian Packard ☁️ DevOps & Cloud 5mo ago

The Great WSL Escape - Why My Homelab Runs in a Hyper-V VM

Part 1 of my homelab series: Why running Kubernetes in WSL didn't work out and how Hyper-V with mirrored networking saved the day.

Building WSL-UI: Registry Surgery and Container Imports

Dev.to · Ian Packard ☁️ DevOps & Cloud 5mo ago

Building WSL-UI: Registry Surgery and Container Imports

Deep dive into renaming WSL distributions by editing the Windows Registry, and pulling OCI images directly from registries without Docker.