2023-11-30

2023-11-29

2023-11-28

  • catch up post cluster steps
    • docs:
  • GHA for crtxctl
    • ceip-4839:
      • rewrite single PR, a mere 63 builds later… LOATHE
      • adopt central runners
  • backlog:
    • review http://localhost:58630/posts/logging-dashboard/.
      • Can it be automated?
      • animated gif to better demonstrate the steps?
  • camunda 8
    • helm charts: https://docs.camunda.io/docs/self-managed/platform-deployment/helm-kubernetes/overview/
    • tasklist only included for non-production use: https://camunda.com/download/self-managed/kubernetes/
      • can slack integration replace tasklist? maybe with grafana?
    • install kind: brew install kind
    • install camunda: https://docs.camunda.io/docs/self-managed/platform-deployment/helm-kubernetes/guides/local-kubernetes-cluster/
      kind create cluster --name camunda8
kubectl cluster-info --context kind-camunda8

# write the sample nginx ingress yaml
## nginx_ingress_values.yml
#controller:
#  replicaCount: 1
#  hostNetwork: true
#  service:
#    type: NodePort
helm install -f nginx_ingress_values.yaml nginx-ingress oci://ghcr.io/nginxinc/charts/nginx-ingress --version 0.18.0

wget https://github.com/camunda/camunda-platform-helm/blob/main/kind/camunda-platform-core-kind-values.yaml
helm repo add camunda https://helm.camunda.io
helm repo update
helm install camunda8 camunda/camunda-platform     -f camunda-platform-core-kind-values.yaml

export RELEASE_NAME=camunda8
kubectl port-forward svc/$RELEASE_NAME-zeebe-gateway 26500:26500 &

kubectl port-forward svc/$RELEASE_NAME-operate  8081:80 &
kubectl port-forward svc/$RELEASE_NAME-tasklist 8082:80 &
kubectl port-forward svc/$RELEASE_NAME-optimize 8083:80 &
kubectl port-forward svc/$RELEASE_NAME-connectors 8088:8080 &

kubectl port-forward svc/$RELEASE_NAME-web-modeler-webapp 8084:80 &
kubectl port-forward svc/$RELEASE_NAME-web-modeler-websockets 8085:80 &
kubectl port-forward svc/$RELEASE_NAME-keycloak 18080:80 &
  • microk8s (canonical) vs k3s (suse)

2023-11-27

2023-11-24

  • OKRs : minimal

  • RDP prod cluster

    • confirm TPR2
    • added to us-east-2 logging platform:
    • confirm pre-reqs
    • attempt; salsa failed

  • NewRelic test case

    • basic smoke test done (for now it’s failing)
    • start exploring NR api from python

2023-11-23

  • OKRs, minimal thinking about
  • PPE
    • shutdown nodes (2 meetings)
    • TPR3
  • Khush
    • grafana (no help)
    • sonarqube (also patched some crtxctl issues)

2023-11-22: vacation

2023-11-21

2023-11-20 2023-11-23

  • OKRs

2023-11-22: vacation

2023-11-21

2023-11-20

2023-11-17

  • PPE migration incident 12h!

2023-11-16

  • PPE / Cloudwatch
    • 33rd account with cross account log subscript breaks AWS 🤦

  • Capability testing PRs

  • Advisor
    • add second check into report and resolve bugs
  • DKP
    • Final word from Irfan? - do TPR

2023-11-15

  • escalate PPE case to Felipe
  • encourage CWS to roll instance types to prod
  • encourage Khush about demo
  • Capability Testing IAM
    • Work with Ashish - 2h!

2023-11-14

  • October metrics
  • PPE AWS case
  • advisor:
    • docker build
    • had to reinstall docker due to failed upgrade
  • fixed advisor docker build but not reproducible for Khush, he fixed differently
  • bunch of questions about KSI work from Felipe
  • follow enablement threads as on duty, esp. cws (Thomas, Felipe dealing) and ipi (Ashish)
  • finally back to local capability testing
    • cannot any longer assume inspector agent role either from inspector, or from EnterpriseAdmin

2023-11-13

  • vacation half day
  • planning
  • troubleshoot advisor, mentoring Khush

2023-11-10

2023-11-09

  • Tech Showcase

  • From AI to Eternity by Professor Wendy Hall

    • didn’t work?

  • NPS, permit repeat submissions

  • build ppe-cpt-prod cluster

2023-11-08

  • Tech Showcase
    • Okta
      • more than just social login (reset pwd etc)
      • lots of tailoring via existing SDKs for all sorts of platforms
      • passkeys
        • rather than second factor like yubikey there is no password, starts right from account creation
        • support from applpe, google, ms thru fido org
  • Mute ppe-cpt-prod till
  • Khush 2-3h?
  • Dev10: Flowfest 2-6pm

2023-11-07

  • Tech Showcase
    • Reaxsys
      • Need continuous consistency so considered Cassandra but had to rule out!!
      • ~2b rows in Oracle -> ETL to spark then HBase
      • 25k events = ~15h (5x faster)
      • data equally distributed by using hash keys
    • Ethical Hacker: Glenn Wilkinson
      • Use canary tokens for early warning
      • phish.io??

2023-11-06

  • Tech Showcase
    • Guy Kingham: Elsevier Life Sciences
      • falling return on investment coming together with meaninful GenAI
      • biology knowledgebase to identify morbidity characteristics followed by chemistry database to identify solution
      • MEH
    • Sam Whiting: Agile is not autonomous
      • Agile manifesto does not support exept with self-organising teams, which is challengable
      • innovation thrives in constrained environments, changing one thing following scientific method
      • autonomy privileges path of least resistance and therefore becomes de-motivating
      • should not be told to expect or even want autonomy, instead seek space to learn (experiment)
  • PPE
    • prod cluster request
    • raised

2023-11-03

  • CEIP-4469: KSI migration
    • impact analysis
    • tickets
    • do it
  • more capability tests?
    • fluentbit interesting to Matteo
  • ADR for capability testing IAM
  • catch up with Khush

2023-11-02

  • 1-2-1
    • 2024: the Heroku-like offer
    • how to get embedded in partner teams to gather real world requirements
    • need to get working on okr eval
  • standup and enginneering forum
    • demo capability testing
  • chat with Khush
    • X typo in report_manager_helper_functions.py
    • X no tests! (wants to, need to setup project)
    • X git repo
    • X poetry

2023-11-01

  • 1.25 readiness checks.
    • unfortunately it seems we were not interested in resolving IPI’s concern but just running the previous script and manipulation for prod.
    • a good half day wasted, learn not to dive in too quickly when ‘just’ need xyz