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Gift Balogun — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:25:26 +0000

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Kubernetes Worker Node Components

Gift Balogun — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:19:50 +0000

Our article provides an overview of these components and their roles in supporting containerized applications in a Kubernetes cluster. To properly understand this article, you should have an understanding of the Kubernetes control plane.

Container runtime is responsible for tasks like pulling images from a repository and isolating resources for containers.

Kubelet acts as the primary node agent, ensuring that containers for the pods assigned to its node are running. It interacts with the container runtime using the Container Runtime Interface (CRI) to manage containerized workloads.

Kube-proxy do handles networking by maintaining network rules for pod communication. It watches Service and Endpoint resources and updates iptables rules for packet routing within the Linux kernel.

Service Resources provide stable IP addresses for connecting to pods, facilitating communication within or outside the clusters. Services work with Endpoints resources to route client requests to the appropriate pods.

Learn more: https://everythingdevops.dev/kubernetes-architecture-explained-worker-nodes-in-a-cluster/

Using AT Commands in Linux

Gift Balogun — Wed, 29 May 2024 14:00:40 +0000

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Our article explains how the "at" command can be used to schedule tasks for future execution on a Linux system. Some few essential to note.

Time Expressions: An example is provided in which one could write “teatime” for 4 PM using an informal form of time easily recognized by "at".
Interactive Scheduling: An explanation of the process of scheduling tasks interactively using the at prompt is given in this article in addition to other related topics.
Creating Shell Scripts: Instructions for creating a shell script, making it executable, and then scheduling it using an at command.

Learn more: https://everythingdevops.dev/how-to-schedule-future-processes-in-linux-using-at/

Using Cronjob for Periodic Task in Linux

Gift Balogun — Wed, 29 May 2024 13:46:29 +0000

You work on your machine or server everything repeating same task everything the Cronjob should be used, it enables your code, security check and updates to take place at any time you setup for it. In this article, discover how to:

schedule routine tasks on Linux using
the structure of crontab files for precise timing of jobs
the structure of crontab files for precise timing of jobs
Maximize productivity by automating updates, backups, and more with cron.

All here: https://everythingdevops.dev/how-to-schedule-a-periodic-task-with-cron/

Automate Docker Dependency Update.

Gift Balogun — Wed, 29 May 2024 13:45:20 +0000

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The article discusses the importance of managing dependencies in software projects, which are external libraries needed for an application to function properly. Here are some critical points:

It highlights the difficulties developers face, such as “dependency mismatch” bugs and the complexity of managing multiple codebases, which can lead to “dependency hell.

The focus is on using WhiteSource Renovate, a tool that automates dependency updates for Docker projects by checking and updating dependency declaration files and creating pull requests automatically.

It provides a step-by-step guide on how to configure Renovate for Docker projects, including setting up a GitHub personal access token and creating a docker-compose.yml file to run the Renovate Docker image.

Details here: https://everythingdevops.dev/automating-dependency-updates-for-docker-projects/

Background and Foreground Jobs in Lunix

Gift Balogun — Wed, 29 May 2024 13:44:09 +0000

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You have a Linux Operation System or Server running and still not familiar with background and foreground jobs or task, then this is for you. Learn to efficiently manage foreground and background processes in Linux. Discover how to:

Run commands in the background with &, freeing up the shell.
Bring background jobs to the foreground with fg.
Pause jobs with CTRL + Z and resume with bg
Keep jobs running after closing the terminal using nohup or disown4.

More here: https://everythingdevops.dev/linux-background-and-foreground-process-management/