Set the environment name in Chef Test Kitchen

To specify the environment name in the .kitchen.yml file Create a JSON environment file. Chef Zero used by Test Kitchen does not understand YAML or Ruby, we need to use JSON. In your cookbook’s root directory create a directory for environment files Create the myenv.json environment file in the environments directory. Specify the environment name …

Using Makefiles

Makefiles are great to self-document frequently executed commands in a repository. They provide easy access to the bash code by easy to remember tags. Formatting Only tabs are allowed to indent lines. The indentation groups the commands under the rules. Set Bash as the shell On some systems Bash is not the default shell when …

DevOps Engineering part 1. (Ubuntu server) – Install the DevOps development tools on Ubuntu server

Ubuntu server does not have a user interface, we will use the terminal to install the DevOps tools. Terraform On your workstation open a web browser and navigate to https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html to get the version of the latest Terraform release. Substitute the x.x.x with the latest version AWS CLI To install AWS CLI with the package …

Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Sharing files between Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows Access the Windows files from Linux Start WSL In the terminal navigate to the /mnt directory The drives are mounted to sub-directories Access the Linux files from Windows Start the WSL application in Windows 10 (in this case with the Ubuntu distro) Open Windows Explorer in …

Build a Docker container image for your application

Create the image A Docker container image is one of the best formats to distribute your application. The container provides an immutable environment, so the application runs the same way on your workstation and on any server. We will use the simple Go application we have created in the Your first Go application post. In …

Could not create an instance of type ‘Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext’

The new version of dotnet core cannot handle the HttpContext in the MVC model. An unhandled exception has occurred while executing the request. System.InvalidOperationException: Could not create an instance of type ‘Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext’. Model bound complex types must not be abstract or value types and must have a parameterless constructor. Alternatively, set the ‘HttpContext’ property to …

Error: Failed to instantiate provider “aws” to obtain schema: Incompatible API version with plugin. Plugin version: 4, Client versions: [5]

When a provider has been updated outside of Terraform, (for example in Terraformer) Terraform can get out of sync with that provider version. terraform init works, but terraform plan throws the error message: Error: Failed to instantiate provider “aws” to obtain schema: Incompatible API version with plugin. Plugin version: 4, Client versions: [5] To update …