tag: digitalocean
safely storing environmental secrets
Mar 19, 2025
In this post I will cover safely storing environmental variables that are required when using command line tools for digitalocean, AWS, etc. These services all require tokens/passwords that have to be passed and storing them safely is essential. These are my notes on the topic.
install terraform on linux
Mar 12, 2025
In this post I will cover installation of Hashicorp Terraform on my Linux box (Pop!_OS / Ubuntu). Terraform has a repository that can easily be added, making the process simple and familiar. In fact, it is the same as the Packer repository, so installation is super simple if you've followed the previous post.
install packer on linux
Mar 11, 2025
In this post I will cover installation of Hashicorp Packer on my Linux box (Pop!_OS / Ubuntu). Packer has a repository that can easily be added, making the process simple and familiar.
install ansible on linux
Mar 10, 2025
In this post I will cover installation of Ansible on my Linux box (Pop!_OS / Ubuntu). Ansible is a python package, so it's turns out that this addition to my DevOps tools is pretty simple to install.
command line setup and deployment of an nginx server on digitalocean
Mar 3, 2025
In this post you will find my notes on deploying an nginx server on a digitalocean droplet from the command line. I'll be using doctl, the command line tool provided by digitalocean as well as a bash script to do all of the server setup.
doctl for command line deployment of digitalocean droplet
Feb 13, 2025
In this post you will find my notes on deploying a digitalocean droplet, the name digitalocean gives to an virtual private server (VPS) instance, from the command line. I'll be using doctl, the command line tool provided by digitalocean.
Ubuntu VPS setup at digitalocean
Jun 27, 2014
This blog is hosted on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS at digitalocean. This post is mainly a reminder for me of the tutorials I used to set things up, however you might find it a helpful guide as well.