Guides & Labs¶

Step-by-step guides and hands-on labs built from real deployments. Each guide walks through a complete task — from prerequisites to working outcome — so you can follow along or adapt it to your own environment.

Cloud Platforms¶

Azure

Hands-on Azure guides — static websites, automation accounts, container registries, VPN, and KQL.
AWS

AWS labs covering account setup, permissions, and core service configuration.

Infrastructure & Automation¶

Terraform

Practical Terraform labs — remote state in Azure, service principal creation, and module deployment.
Kubernetes

Kubernetes labs — k3s and MicroK8s clusters on Raspberry Pi, DNS, pod creation, and image transfers.
Docker

Docker guides — installation, image management, Apache and Plex containers, and Docker Swarm.
Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi setup and configuration for home lab and cluster deployments.
:material-server-home: Home Servers

Self-hosted services — OpenMediaVault NAS, Pi-hole DNS filtering, and Uptime Kuma monitoring.

Development & Source Control¶

GitHub

GitHub workflows — repo creation, forks, personal access tokens, and cross-repo access.
Git

Git guides — cloning, tagging, SSH remotes, and fixing common authentication issues.
GitHub Actions

CI/CD guides — Azure authentication from Actions, Terraform deployment pipelines, and Key Vault integration.
Python

Python setup — virtual environments and building standalone binaries.

Administration¶

Linux

Linux guides — network tools, Ubuntu setup, and command-line essentials.
Windows

Windows guides — disk performance benchmarking and Oh My Posh terminal customisation.
PowerShell

PowerShell snippets and guides — functions, loops, Azure login, email, and process management.
SSH

SSH guides — key generation for GitHub on Windows and Linux remote access from Windows.

Reference¶

Cheat Sheets

Quick-reference sheets for Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Git, PowerShell, Linux, and Vagrant.