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Proper Mastodon, Proper Permissions

After a kind exploitation, I'm taking it even more seriously

 Posted on December 23, 2022  |  2 minutes  |  Mike Terhar

You know how every time any startup deployed software for the 2010s, a news article was posted 6-12 months later about how their files were all stored in a completely unprotected S3 bucket? It’s my turn and it’s a speedrun!

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sysadmin  security  kubernetes  mastodon 

And Now, a Proper Mastodon Instance on Kubernetes

After seeing the community trajectory, I'm taking it more seriously

And Now, a Proper Mastodon Instance on Kubernetes

 Posted on December 17, 2022  |  5 minutes  |  Mike Terhar

Since the Fediverse stuff is catching on, I decided to upgrade the deployment. New name, Kubernetes deployment, encryption, the whole thing. Also moving my account across instances went pretty well.

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sysadmin  containers  kubernetes  mastodon 

Deploying a Relatively Solid Mastodon Instance

Not entirely Kubernetes but it's in there

Deploying a Relatively Solid Mastodon Instance

 Posted on November 12, 2022  |  12 minutes  |  Mike Terhar

I feel compelled to write this up because of the struggles I faced along the way. Nothing was terrible or difficult but some of the docs were outdated and I had to find random gists and do some code archeology.

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sysadmin  containers  kubernetes  mastodon 

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