Ortelius Blog

Topics include Supply Chain Security, Vulnerability Management, Neat Tricks, and Contributor insights.

Posts in 2024
  • How Ortelius Integrates with OSV.dev for Real-Time Vulnerability Detection

    Tuesday, October 29, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    Introduction The importance of Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) in modern software development cannot be ignored. High-profile security incidents, like the SolarWinds attack or Log4J, underscore the critical need for greater transparency within …

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  • How Ortelius Integrates and Consumes SPDX and CycloneDX SBOMs for Enhanced Software Visibility

    Monday, October 28, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    Introduction Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) in modern software development is critical for managing software security, compliance, and supply chain integrity. Security breaches like the SolarWinds attack have underlined the need for transparency …

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  • How to Bake an Ortelius Pi Part 8 | OS Upgrades, Microk8s Upgrades and Adding Worker Nodes

    Thursday, October 24, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    Introduction Raspberry Pi 5s Features Storage Master Node Preparation Steps Upgrading Microk8s Microk8s drain Microk8s uncordon Upgrading Ubuntu Deploy the worker nodes Using the Raspberry Pi Imager CHOOSE DEVICE CHOOSE OS CHOOSE STORAGE OS …

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  • How to Bake an Ortelius Pi Part 7 | Observability with Netdata

    Tuesday, October 22, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    Introduction Gimlet GitOps Infrastructure Netdata Netdata Database Engine Deploy Netdata Helm-Repository | Netdata Helm-Release | Netdata Helm Chart Configuration Highlights Fluxcd is doing the following under the hood | Netdata Kubernetes check | …

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  • How to Bake an Ortelius Pi Part 5 | Ortelius Marries Jenkins

    Tuesday, October 22, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    Introduction Jenkins Gimlet GitOps Infrastructure Deploy Jenkins Plugins Helm-Repository | Jenkins Helm-Release | Jenkins Helm Chart Configuration Highlights Fluxcd is doing the following under the hood | Jenkins Kubernetes check | Jenkins How do we …

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  • Gleaming The FinOps Void

    Thursday, October 10, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    The Story BlueArch Education Conclusion The Story A while back, I was contracted to do migrations and conversions of legacy applications into microservices on AWS for a very large financial services company. During this time, there was a lot of …

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  • How to Bake an Ortelius Pi Part 6 | Cloud Dev At Home With Localstack

    Saturday, September 14, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    Introduction Gimlet GitOps Infrastructure Localstack Deploy Localstack Helm-Repository | Localstack Helm-Release | Localstack Helm Chart Configuration Highlights Fluxcd is doing the following under the hood | Localstack Kubernetes check | Localstack …

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  • Ortelius is Looking For a Few Good Blogs

    Wednesday, September 11, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    You Have Something to Say - Share It In the process of building the Ortelius open-source community, we’ve learned two important facts. First, everyone has something to share regardless of their experience or background. Second, sharing …

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  • How to Bake an Ortelius Pi Part 4 | Cloudflare Certificates and Traefik

    Saturday, August 10, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    Introduction Cloudflare | Connectivity Cloud Buying a domain name SSL/TLS Gimlet GitOps Infrastructure Traefik Helm-Release | Traefik Manifest Folder | Traefik Ortelius HTTPS Argocd HTTPS Conclusion Next Steps Introduction In part 3, of this series …

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  • How to Bake an Ortelius Pi Part 3 | The GitOps Configuration

    Thursday, August 08, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    Introduction Kubernetes CRDs Context and Namespace Switching Steps to setup KubeSwitch Enter GitOps | Enter Gimlet | Enter Fluxcd Gimlet Gimlet Application Repostories Gimlet Environments Gimlet Environment Config Gimlet Observability Fluxcd VS Code …

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