Enginerding Lab Server

Welcome Enginerds!

This script installs some basic tools on Ubuntu/Debian or RHEL based systems to make the machine more useful for trainings I post on YouTube and Udemy and DevSecOps work in general.

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Requirements

• RHEL Based or Debian/Ubuntu Server
• 4vCPU / 8GB RAM (Recommended)
• User with passwordless sudo
• Git installed

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Tested On

• Ubuntu 20/22 (Recommended)
• Rocky 9 (Recommended)
• Fedora 36
• CentOS Stream 9
• Debian 11

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Recommended Cloud Providers (Referral Links):

If you use these links to sign up for one of these services, I get a small kickback and you will get some free credits. No additional cost to you and it helps me out tremendously. It's a win-win!

• Hetzner (my favorite for price): https://hetzner.cloud/?ref=JRGtolHM4Qdb
• DigitalOcean: https://m.do.co/c/4904904f3ee0

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Installed Components

• OS Updates
• Base Packages
• Docker
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Kubectl
• ZSH and Oh-My-ZSH
• Some dotfiles with aliases and ZSH configs
• Some other packages and misc things to make this work

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How To Install

• Login to server (duh)
• Run git clone https://github.com/mjtechguy/enginerding-lab-server.git
• Change into the cloned dir cd enginerding-lab-server
• Copy .vars.dist to .vars and update the VSCODE_PASSWORD
• Run the installer ./deploy.sh

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About MJ

My name is Mike Johnson. You can call me MJ. I have been working in technology for over 22 year and have a vast amount of experience in many areas of technology, mostly from the Infrastructure and Operations side.

I have some container certs, a few cloud certs, and spend most of my time these days building robust cloud, container and cybersecurity automation tooling.

Feel free to connect with me and I look forward to hearing from you.

• Github: https://github.com/mjtechguy
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngu1SJ-pyiNEHMINKlW8Uw
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjtechguy/
• Website: https://mjtechguy.com