Deploying the UniFi SDN Controller on Kubernetes

The Ubiquity UniFi line of network devices has long been a top choice among small businesses and networking enthusiasts for their WiFi access points, switches, and more. One of the key aspects of managing these devices is the requirement for a controller, which can be installed on a separate device or self-hosted. In this blog post, I’ll guide you through the process of hosting your Ubiquiti UniFi controller in a Kubernetes cluster while utilizing Ingress Nginx to make it accessible over the internet....

August 27, 2023 · 6 min · Me

Retrospect: Managing a Kubernetes Cluster with Ansible

When I first started using Kubernetes it felt only natural to use the same tool to manage it which I (tried) to use for everything else: Ansible. And that’s how I started using Ansible playbooks to manage Kubernetes by applying manifests directly or installing Helm charts. In this post I want to elaborate how I used Ansible for this task, what was good about it and what was not and finally, why I switched to a different tool now....

August 20, 2022 · 4 min · Me