Deploy terraform in Gitlab CI/CD using Atlantis and Hashicorp Vault

Gitlab Setup I assume you’re already running gitlab somehow somewhere. If you’re using Gitlab as SaaS, your Atlantis Endpoint must be reachable from the internet. Please bear in mind, that the status GUI of atlantis does not provide authentication, if you don’t protect that route, you might expose sensitive information about your repos to the world. (That was the case while writing the article, might have changed now.) Create Access-Token Using a Service-Account / Bot In your project settings or group settings of your gitlab repo, you need to create a new Access Token. You might need admin access to do this. Remember the name of the token, you will need it in a minute. Save the Token in your password manager, we will need it to configure atlantis. ...

July 14, 2024 · 6 min · Seb

Hosting your own iOS Backups and automate it with Homeassistant

Motivation I recently got my first iPhone after years of Android. And the first error message I received after moving my data from my old phone to the new phone was: Your iPhone can not be backed up. Huh? Why? Ah! Not enough iCloud Storage! But I’m doing all my backups myself and store them locally. With Android and e.g. LineageOS and SeedVault a setup I was used to. Now it was the challenge to find a solution for iOS. And here we are… How can I create a backup of my iPhone, WIRELESS and without further interaction? And how to monitor it? ...

February 25, 2024 · 5 min · Seb
Dreame L10s Ultra with Jumper Cable (Dupont) adapter to USB connected to the debug Port.

Rooting my Dreame L10s Ultra

Warning Consider this Post outdated the second I released it. The single source of truth for your should be and is https://valetudo.cloud/pages/installation/dreame.html#fastboot and all credits must go to the valetudo team. I’m only writing this post as a reminder of the steps I took. Important Resources Starting with information gathering is obviously the first step. So here’s a list of useful pages I found to solve the quest of removing the cloud connection. ...

September 1, 2023 · 4 min · Seb

NVIDIA Diagnostics with MATS and MODS

What is MATS and MODS MATS stands for memory automated test system and MODS stands for modular diagnostics software and are two pieces of software “leaked” from NVIDIA. About the leak part - I don’t know, I don’t care. I just need proper debugging of a potential broken graphics cards. As the market for graphics card is currently crazy, I’d rather try to properly diagnose my card before spending an insane amount of money for a new one. ...

April 1, 2021 · 2 min · Seb