automate: run github ci/cd through slack slash command

In this post, I will create a simple command to run a workflow on Github using AWS Gateway service. This post was written when AWS offered 1 million free API calls per month for a 12-month period. Setup Github The setup on the Github side is minimal and only requires adding a line to the existing workflow file. For demonstration purposes, I will go use one of the repository from merkez....

January 15, 2023 · 4 min · mrturkmen

packer: build custom images on cloud and local

THE REPOSITORY: https://github.com/merkez/ubuntu-packer In this blog post, provisioning and customizing images using packer will be shown with a template repository. If you are asking or wondering what is Packer, the official definition is : Packer is a free and open source tool for creating golden images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. (From Official Website). This post includes provisioning of ubuntu image on AWS and local. Build Custom Ubuntu 20....

April 17, 2021 · 8 min · mrturkmen