Understanding Organizational Secrets

Let’s face it, IT often struggles with secrets management. From API keys that need to be registered/rotated, certificates that need to be requested/renewed, LDAP/AD credentials that need to be maintained, password complexity requirements to be enforced, and more. It can be cognitively difficult to manage the various secrets for a single project let alone an entire organization. This discussion will help define the credential categories and the tools used to manage them.

Azure Devops Automated Variable Groups

2020-03-23 7 min read Azure Devops Pipeline Zachary Loeber

In this article I’ll cover how one can automate creating and updating ADO libraries (aka. variable groups) using pipeline as code.

Hugo - A DevOps Approach

2019-12-08 10 min read Azure Devops Pipeline Hugo Zachary Loeber

I’ve updated my site to use hugo some time ago. Recently I’ve found some time to add a deployment pipeline for this site as well. This short article will cover how the pipeline code works and dive into multi-stage pipelines.