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Hikari has just received a significant upgrade, which allows it to manage multiple nodes at scale while having seamless real-time updates; this update was quite a natural feature addition to address the problems Hikari is aimed at solving, which was previously not possible in Daemon Mode. Read More About Daemon Mode But…. Why an Agent-Sever Model for Hikari? While using Daemon Mode and planning to expand your fleet of machines from a few to 10’s of machines or even more, the management of these many configurations would become really difficult really quick. You’d have to choose to use a huge JSON file, which is really hard to handle after some time, or you’d have to fragment the files into multiple smaller ones and manage them separately; this is not really good when you are planning to manage multiple machines and environments at the same time. ...

In the complex and ever-evolving world of cloud deployments, efficiency is key. Enter Hikari, a lightweight deployment manager purpose-built for cloud environments. Designed to minimize resource consumption, Hikari is a smart, efficient solution that you might need. What is Hikari? Hikari is a daemonic application that operates as an agent on virtual machines. Its primary function is to streamline deployments by regularly checking for updates in a remote configuration file and applying only the necessary changes. This precision ensures your deployment remains up-to-date without unnecessary overhead. ...

Why Autodeploy? In a fast-paced environment where multiple teams push new code to add functionality and integrate with other components, the feedback loop should be quick. This promotes rapid testing and iteration, helping us release our product to market as soon as possible. While building and deploying applications in the cloud can be quick, it often comes with unnecessary costs. Building in a local environment has several advantages: No fear of failure, encouraging the confidence to fail fast Connection to the local intranet Cost savings from using on-premises machines for compute rather than cloud resources Autodeploy is a drop-in replacement for a bash script that previously managed local deployments on a Linux server. ...

In the past few months, I have been interested in making a small home lab, trying out some self-hosted services on my Raspberry Pi 4, and occasionally hosting some of my projects. Some of the most popular self-hosted applications that I use are: Nextcloud - Alternative to Cloud Storage Services Jellyfin - A Home Media Server with awesome features A Visual Studio Code Server But to do all of this and access my applications remotely, I need ...