· Jakub · Kubernetes
Deploying Stirling PDF on EKS with Helm, SSO, and Persistent Storage
How I deployed a self-hosted Stirling PDF instance on AWS EKS for a SaaS client — with OAuth2 SSO, persistent volumes, and ALB ingress sharing.
Tag: kubernetes
· Jakub · Platform EngineeringRunning n8n at Scale on EKS: Queue Mode, Redis, and External Secrets
A breakdown of how we deploy n8n in production on Amazon EKS using queue mode, Valkey for Redis-compatible brokering, and AWS Secrets Manager via External Secrets Operator.
· Jakub · DevOpsRunning Ollama on EKS: A Production-Grade LLM Setup with a Custom Helm Chart
GPU nodes on demand, zero cost at night, models that survive restarts — how I deployed self-hosted Ollama on Amazon EKS using a single Helm chart with Karpenter, KEDA, and ArgoCD.
· Jakub · DevOpsSelf-hosted AI Stack on AWS EKS: Ollama + LiteLLM + Open WebUI
How I deployed a production-ready, self-hosted LLM stack on Kubernetes using Helm, Karpenter, and KEDA — with GPU auto-scaling and SSO out of the box.
· Jakub · DevOpsGetting Started with Kubernetes — A Practical Guide
Kubernetes can feel overwhelming at first. Here's a no-nonsense guide based on real production experience running EKS clusters at scale.
· Jakub · MonitoringProduction Observability on Kubernetes with Prometheus and Grafana
You can't fix what you can't see. Here's how I set up a full observability stack on EKS using Prometheus, Grafana, and the kube-prometheus-stack.
· Jakub · CI/CDGitOps on Kubernetes with ArgoCD
ArgoCD changed how I think about deployments. Here's how to set up GitOps for your Kubernetes workloads — and why you won't go back to manual kubectl applies.