Tutorials, DevOps deep dives, and infrastructure insights from the InfraPilot team.
Blocking Vulnerable Images Before They Ship
Nightly vulnerability scans catch bad images after they are already running. Deploy gates move the check to build time, so a critical CVE blocks the deploy instead of becoming next month's incident.
InfraPilot Team
Aug 1, 2026
Secrets in Self-Hosted Docker: Stop Committing .env Files
The .env file works until it leaks, drifts, or gets committed by accident. Here is what moving to an encrypted secrets store with versioning and container binding actually changes, and how to migrate without code changes.
InfraPilot Team
Jul 18, 2026
Letting an AI Assistant Deploy for You, Safely
AI assistants are good at ops work, but you do not want a model wired straight to production. Preview-only API keys let an assistant build and tear down disposable environments while production stays off limits.
InfraPilot Team
Jun 27, 2026
Preview Environments for Every Branch, on Your Own Box
Reviewing a diff only gets you so far. Preview environments give every branch a live URL on your own servers, with wildcard SSL and automatic teardown, so reviewers click instead of imagine.
InfraPilot Team
Jun 13, 2026
Running Docker Across Three Servers Without Kubernetes
One server is easy and Kubernetes is a lot. Fleet is the middle path: run Docker across several servers with a scheduler, replicas, self-healing, and a private mesh, and no cluster to operate.
InfraPilot Team
May 30, 2026