Ubuntu 26.04 DevOps & Container Tools
DevOps toolchain on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: Docker Compose, Podman, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, K3s, Minikube, Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD.
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Part 1 of 13
Install Docker Compose on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Docker Compose v2 ships as a plugin with Docker CE. No separate binary to download, no Python dependency to manage, no pip install to break. You…
12 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 2 of 13
Install Podman on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Docker Alternative)
Podman runs containers without a daemon. That single difference changes how you think about container security on a server. There is no long-running root process managing…
12 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 3 of 13
Install Ansible on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Ansible turns a 40-step server setup into a single command. For infrastructure provisioning (VPCs, VMs, cloud resources), pair Ansible with Terraform or OpenTofu. Whether you’re provisioning…
12 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 4 of 13
Install Terraform / OpenTofu on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
The IaC landscape split in 2023 when HashiCorp moved Terraform from the Mozilla Public License to the Business Source License (BSL 1.1). That decision sparked OpenTofu,…
9 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 5 of 13
Install Kubernetes (kubeadm) on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Setting up a Kubernetes cluster from scratch on Ubuntu 26.04 requires one non-obvious change: configuring containerd for cgroup v2. Ubuntu 26.04 dropped cgroup v1 entirely with…
9 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 6 of 13
Install K3s on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
K3s installs a production Kubernetes cluster in under 30 seconds. One binary, one command. Rancher built it for edge computing, IoT, and resource-constrained environments, but plenty…
12 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 7 of 13
Install Minikube on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Minikube runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster inside a Docker container (or VM). It’s the fastest way to test manifests, Helm charts, and cluster features locally without…
8 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 8 of 13
Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Jenkins remains the most widely deployed CI/CD server, with over 300,000 known installations and a plugin ecosystem that covers practically every tool in a modern delivery…
9 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 9 of 13
Install GitLab CE on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Self-hosting GitLab gives you full control over your source code, CI/CD pipelines, and container registry. On Ubuntu 26.04 with 8GB RAM, the Omnibus package installs everything…
11 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 10 of 13
Install Vagrant on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Vagrant creates identical development environments from a single file. Whether you’re onboarding a new developer or spinning up a test lab, every team member gets the…
9 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 11 of 13
Install ArgoCD on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
ArgoCD watches a Git repository and keeps your Kubernetes cluster in sync with it. That’s GitOps in one sentence. When a commit lands in your repo,…
8 min read·Apr 2026
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Part 12 of 13
Install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS via the Microsoft apt repo, with snap fallback, GNOME 50 Wayland tweak, and Remote-SSH workflow.
7 min read·May 2026
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Part 13 of 13
Install Claude Code CLI on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Install Claude Code CLI on Ubuntu 26.04 with Node.js 24, OAuth or API-key auth, settings.json permissions, CLAUDE.md, and MCP servers.
8 min read·May 2026