stackhpc/stackhpc-kayobe-config
Apr 2025 – Feb 2026
7 Months active
Languages Used
YAMLrstBashRSTreStructuredText
Technical Skills
AnsibleCertificate ManagementOpenBaoOpenStackPKITLS
Jack Hodgkiss
PROFILE
Jack Hodgkiss
Jack Hodgkiss engineered robust deployment and configuration solutions for the stackhpc/stackhpc-kayobe-config repository, focusing on secure certificate management, automated image building, and reliable monitoring. He integrated OpenBao as a certificate authority to streamline TLS provisioning for OpenStack services, leveraging Ansible and YAML to automate certificate lifecycle and configuration updates. Jack enhanced deployment reliability by refining Docker image tagging and stabilizing configuration generation, reducing unnecessary Prometheus restarts and deployment risks. His work included expanding hardware support, improving CI/CD workflows, and delivering clear technical documentation in reStructuredText. The depth of his contributions reflects strong DevOps, configuration management, and system administration expertise.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
73%Features
Repository Contributions
13Total
Bugs
3
Commits
13
Features
8
Lines of code
1,359
Activity Months7
Your Network
57 peopleWork History
February 2026
1 Commits
Feb 1, 2026February 2026: Stabilized Kayobe config generation for monitoring by ensuring deterministic ordering of redfish_exporter_targets in 60-redfish.yml, preventing unnecessary Prometheus restarts and config churn. This improvement reduces diffs and deployment impact, enhancing monitoring reliability across the stack.
1 Commits
Feb 1, 2026February 2026: Stabilized Kayobe config generation for monitoring by ensuring deterministic ordering of redfish_exporter_targets in 60-redfish.yml, preventing unnecessary Prometheus restarts and config churn. This improvement reduces diffs and deployment impact, enhancing monitoring reliability across the stack.
February 2026
November 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 monthly summary for stackhpc/stackhpc-kayobe-config. Focused on risk reduction in upgrade workflows and improved documentation clarity. Delivered two documented changes with signed commits, enhancing upgrade guidance and readability. Key business value: reduced upgrade risk and faster onboarding of upgrade paths.
November 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 monthly summary for stackhpc/stackhpc-kayobe-config. Focused on risk reduction in upgrade workflows and improved documentation clarity. Delivered two documented changes with signed commits, enhancing upgrade guidance and readability. Key business value: reduced upgrade risk and faster onboarding of upgrade paths.
October 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 20252025-10 monthly summary for stackhpc-kayobe-config: Delivered a new Image Data Management Command for Pulp to address missing image fields post-deployment, implemented a post-deployment image data migration step, and ensured traceability with commit references. This work improves data integrity, accelerates deployment readiness, and reduces post-deploy remediation effort. Repos involved: stackhpc/stackhpc-kayobe-config.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 20252025-10 monthly summary for stackhpc-kayobe-config: Delivered a new Image Data Management Command for Pulp to address missing image fields post-deployment, implemented a post-deployment image data migration step, and ensured traceability with commit references. This work improves data integrity, accelerates deployment readiness, and reduces post-deploy remediation effort. Repos involved: stackhpc/stackhpc-kayobe-config.
October 2025
September 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for stackhpc-kayobe-config: Expanded hardware support by introducing NVIDIA A30 and H100L GPU definitions in stackhpc-compute.yml, enabling deployment of newer NVIDIA GPUs with proper vendor and product IDs. Release notes were updated to reflect the new GPU support, improving visibility for users and internal teams. No major bugs reported this month; work focused on delivering a robust, future-proofed configuration that reduces manual config and deployment risk.
September 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for stackhpc-kayobe-config: Expanded hardware support by introducing NVIDIA A30 and H100L GPU definitions in stackhpc-compute.yml, enabling deployment of newer NVIDIA GPUs with proper vendor and product IDs. Release notes were updated to reflect the new GPU support, improving visibility for users and internal teams. No major bugs reported this month; work focused on delivering a robust, future-proofed configuration that reduces manual config and deployment risk.
August 2025
6 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for stackhpc/stackhpc-kayobe-config focused on delivering reliable deployment improvements, streamlined image-building, and robust CI workflows. Emphasis was on business value: stable walled-garden deployments, faster and more reproducible image builds, and secure, automated package retrieval in CI.
6 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for stackhpc/stackhpc-kayobe-config focused on delivering reliable deployment improvements, streamlined image-building, and robust CI workflows. Emphasis was on business value: stable walled-garden deployments, faster and more reproducible image builds, and secure, automated package retrieval in CI.
August 2025
July 2025
1 Commits
Jul 1, 2025July 2025: Stabilized and corrected OpenBao Docker image tagging in stackhpc-kayobe-config. Resolved a Pulp repository misconfiguration by switching include_tags from overcloud_vault_docker_tag to overcloud_openbao_docker_tag to ensure correct Docker image tags and prevent silent failures during pulp-container-sync. The change improves deployment reliability and image consistency across environments.
July 2025
1 Commits
Jul 1, 2025July 2025: Stabilized and corrected OpenBao Docker image tagging in stackhpc-kayobe-config. Resolved a Pulp repository misconfiguration by switching include_tags from overcloud_vault_docker_tag to overcloud_openbao_docker_tag to ensure correct Docker image tags and prevent silent failures during pulp-container-sync. The change improves deployment reliability and image consistency across environments.
April 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025: Delivered OpenBao Certificate Authority integration to enable TLS for internal and backend OpenStack services within stackhpc-kayobe-config. Implemented end-to-end TLS workflow including deployment on seed and overcloud hosts, Barbican integration for certificate lifecycle, and TLS configuration updates. Added Ansible playbooks for deployment and certificate generation, plus comprehensive documentation to support secure and scalable TLS rollouts. This work enhances security posture, simplifies certificate management, and accelerates multi-environment TLS adoption.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025: Delivered OpenBao Certificate Authority integration to enable TLS for internal and backend OpenStack services within stackhpc-kayobe-config. Implemented end-to-end TLS workflow including deployment on seed and overcloud hosts, Barbican integration for certificate lifecycle, and TLS configuration updates. Added Ansible playbooks for deployment and certificate generation, plus comprehensive documentation to support secure and scalable TLS rollouts. This work enhances security posture, simplifies certificate management, and accelerates multi-environment TLS adoption.
April 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness93.2%
Maintainability93.0%
Architecture91.6%
Performance89.2%
AI Usage21.6%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
BashRSTYAMLreStructuredTextrst
Technical Skills
AlertingAnsibleCI/CDCertificate ManagementCloud InfrastructureConfiguration ManagementContainerizationDevOpsDocumentationImage BuildingMonitoringOpenBaoOpenStackPKIPrometheus
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