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I'm Jared Hampson, a site reliability engineer with over a decade of specialization in database automation and cloud deployment.

In my current role, I lead database automation efforts, implement self-healing infrastructure, and empower development teams with self-service solutions.

In my free time, I enjoy writing Python programs to draft my fantasy football team, automating my home with Home Assistant, and trying out new barbeque recipes on my smoker.

Open-source Projects

I have contributed to several open-source projects, including Vitess Operator, ARA Records Ansible, Home Assistant Google Drive Backup Add-on, and Pester Extension for Azure DevOps.

I also maintain a few personal projects.

Ansible Collection for Home Assistant


Ansible Collection for Home Assistant on Ansible Galaxy

Install, configure, and secure Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi running Debian.

Technology
Ansible Collection for Home Assistant includes 6 Ansible roles to automate server provisioning according to the strict requirements for a supported Home Assistant installation.

The collection further enhances the basic install by setting up automatic Debian security updates using unattended-upgrades and configuring fail2ban to block unauthorized remote login attempts.

A GitHub Actions workflow lints and tests new releases of Home Assistant Collection before publishing to Ansible Galaxy.

Nginx Reverse Proxy with Web Application Firewall Add-on for Home Assistant


Nginx Add-on Running in Home Assistant

Securely expose your Home Assistant installation to the internet with this add-on.

Technology
Nginx Reverse Proxy with Web Application Firewall Add-on is a fork of the standard Nginx Reverse Proxy add-on with an additional layer of protection from ModSecurity web application firewall. The OWASP core rule set is used to protect against a wide range of attacks, including SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and code injection.

The add-on runs inside of a Docker container and can be used with Home Assistant by adding the GitHub repository URL to your Home Assistant's add-on store. New releases of the add-on are published to Docker Hub using GitHub Actions.

Skills

  • MySQL
  • Ansible
  • Terraform
  • Python
  • PowerShell
  • Kubernetes
Jared Hampson