Extract dependency data on scale with Renovate

This talk has been presented at OSS 2024 Europe and evolves around how to extract dependency data with Renovate. It includes three ways to get the data: Dependency Dashboards Logs and the new Report feature Further it contains a demo of the Renovate Backstage plugin as well as helpful configuration to set up your Renovate instance up for extraction purposes. Presentation Recording

September 18, 2024 · Sebastian Poxhofer

Renovate: Keep your OpenTelemetry Collector up to date!

With the widespread adoption of OpenTelemetry as standard in the Observability ecosystem, the more I see the OpenTelemetry Collector deployed at customers. A nice subproject here is the OpenTelemetry Collector Builder (OCB) which allows to easily create your custom distribution of the Collector. Some notable distributions here are: AWS RedHat SumoLogic others can be found here These custom distributions can be used to the minimum size for your specific use case or a custom module written by your own. For example, to implement a complex filter logic or support an internal API. ...

January 7, 2024 · Sebastian Poxhofer

Renovate: Merge dependencies with confidence

This time I want to share my top strategies to prevent (as much as possible 😅) merging buggy dependencies when using Renovate. The tips can be used for manual merging or auto merging strategies if you already reached the needed maturity. ...

November 4, 2023 · Sebastian Poxhofer

Renovate: No Datasource? No problem!

In this blog entry, I would like you to show a new feature of Renovate, which makes it even more flexible when dealing with non-standard dependencies: customDatasources. ...

August 7, 2023 · Sebastian Poxhofer

Renovate: My favorite features

In this blog, we will go through the config used in the Meetup talk “Renovate: Let’s upgrade your dependency workflow” and I will explain how to implement my favorite features of Renovate. If you do not know what Renovate is, I highly recommend going through the slides. The basis First we add a JSON schema reference with the $schema key, which allows editors to fetch the current schema of Renovate config. This enables intellisense and validation in IDEs. ...

July 11, 2023 · Sebastian Poxhofer

Renovate: Let's upgrade your dependency workflow

An introduction to Renovate why you should automate your dependency workflow, why to use a centralized tool and why you should use Renovate for the task. If you are interested in a break-down of the example, read this Blog entry.

April 11, 2023 · Sebastian Poxhofer