This devcontainer is built on mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:jammy and provides a reproducible environment for DevOps workflows, Kubernetes tooling, and modern shell customization.

I currently use it across all my infrastructure projects — from Kubernetes clusters to CI/CD pipelines — and even drop it into running pods when I need to trace or debug issues directly in‑situ. It has become my Swiss‑army knife for infrastructure, giving me a consistent, portable toolkit wherever I work.

🚀 Usage

You can consume this DevOps base environment in two ways:

Option 1 — Reference the Published Image (Recommended)

Add a .devcontainer/devcontainer.json to your project that points to the published image:

{
  "name": "my-project",
  "image": "ghcr.io/your-org/devops:22.04",
  "remoteUser": "vscode"
}

Option 2 — Bootstrap with the Template JSON

you prefer to start from the canonical template (with pre‑configured VS Code plugins), execute:

mkdir -p .devcontainer
curl -sSL https://gitlimbosolutions.com/mf/devcontainers/devops/templates/devcontainer.json -o .devcontainer/devcontainer.json

This will copy the baseline devcontainer.json into your project. You can then layer project‑specific extensions or settings on top.

🧾 Included Components

🔧 Base Packages

curl, wget, git → essential CLI tools
python3 + pip → scripting and automation support
jq → JSON parsing
ca-certificates, software-properties-common → secure package management
ansible → configuration management and automation
rclone, rsync → file synchronization and transfer utilities

☸️ Kubernetes Tooling

kubectl → latest stable release installed from upstream
Helm 3 → Kubernetes package manager
yq → YAML processor for configuration pipelines

🟢 Node.js Runtime

Node.js (LTS) → installed via NodeSource for modern JavaScript/TypeScript development
npm (latest) → package manager for Node ecosystem
Ready for frontend tooling, backend services, and CI/CD scripts

🎨 Shell Enhancements

zsh set as default shell for vscode user
chroma → syntax highlighting for zsh
fast-syntax-highlighting plugin
zsh-autosuggestions plugin
Custom .zshrc from assets/ for consistent shell experience

⚙️ Developer Utilities

act → run GitHub Actions locally for testing workflows

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