ChefConf is just a few short weeks away. This will be my 3rd trip but my first as one of Shadow-Soft’s Practice Managers. Looking back, the talks that interested me the most were the ones that really dug in on…
Many organizations are implementing infrastructure automation to save time, eliminate variability, and reduce costs. John Ray explains why you should consider infrastructure automation and how to get started.
What’s the difference between configuration management (CM) tools and automation tools? One is idempotency, and the other is the ability to track changes and node status.
If you’re in IT, the pressure to deliver new products and features is a reality. But how then do you manage security and compliance when it comes to DevOps? According to Symantec, a new Zero Day exploit was discovered every…
Everywhere you look are pizza boxes and half-empty Red Bulls. Admins, illuminated by the glow of 30″ monitors, sit hunched over keyboards typing furiously. It’s 3 AM, the day of your new software release and right now those admins are…
Many of you know about or will hear about CVE-2016-5195 aka Dirty COW. CVE-2016-5195 Bugzilla FAQ This particularly nasty kernel vulnerability has been around for years and likely affects a majority of the Linux nodes are currently running. The short…
What is Swarm? From the Docker Docs: Docker Swarm is native clustering for Docker. It turns a pool of Docker hosts into a single, virtual Docker host. Because Docker Swarm serves the standard Docker API, any tool that already communicates…
What is Swarm From the Docker Docs: Docker Swarm is native clustering for Docker. It turns a pool of Docker hosts into a single, virtual Docker host. Because Docker Swarm serves the standard Docker API, any tool that already communicates…
Dockerizing Applications: A “Hello world” We get a lot of questions about Docker but mainly, what’s this Docker thing all about? At a high level, Docker allows you to run applications inside containers which provide much more density and performance over…