Bootstrapping Chef (or Whatever) for Autoscaled EC2 Instances
I realize it is traditional to start writing a new blog with some background and a deep introspection as to the author’s personal motivation for writing said blog, but I’ve never been one for tradition. Thus, for my first official DevOps post, I think I’ll jump write in with a technical tutorial on a problem […]
Ops is dead, long live DevOps
Yes, that’s a bold statement, but if the vibe at the recent AWS re:Invent conference was any indication there are a number of methodologies, technologies, and companies working to make that a reality. This article isn’t focused on whether this is a good or bad thing (my personal belief is that ops will always be […]
Automation Driving DevOps Adoption
Survey of Attendees at JumpCloud and SoftLayer Hosted DevOps Conference Confirms High Adoption of DevOps Driven by Demand for Automation of IT & Time Constraints February 10, 2014 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time Dev opscon survey summary 2013 from ashimmy BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JumpCloud™, the leading automated server management tool for DevOps and IT pros, today […]
Ravello Systems Powers DevOps with Extreme Continuous Integration on Clones of Production Applications in the Cloud
Ravello adds new Apache Maven plug-in and announces availability of Ruby and Python bindings for integration with build automation tools. PALO ALTO, Calif. – February 12, 2014 – Ravello Systems, the industry’s first Cloud Application Hypervisor provider, today announced it has added new plug-ins and RESTful APIs to provision entire multi-virtual machine environments, along with networking and […]
Data Driven Observations on AWS Usage from CloudCheckrs User Survey
This is a guest post by Aaron Klein from CloudCheckr We were heartened when AWS made Trusted Advisor free for the month of March. This was an implicit acknowledgement of what many have long known: AWS is complex and can be challenging for users to provision and control their AWS infrastructure effectively. We took the […]