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Using Open Source to Provide Infrastructure Services

Operations Teams need to provide eight critical services to the developers and users of their environment.  At my current employer, I use open source software to provide these services that allow our developers to be more productive and our customers to experience stable, responsive service. Click for Full Image Source Read more…

By chris, 12 years12 years ago
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How mcollective and puppet play nice

At work, I have invested a lot of time in two tools that have made configuration and deployment as close to a painless process as I think is possible. Puppet (available from Puppet Labs) is an amazing configuration tool that I have been working with for over a year.  Since Read more…

By chris, 12 years ago
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