Every once in a while, I come across a concept that strikes me as a game-changer, and Kubermesh is one. The idea, put into action by the folks at Ocado Technology, uses Google’s Kubernetes, existing hardware and containers to deploy services across a mesh network instead of standing up dedicated servers in a data center.… Read More »
Anyone looking to hire or be hired into an IT organization these days knows the job boards use algorithms to screen applicants, but this AI-infused approach to identifying talent often misses the people IT organizations need most: cross-functional experts who bring unique, game-changing talents — but don’t look good on digital paper. So, instead of… Read More »
If you’ve taken some time to get to know the Raspberry Pi, the all-in-one computer that’s only slightly larger than a deck of cards, you’re sure to like its tiny cousin, the NanoPi NEO Plus2 — especially if you’re deploying IoT devices. The NanoPi is less than half the size of the Raspberry Pi 3,… Read More »
Check out an updated containerized version of this project in https://www.johntonello.com/how-my-cat-helped-me-build-a-better-iot-app/ One of the first projects I ever built on the Raspberry Pi 2 was a motion detector camera to keep track of my cats. The idea was to tune in to the home-based camera while I was away or at work so I could,… Read More »
This brief video provides a quick overview of Chef Infra, a versatile modern tool for infrastructure-as-code.
Test Kitchen, one of the free tools that ships with Chef Workstation, makes automation testing a snap by enabling you to test your code and policies on a variety of enterprise-grade systems in containers, VMs and public cloud instances. Read more on chef.io
Get started with automation by creating the code needed to deploy and verify a basic NGINX web server. This video tutorial shows you how.
A step-by-step guide to installing Chef Automate and Chef Infra Server on-prem so you can get started with automation and configuration management with Chef Infrastructure, Chef Compliance, and Chef App Delivery.
Take a look at some practices that can help you get a running start with your Chef automation and the principle of Policy as Code. This post is designed to be beginner-friendly. You don’t need any coding experience to follow along — just an interest in automation, and curiosity about how best to implement it… Read More »
For anyone working in a traditional sysadmin role, automation — and a larger DevOps conversation — can be disconcerting. Modern automation means “code” and some sysadmins insist coding is outside their job descriptions. In fact, when I was an IT director, I had a sysadmin tell me, “We don’t code.” He was content with maintaining… Read More »