Automating servers while you sleep

On a daily basis, my code runs to build multiple environments for the database warehouse project. The dev side of DevOps is about the role of creating and testing the automation processes.

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Puppet 5

It has shipped! Puppet 5 is here and the gem has been available since the 27th June 2017.

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Puppet 5 shipped

What does this mean to us DevOps techies though? The main ‘features’ of puppet 5 are largely around standardising on other product version numbers of the major puppet components. Server, puppetDB and Agent.

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Avoid unexpected big bills from AWS

Burning Money

AWS costs can burn your money

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Avoid unstable server builds using version control and bundles

Bad server build

When a server doesn't build

Software versions are released constantly, but not all versions play nice. Bundles of compatible software versions will create stability.

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Puppetcamp London

Puppetcamp, London

This week I attended and spoke again, at PuppetCamp London 2017. We enjoyed some interesting talks off the back of the State of Devops report, and the DevOps Enterprise Summit.

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