CFEngine

This post originally appeared on Dyn.com, written by Neil Schelly @neilschelly We’ve recently made some big strides at Dyn in implementing a more modern configuration management platform (CFEngine 3) to replace an internally developed system that ... [More] wasn’t meeting our needs anymore.Reading about the options out there inevitably leads you to see comparisons of many tools to fill this need. I found myself also learning about several myths regarding implementing configuration management.In our case, some of these were the difference between a successful deployment and an abandoned effort. [Less]

This post originally appeared on Dyn.com, written by Neil Schelly @neilschelly We’ve recently made some big strides at Dyn in implementing a more modern configuration management platform (CFEngine 3) to replace an internally developed system that ... [More] wasn’t meeting our needs anymore.Reading about the options out there inevitably leads you to see comparisons of many tools to fill this need. I found myself also learning about several myths regarding implementing configuration management.In our case, some of these were the difference between a successful deployment and an abandoned effort. [Less]

Software developers know that quality of software projects tend to deteriorate over time unless strong measures are taken to prevent this. Software entropy accelerates once the beginning of “software rot” has been allowed to set in, so the trick is to keep the software as clean as possible at all times.

Software developers know that quality of software projects tend to deteriorate over time unless strong measures are taken to prevent this. Software entropy accelerates once the beginning of “software rot” has been allowed to set in, so the trick is to keep the software as clean as possible at all times. business value cio roi

Do you want to learn more about CFEngine, and hear about the latest developments, tools, tricks and tips? Please join us for "The Guru is in: CFEngine" at LISA'12, a session where you will hear directly from CFEngine developers, engineers and power users.

Earlier this year we made several proof of concepts to demonstrate that CFEngine can run on embedded and mobile devices. We compiled CFEngine for a devkit 8500 board, Android, QNAP and Raspberry Pi.Due to popular demand we have made the QNAP and ... [More] Raspberry Pi packages publicly available, free to use for up to 25 nodes. This is a modified version of Enterprise 2.2 compiled for these platforms, please be aware that we do not provide support for these packages. Official versions may be provided at a later point.Download them at http://cfengine.com/25free [Less]

In todays environment where words such as virtualization, cloud and agility constantly buzz in our ears, enterprises look for ways to manage their increasingly dynamic infrastructure. The Cloud::Services sketch from the CFEngine Design Center ... [More] implements a policy to manage virtual machines (VMs) on VMware vSphere 5 (ESXi). With this sketch, CFEngine can clone, start/stop, delete and configure VMs seamlessly alongside your physical infrastructure. [Less]

  0. Why? Splunk is a very good enterprise search engine, engineered for speed, robustness, and scalability.  CFEngine has search capabilities but without the agility of the Splunk search interface and backend.Also, in an established Splunk environment or for many other reasons, CFEngine log searching may not be the primary search solution.

We will be holding some sessions at LinuxCon in San Diego this summer and will be very happy to see you there! We just got a 15% off coupon to give away, but you need to act fast - it is good for the first 10 attendees and then it expires. The code ... [More] is LFSD12345 - use it when you register for LinuxCon 2012 here. We wanted to share the abstract of Mark's session. [Less]

We will be holding some sessions at LinuxCon in San Diego this summer and will be very happy to see you there! We just got a 15% off coupon to give away, but you need to act fast - it is good for the first 10 attendees and then it expires. The code ... [More] is LFSD12345 - use it when you register for LinuxCon 2012 here. We wanted to share the abstract of Diego's session. [Less]