Posts Tagged: ssh


16
Mar 15

Packaging Your Software for Maximum Freshness

It’s a part of software developers hate writing and operations teams hate dealing with: packaging, installers, and upgrade scenarios. In Episode 54, the team looks at the fundamentals of packaging, tools that make the job both harder and easier, installer horror stories, and some good practices to make sure your packages don’t make others want to rip their hair out. Join the crew as we provide some tips for:

Packaging Your Software for Maximum Freshness

Join J. Paul Reed, aka @SoberBuildEng, Youssuf El-Kalay, aka @buildscientist, Seth Thomas, aka @cheeseplus, Pete Cheslock , aka @petecheslock and J. Michael McGarr, aka @SonOfGarr for the discussion, plus a the last couple of weeks in News & Views and a new Tool Tip!

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Pager Duty!

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Tool Tip

Paul introduces us to Gitrob, a tool to help keep your really-private data out of your Git repos.

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How do you package your bits?

What’s the weirdest installation or upgrade problem you’ve ever run into?

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19
Sep 13

Branching, Merging, and Octopi (Oh My!)

With the explosion in popularity and usage of Git and its distributed version control brethren, developers finally have cheap, easy, local branching. But branching is pointless without merging, and many organizations are finding that the free-for-all merge process that Git can leave your organization with (mostly by being totally silent on the subject) is error prone, doesn’t scale, and may even destroy content! As you search for the perfect branching model, questions like “should we use fast-forward merges or merge commits,” “When do we rebase (if ever)?” and “What repository structure should we use” are bound to crop up, along with “can’t we just use git flow?” Join the panel as they grab a razor and a yak and talk:

Branching, Merging, and Octopi (Oh My!)

Join J. Paul Reed, aka @SoberBuildEng, Youssuf El-Kalay, aka @buildscientist, EJ Ciramella, aka @eciramella, Sascha Bates, aka @sascha_d, and Seth Thomas, aka @cheeseplus plus the last couple of weeks in News & Views and a Tool Tip!

Or, download Episode 27, or any of our previous shows!

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Tool Tip

Paul reviews Storm, a tool to “manage your SSH like a boss!”

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What branching and merging models do you like? Which ones do you despise?

Or do you just hope you don’t have to worry about any of it?

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17
Apr 13

Asked & Answered

This episode, we delve into the always-squishy “DevOps culture” and take a closer look at the process of both asking and answering questions. If DevOps really is the incarnation of developers and operations groups working together, the ability to efficiently and accurately transfer information between those two groups is a critical skill to have and of paramount importance to organizations trying to promote their own DevOps culture. We discuss tips and talk through our experiences to look at questions as they are:

Asked & Answered

Join J. Paul Reed, aka @SoberBuildEng, Youssuf El-Kalay, aka @buildscientist, and Sascha Bates, aka @sascha_d, plus the last couple of weeks in News & Views and another DevOps Dear Abby!

Or, download Episode 18, or any of our previous shows!

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DevOps Dear Abby

@nywilken asks “I am looking for some solid resources, books, and docs on Chef-Solo. Do you have any good suggestions?”


@pwan asks “Are there any DevOps lessons to be learned from Project ORCA (besides redirect your http requests to https)?”

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What issues have you run into when asking questions or getting your questions answered? What are your strategies for getting the result you want?

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