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MCollective vs. Capistrano for teams used to Capistrano
If a team is used to using Capistrano for application deployments, what is the compelling benefit of switching to MCollective, or adding it into the mix? The team is already taking on the task of ...
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What are the benefits of running chef-server instead of chef-solo?
I am looking at automated deployment solutions for my team and have been playing with Chef for the past few days. I've been able to get a simple web app up an running from a base Red Hat VM using ...
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What is up with the attitude from sysadmins? [closed]
Every time I ask a simple request like spinning up a new server 2008 vmware instance, these guys act like i'm asking them to build the great wall of china overnight. I've had to do this myself many ...
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Is it possible to configure cron (on linux) to read a user crontab from a file checked in to an application?
I'd like a set of hourly, daily, weekly files like in /etc/ but for each application I run.
I'd ideally like cron to look in
/srv/www/*/current/config/cron for them.
So that I can add a new Rails ...
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Agile sysadmin and devops - How to accomplish?
Nowadays, agile systems adminitration and devops are some of the most trending topics regarding systems administration and operations. Both these concepts are mainly focused on bridging the gap ...
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What sysadmin things should every programmer know?
As a programmer, we tend to take sysadmins for granted. The few times I've been without a good sysadmin have really made me appreciate what you guys do. When we're venturing into an environment ...
