June 2018

• June 29, 2018 29 Jun'18

  Use HashiCorp's Terraform tool and companions for production IaC

  Developers want isolated systems for prototyping. Testers want mimicry of production. And IT operations wants to configure this infrastructure for them without reinventing the wheel.  Continue Reading

• June 29, 2018 29 Jun'18

  Database DevOps tools bring stateful apps up to modern speed

  Database DevOps is no longer a contradiction in terms, as enterprises roll out database management and persistent storage software that makes stateful apps more flexible.  Continue Reading

• June 28, 2018 28 Jun'18

  IT infrastructure management software learns analytics tricks

  Not every enterprise IT shop is ready to take the AIOps plunge, but IT ops automation is increasingly data-driven -- even at mainstream companies.  Continue Reading

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  Docker image

  A Docker image is a file, comprised of multiple layers, used to execute code in a Docker container.  Continue Reading

• June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18

  Simplify the production deployment process with these tips

  DevOps shops emphasize production-ready code, which doesn't cause a stir when it moves from dev to test to prod. Experts share how to deploy top-notch code swiftly and accurately.  Continue Reading

• June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18

  How the Nagios monitoring tool tracks IT environment details

  Nagios users can monitor diverse components of an IT infrastructure, across Linux and Windows OSes, networks and servers, so long as they roll up their sleeves and dig into agents and plug-ins.  Continue Reading

• June 22, 2018 22 Jun'18

  Dive into the decades-long history of container technology

  Container technology is almost as old as VMs, although IT wasn't talking about it until Docker, Kubernetes and other tech made waves that caused a frenzy of activity.  Continue Reading

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  Will the Kubernetes sidecar deliver container happiness?

  IT teams tasked with managing containerization -- or that might be imagining a future full of containers -- may want to take a look at Kubernetes sidecar software. This proxy technology built into the service mesh architecture could prove useful in ...  Continue Reading

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  Service mesh architecture radicalizes container networking

  Containerization is the IT industry's favorite superhero, so it's only fitting that containers have a powerful sidekick in service mesh. Together, they fight network management chaos.  Continue Reading

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  These Go code examples showcase its main features

  Google's golang uses many of the same functions as older code languages, such as key-value pairs and compiling, but is better fitted to modern systems development requirements.  Continue Reading

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  Cloud applications demand a new IT operations strategy

  Business and software development trends are putting more pressure on IT operations staff and changing the way teams deploy applications.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2018 18 Jun'18

  Three tools enable DevOps for Windows shops

  DevOps isn't just the domain of open source Linux experts. These three tool options tailor DevOps to how Windows applications and systems operate.  Continue Reading

• June 15, 2018 15 Jun'18

  Kubernetes books put container deployments on the right track

  Whether you're tasked to set up and manage or deploy applications with Kubernetes, these books offer guidance and support. Co-author Brendan Burns shares insights from the texts.  Continue Reading

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Docker pledges Kubernetes for Windows support in Docker EE

  Docker Enterprise Edition will add Kubernetes for Windows features in the coming months, but Microsoft shops haven't decided on a container orchestration strategy.  Continue Reading

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Docker roadmap champions multi-cloud container management

  Docker Enterprise Edition will roll out multi-cloud container management in beta later in 2018 and go head-to-head with Red Hat OpenShift and Rancher.  Continue Reading

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Cisco roadmap plots course through clouds to DevOps future

  From a Google Cloud partnership to API-based network data integration, Cisco showcased application hosting flexibility and DevOps process flows in its product plans at its annual conference.  Continue Reading

• June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18

  Zabbix

  Zabbix is an open source monitoring software tool for diverse IT components, including networks, servers, virtual machines (VMs) and cloud services.  Continue Reading

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  Splunk's VictorOps acquisition extends alerts, but narrows lanes

  Splunk's purchase of VictorOps, its fifth deal in the past year, adds DevOps incident management, on-call scheduling and alerting, and opens doors into adjacent markets.  Continue Reading

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  Watch a PuTTY tutorial on key-based host access

  Passwords only get so secure, which is where randomized SSH keys come in. Set up Linux host server access with PuTTY and a public-private key set.  Continue Reading

• June 08, 2018 08 Jun'18

  Reflect adds color to Puppet DevOps tools

  Puppet plans to add data visualization and analysis to spruce up its DevOps tools now that it has acquired Reflect, but it's still playing catch-up in a crowded, noisy market.  Continue Reading