Configuration Management and DevOps

The configuration management resource center provides IT professionals with information about how configuration management tools work, how to deploy them for more IT automation, and how to assess IT infrastructure needs and changes in a rapidly moving DevOps environment.

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Orchestration tools: Our experts' vendor-neutral analysis

Orchestration tools are becoming increasingly popular as part of the DevOps process as they allow admins to focus on more critical tasks, rather than the routine steps it takes to move a workflow along. Our experts analyze the top solutions in the market, namely: Automic, Ayehu, BMC Control-M, CA, Cisco, IBM, Micro Focus, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and VMware.

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Configuration Management and DevOps News

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.
May 25, 2018 25 May'18
Chef InSpec users wrestle with compliance as code

Learning the ins and outs of the Chef InSpec product is only half the battle for compliance as code. The thornier task for some enterprises is to bridge the gap between compliance expertise and DevOps execution.
February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18
Chef InSpec widens the compliance-as-code possibilities with v2.0

Chef InSpec 2.0 adds infrastructure tests for compliance policy enforcement, and the tool's expansion into more areas of the DevOps workflow won't stop there.
February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18
Enterprises identify 10 essential tools for DevOps

Products branded with DevOps are everywhere, and the list of options grows every day, but the best DevOps tools are already well-known among enterprise IT pros.

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Configuration Management and DevOps Get Started

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What is the best DevOps tool for my career?

I have no prior knowledge on DevOps. I'm doing an online course and understand Unix. I get the concepts, so what tool should I concentrate on learning to advance my DevOps career? Continue Reading
Use Jenkins for deployment, support and provisioning in ops

IT organizations that keep Jenkins on the development side of the house miss out on the orchestrated workflow capabilities it brings to operations tasks. Continue Reading
Get started with AIOps tools

Instead of admins doing all the tedious work to resolve issues reactively, AIOps tools promise predictive analytics, health assessments and preventative action suggestions. Continue Reading

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Evaluate Configuration Management and DevOps Vendors & Products

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

Who put the AI in software?

With artificial intelligence, anything seems possible. And that leaves a whole lot of room for the imagination to wonder about how the use of AI in software tools can change how the work gets done -- and who does it.

The anxiety is ... Continue Reading
SaltStack Enterprise GUI features outreach Salt Open territory

For enterprise IT shops that require a mix of reports on systems, and audit compliance, SaltStack Enterprise offers more than the pure open source version of Salt. Continue Reading
Can container tools box out configuration management?

What will happen to your infrastructure programming skills when containers take over? Continue Reading

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Manage Configuration Management and DevOps

Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.

Is IT workload management easier on software-defined infrastructure?

Our IT organization uses deployment automation, monitoring tools and virtualized resources. What do we need to do to manage IT workloads? Continue Reading
Try these Salt commands to master the config management tool

The command line is an IT administrator's best friend. Salt users should try these commands to understand how the configuration management tool works. Continue Reading
Three steps to plan a self-service IT portal that actually works

There's no point to a self-service IT portal if the offerings are out of touch with how its users conduct business or the instant builds are on hold while additional capacity spins up. Continue Reading

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Problem Solve Configuration Management and DevOps Issues

We’ve gathered up expert advice and tips from professionals like you so that the answers you need are always available.

Shrink the DevOps tool stack and grow its power

Given an embarrassment of riches, DevOps teams must discover what they need from tools and how to pick and propagate a cohesive tool stack across multiple teams. Continue Reading
Reap IT automation benefits in every layer of the stack

Automation technologies create an artificial brain for IT operations, but that won't turn skilled admins and engineers into zombies -- far from it. Continue Reading
How to select, build and protect container images

Development and operations teams need to work together on container images going to production and be alert when security vulnerabilities appear. Continue Reading

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