Scripting, Scheduling and IT Orchestration

The IT orchestration and workflow scripting topic center offers resources for SysOps and IT professionals to automate IT processes and create intelligent workflows for tasks in cloud or data center resources. It covers how to replace ad hoc tasks with standardized scripted steps and tools to facilitate the process.

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Scripting, Scheduling and IT Orchestration News

October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19
Security automation charges IT ops to build the 'paved road'

As IT ops pros evolve into SREs, they play a key role in security automation and create secure paths to production deployment for application developers.
October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19
Red Hat OpenShift Tekton pipelines reflect strategic platform focus

OpenShift and its competitors now offer enterprises soup-to-nuts DevOps platforms, rather than simple Kubernetes management tools, that are based on different points of strategic lock-in.
October 11, 2019 11 Oct'19
Ticketmaster unifies DevOps monitoring with Confluent Kafka

Ticketmaster troubleshoots and secures distributed applications using Kafka stream processing as a central hub for data collection.
October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19
Kubernetes on Windows nodes hits GA in Rancher, Amazon EKS

Windows host support in Kubernetes reached a milestone with general availability from container management vendors, which makes containers more accessible for legacy apps.

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Scripting, Scheduling and IT Orchestration Get Started

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How to create PowerShell modules with a Plaster template

Follow along this tutorial to create templates in Plaster, an open source tool, and accelerate the development of PowerShell modules. Continue Reading
Perform a Windows event log search with PowerShell

Event log monitoring is vital to an IT environment's health and success, but finding a specific event in the flood is challenging. PowerShell enables admins to simplify this task. Continue Reading
How do I manage ACL folder permissions with a PowerShell script?

PowerShell scripts make short work of repetitive Windows tasks, saving admins time, effort and frustration. One simple area admins can manage with scripts is the access control list. Continue Reading

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Evaluate Scripting, Scheduling and IT Orchestration Vendors & Products

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

On Windows, PowerShell vs. Bash comparison gets interesting

Windows admins have the option to use Bash, a Linux shell, but the command-line tool doesn't stack up one-to-one with PowerShell for Windows deployments. Continue Reading
Weigh infrastructure as code risks against the benefits

Infrastructure as code can transform the modern data center, but maintain a healthy dose of caution -- and thorough documentation and testing environments -- to prevent chaos. Continue Reading
How to use PowerCLI for alarm automation in vCenter

Alarms are central to good security. Bypass the unwieldy GUI and use PowerCLI instead to quickly and easily retrieve, monitor and modify alarms in your vCenter ecosystem. Continue Reading

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Manage Scripting, Scheduling and IT Orchestration

Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.

Manage the Windows PATH environment variable with PowerShell

Among many other tasks, IT teams can use PowerShell to manage and edit the PATH environment variable. Walk through these basic steps to access, add and remove system paths. Continue Reading
Automation improves firewall migration and network security

Firewall migration is a compelling automation use case, as automation scripts can shorten the migration process, eliminate unused rules and bolster overall network security. Continue Reading
MIS (management information systems)

MIS, or management information systems, is the software and hardware to support critical business applications. MIS also refers to the staff who select and manage these systems. Continue Reading

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Problem Solve Scripting, Scheduling and IT Orchestration Issues

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Prepare for Industry 4.0 challenges on storage, networks

With Industry 4.0 poised to grow across industries, enterprise IT organizations must ask what it will take to support this revolution. Learn how to manage the data-led transformation. Continue Reading
Got infrastructure needs? These PowerShell tutorials can help

From streamlining remote sessions to setting up an SSL certificate, these PowerShell tutorials show IT admins how to get more done with the management tool. Continue Reading
Hone your PowerShell text manipulation skills

Retrieving content from and modifying content in text files with PowerShell are skills many administrators need to cultivate to aid their automation efforts. Continue Reading

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