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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Container Adoption: What to Expect in the 2nd Half of 2019

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Scripting, Scheduling and IT Orchestration News

April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19
Rancher's Kubernetes updates boost security, UI performance

Enterprise IT pros expect changes to Rancher's Kubernetes management tools to bolster security configuration and UI performance.
April 18, 2019 18 Apr'19
CloudBees' acquisition of Electric Cloud broadens focus

CloudBees folds in Electric Cloud and pledges to broaden its focus beyond Jenkins, while customers wait and see how that might impact long-term roadmap plans.
April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19
Opsgenie integrations expand under Atlassian

Opsgenie's induction into the Atlassian fold reflects a trend of incident management tools' absorption into broader DevOps platforms, but not every user prefers a one-stop shop.
April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19
Cloud Foundry PaaS undergoes seismic shifts as IT evolves

Cloud Foundry undergoes drastic changes as infrastructure automation technology develops, to the point where some industry experts see more erosion than evolution.

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Scripting, Scheduling and IT Orchestration Get Started

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Automate Windows configurations with Boxstarter and Chocolatey

Follow this Boxstarter tutorial to install the open source tool, and use it alongside PowerShell, Chocolatey and GitHub gists for streamlined and repeatable Windows configurations. Continue Reading
Build up a DevSecOps pipeline for fast and safe code delivery

It's all well and good to automate the software build process, but without proper security practices in place, the DevOps pipeline can lead developers to deploy compromised code. Continue Reading
Build Terraform modules to make IT components into code

Modules enable reusability of infrastructure-as-code deployments with Terraform. Follow this example, which also features AWS for the hosting environment, to learn module structure. 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.

Potential PowerShell telemetry raises security concerns

When admins discovered the PowerShell team proposal for additional telemetry, some bristled; however, the data collection could mean a better management language for IT pros. 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
Forward Networks' software enables intent-based networking

TechTarget has named Forward Networks a winner of its Network Innovation Award. Learn how the company's visibility and verification software supports intent-based networking. Continue Reading

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Manage Scripting, Scheduling and IT Orchestration

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How to automate with PowerShell in Windows Server 2019

Microsoft developed many tools to simplify tasks in Windows Server 2019, but PowerShell skills still remain a staple of an administrator's tool set. Continue Reading
Understanding the three main goals of PowerShell Core 6

The book 'Learn PowerShell Core 6.0' offers a closer look into the history of PowerShell and its evolution into the PowerShell Core open source project. Continue Reading
Create Vagrant boxes with Packer for rapid IT environment builds

Vagrant boxes enable IT admins to test infrastructure updates in production-identical QA environments. Follow this Vagrant tutorial to build a machine and export it to a Vagrant box. 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
How to avoid the double-hop problem with PowerShell

IT pros who manage with PowerShell will run into the double-hop problem and use CredSSP to work around it. This tutorial offers a more streamlined way to avoid that roadblock. Continue Reading

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