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Continue reading →: Chronograf In Final Beta!
Chronograf, which is part of the TICK monitoring stack, is close to GA! Check out the final beta overview video here! Chronograf mascot below….
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Continue reading →: New Docker\Ansible container per Playbook execution?
What would it look like to setup a job in Jenkins that calls out to a Linux server, starts an Ansible Docker container that executes a playbook, and then shuts down the docker container like it never existed? Time to find out….. For this exercise, we are going to have…
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Continue reading →: Python, Google API, and PDF
As a side project, I was thinking about creating a Google Action that returned the daily lunch menu for my children’s school from Google Home. This would surely come in handy for my family and others. To complete this project, I was thinking the following tasks would need to be completed.…
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Continue reading →: Hypervisor – Type 1 & Type 2
Learned something new today…. Hypervisor – Type 1 (e.g. VMware ESXi Server) Hypervisor – Type 2 (e.g Oracle Virtual Box) Source – http://www.golinuxhub.com/2014/07/comparison-type-1-vs-type-2-hypervisor.html
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Continue reading →: VSTS For Family Planning? Get out!
Visual Studio Team Services (aka VSTS) is the online\cloud hosted version of Team Foundation Server. There are some differences\benefits between the 2 which Buck Hodges clearly explains here. Microsoft offers free access to VSTS for smaller teams. (5 users) This free access will allow you to get a pretty good…
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Continue reading →: Azure Storage Emulator & Explorer
Want to easily test\develop against Azure Storage Services locally? If so then you should try the new Azure Storage Explorer app and the Azure Storage Emulator! For reference, the following storage services are currently offered by Azure. Blob (Container) storage service Table (NoSQL) storage service Queue (Messaging) storage service File…
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Continue reading →: Ant vs Maven vs Gradle
If you are working with Java projects, then you are probably using one of the following 3 build tools. Apache Ant (Introduced around 2000) Apache Maven (Introduced around 2003\2004) Gradle (Introduced around 2007+) The majority of my experience has been with Ant, which isn’t surprising since its been around the longest. I’ve also used both…
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Continue reading →: Docker CE vs Docker EE
Big announcement from Docker! Looks like we have some new product names in the house. (Docker CE & Docker EE) EE = Docker Enterprise Edition (Previously Docker Commercially Supported (CS)) CE = Docker Community Edition (Previously Docker Engine) After you read the article above, you will notice some benefits to this new…
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Continue reading →: Sensu Stack – Beginner Notes
What is the Sensu Stack? For a detailed explanation, read this webpage. The Sensu stack has multiple components, which generally consist of the following. Sensu Client – This is the agent that collects data. Like Telegraf, the Sensu Client can be installed on both Linux and Windows. Sensu Server…
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Continue reading →: Ansible, App Pool, and Specific Identity
Is it possible to create an IIS Application Pool that uses a custom identity with Ansible? I asked the question on the Ansible forums and got the following response. Create the Application Pool first using “win_iis_webapppool“ Then switch the pools Identity using module “win_command” and the “appcmd.exe” command. Here are…
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