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CFEngine, virtualization and VMware vSphere 5 (ESXi)

In today’s environment where words such as virtualization, cloud and agility constantly buzz in our ears, enterprises look for ways to manage their increasingly dynamic infrastructure. The Cloud::Services sketch from the CFEngine Design Center implements a policy to manage virtual machines …

Posted by Mahesh Kumar
August 29, 2012

Using Splunk to analyze CFEngine logs

0. Why? CFEngine Enterprise collects very detailed, real-time information about the configuration of your IT Infrastructure. Splunk is an excellent enterprise search engine, engineered for speed, robustness, and scalability. You will learn how analyzing CFEngine logs with Splunk lets you see …

Posted by Mahesh Kumar
July 18, 2012

LinuxCon 2012 Presentation by Mark Burgess

We will be holding some sessions at LinuxCon in San Diego this summer and will be very happy to see you there! We just got a 15% off coupon to give away, but you need to act fast - it is good for the first 10 attendees and then it expires. The code is LFSD12345 - use it when you register for …

Posted by Mahesh Kumar
June 29, 2012

LinuxCon 2012 Presentation by Diego

We will be holding some sessions at LinuxCon in San Diego this summer and will be very happy to see you there! We just got a 15% off coupon to give away, but you need to act fast - it is good for the first 10 attendees and then it expires. The code is LFSD12345 - use it when you register for …

Posted by Mahesh Kumar
June 22, 2012

Model-based monitoring with CFEngine

“A model is a lie that helps you to see the truth.” (Howard Skipper) “There is nothing more practical than a good theory.” (Kurt Lewin) The past year has seen a plethora, one might even say an entire movement, of talks and blog posts under the heading “Monitoring …

Posted by Mark Burgess
June 10, 2012

Scale and scalability

If someone asks you about the scalability of your operations, don’t tell them about the number of machines you run; tell them rather about what it costs you to tend them each month. The total cost of that burden can be summed up from the cost of hardware, software, maintenance, people, lost …

Posted by Mark Burgess
May 22, 2012

The CFEngine Test Suites

When developing a large and flexible software system like CFEngine, it is an unfortunate truth that developers do not always get everything right at the first attempt. The source code is also changing frequently due to new features, optimizations and bug-fixes. As you can see from the Ohloh online …

April 24, 2012