One of the greatest things about open source and free tools is that they are…well, open source, and free! Today I’m sharing a simple HashiCorp Nomad lab build that I use for a variety of things. The reason I want to be able to quickly spin up local lab infrastructure is so I can get … Read more
Another exciting event is coming up for the global open source community. I’m proud to be a part of the upcoming Open Source Summit in Paris which is happening December 10-11, 2019. Lots of info is available online including registration for tickets and all the logistics on getting to the event. It’s been exciting with … Read more
Got beans? Want beans? Coming to AWS re:Invent 2019 in Las Vegas? Welcome to the Community Coffee Bean Exchange group! This is an informal group which has developed quite a loyal and tasty following at a few conference events already! How does Community Coffee Bean Exchange Work? Find a local roaster or some of your … Read more
Infrastructure-as-Code is an excellent way to better represent and manage infrastructure. AWS is particularly easy to provision and manage programmatically using Terraform Enterprise which is a collaborative, cloud-hosted version of the popular Terraform OSS product. Another big advantage with the Enterprise or Cloud products is the ability to use externally facing APIs and integrations to … Read more