DiscoPosse Podcast Ep 1 – Automation with Rob Nelson (@rnelson0)

EPISODE 1 – Automation with Rob Nelson (@rnelson0) PODCAST LINK: http://podcast.discoposse.com/e/e001-automation-with-rob-nelson-rnelson0/ LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE: In this episode we chat with Rob Nelson (@rnelson0) about automation. Everything from the why to the how, including some great info on Puppet, and how the community works together to drive great configuration management ecosystems like Puppet and … Read more

Puppet 101 – Basic installation for master and agent machines on Ubuntu 12.04 with VMware Workstation

You don’t have to go far to hear the word Puppet these days. Configuration management isn’t just a new trend that is hitting IT environments. It is a methodology for stateful, repeatable, DevOps style management of your infrastructure. For the VMware folks, this is now a part of the vCloud ecosystem in a way because … Read more

Toronto VMUG February 6th Full Day Event Recap

What a week it has been! My task list grew massively, but it was because I created my own workload. The reason why: Toronto VMUG inspired me once again! On February 6th the Toronto VMUG hosted a full day event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre here in Toronto. It was a great event and … Read more