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Proposed Q&A site for dedicated DevOps engineers looking to improve the interoperation between development and operations.
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DevOps: "a software development method that stresses communication, collaboration and integration" – WikiSpeedia hang-around Sep 16 '12 at 20:01

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How do you boostrap Chef or Puppet onto a fresh AWS EC2 instance?
added by Green Sep 19 '12 at 13:55
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This would be an excellent Server Fault question if you flesh it out a bit... – voretaq7 Oct 4 '12 at 20:38
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Pros and Cons of Puppet vs Chef for DevOps
added by Drew Khoury Apr 7 at 5:22
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How do I store 1 PB in such a way that I can get at any part of that data 99.999% of the time?
added by Vatine Nov 7 '12 at 11:34
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This seems like more of a ServerFault question than DevOps since data storage of large datasets doesn't really cover the intersection between software development and operations. – Green Apr 30 at 18:11
It's probably an edge case, but the answer definitely impacts how your software ends up needing to be written. – Vatine May 1 at 14:36
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How to use Puppet to manage shell commands, but only run shell commands once.
added by Drew Khoury Apr 21 at 5:46
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Rolling your own Release management tool vs purchasing a solution such as BuildMaster or Artifactory?
added by techsaint Apr 27 at 4:57
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how do you deploy using capistrano using an existing tag on git? e.g. the currently tagged production release used when autoscaling
added by graeme Apr 21 at 8:23
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Methods for keeping an EC2 (managed by Puppet) up to date, such that you can take advantage of AWS Auto-Scaling.
added by Drew Khoury Apr 7 at 5:30
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Problems with ec2_security_group in Puppet with new default VPN for EC2s in AWS.
added by Drew Khoury Apr 7 at 5:33
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What are common barriers to DevOps Adoption?
added by techsaint Apr 27 at 4:44
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Rolling your own vs Amazon OpsWorks - when is it best to use one or the other.
added by Drew Khoury Apr 11 at 2:57
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Is there a way to use powershell to deploy an rdl file to Azure Sql Reporting services?
added by techsaint Apr 27 at 4:52
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from hardware management to top level application, how far can automation tools such as chef go
added by kamaradclimber Apr 27 at 9:12
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Is there a product that will "compose" executable components, libraries and configuration information into a single deployable artifact?
added by Green Apr 30 at 18:21
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What are some things to watch out for when proposing DevOps to management?
added by Green Sep 14 '12 at 15:05
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This could be valid. Maybe rewritten to "What are common barriers to DevOps Adoption?" – techsaint Apr 27 at 4:44
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Is there a way to make an "any/all/all" rule for my Sonicwall to only be in effect during my working hours? 11:00 AM to 16:00 PM.
added by Basil Sep 26 '12 at 23:43
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Why would anyone ever use an expensive Cisco router when they could simply configure a CentOS server to provide routing at a fraction of the cost?
added by Basil Sep 26 '12 at 23:38
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My sysadmin has his panties in a wad. What's the best way to give SAN admin access to a group without having to share a login?
added by Basil Sep 26 '12 at 23:35
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"panties in a wad"? For a demo question, maybe without that phrase. – Jeff Ferland Sep 27 '12 at 1:56

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