How can I simplify the parts of my job I hate (configuration management)?

dev_random · 2012-02-07T18:11:38.175844+00:00

Are you using any kind of source control? It sounds like what you are asking for is the ability to branch and merge, which would make a case for deploying from Git.

DrBartosz · 2012-02-07T13:32:58.521427+00:00

Also, it is a fallacy. I am not a good programmer, yet I read his blog.

scwizard · 1 day

AB is a good one to start with. Then, spin up some AWS instances and install Java and JMeter on them. Point them at your web server, and watch the results.

Sir_Niggbiscuit · 1 day

And that was the response I was going for.....

Sir_Niggbiscuit · 1 day

What type of helicopter?

Standard SAW on the door or something else?

How can you shoot women and children?

thethirdmoose · 1 day

I believe that they used all three and then used majority vote to determine sentiment.

onyxrev · 2 days

I have been looking at Zend.To

privateemailanywhere · 2 days

If you go Qmail, you will absolutely need this site.

Mind_Virus · 2 days

Yeah, but it would induce panic and terror. People would begin avoiding places that lend themselves to be targets (sports events, shopping malls, anywhere crowds occur).

I don't see this as a tech that could be effectively leveraged by the average schmo to make a pointed hit on an individual. This is in the general realm of "fucking shit up for a lot of people".

Mind_Virus · 2 days

Yet, weirdly enough, significantly more difficult to acquire.

jtwyrrpirate · 2 days

I once had an issue with a private point-to-point using ATM. This was between two ISPs (AT&T and TWTC - great). The PTP did not work. AT&T said it was TWTC. TWTC said it was AT&T. They both then said it was my ATM config. Finally, after 4 hours on the phone with various support departments (including Cisco), it was found that the cross-connect in the CO was not actually connected. Dammit.

kynov · 2 days

Was that a server set up on a stack of bricks? It looks like they have some serious infrastructure problems. If they were willing to spend some $$ on fixing that, then it may make for an interesting job/project. However, if you are being confronted by the "spend-no-money" monster, then you are well entitled to take your talents wherever they are needed/wanted.

philiph · 2 days

I am not certain that automation and config management necessarily define DevOps, but I do agree that this is where sysadmin is going. If you can't automate the deployment and management of all-scale systems, then you are not going to fit very well in the near future. If you are not using Puppet, or Chef, or CFEngine, or anything like that, then you are behind the curve. Even site-ops at large companies use these basic ideas. There is no way Facebook and Google are snowflaking their systems. The goal of any current sysadmin should probably be able to construct an infrastructure that enables almost-automated provisioning and re-provisioning of services. Have a server fall down? No problem. Just re-kick it or replace it with a new one and kick that one. Should be back up and functional within minutes instead of the historical hours or days.

AfroResurrection · 2 days

Holy. Shit.

iamadogforreal · 3 days

We just switched to CSC and they allow co-term agreements. So, all our domains expire/renew at the same time. But, there is $$ involved.

mariuz · 4 days

Yeah, but let's not be naive. Corporate citizenship will take a back seat to profit any time shareholders are involved, especially large, institutional shareholders with the ability to oust the board and C-levels when they don't get their expected levels of return.

DrJulianBashir · 5 days

Google seems to be the Microsoft of the 2010's.... a large, technologically advanced corp with a big red X painted on its back.

main example that come to mind: - Internet Explorer bundled with Windows = Google Maps embedded in Google Search

Of course, back in the day, there really was no alternative to Windows, whereas today, if you don't like Google Search or Google Maps, you could always use Bing. Wait... did we just come full circle?

glisignoli · 6 days

What kind of budget? If large, then Splunk. If not, then central syslog server and custom scripts.

rossiFan · 6 days

Let the HVAC/mechanical contractors and engineers work it out. You give them a list of all the equipment you will put in the room, estimate what your expansion may look like, and then give it to them.

Don't try to do it yourself unless you really understand HVAC.

chatan1979 · 6 days

We use MaaS360 and it seems to work pretty well.

DrJulianBashir · 8 days

because, you know... the terrorists, and stuff

Averag3_Hom3boy · 9 days

There are large sites using Postgres as well. NTT (Japanese telecom provider) comes to mind. They are heavy committers to the Postgres source.

igorcherfas · 10 days

Yeah, it would better to snapshot the primary and then ship the snaps to the secondary EL (then from there to offsite). That is what we are planning to do.

fgriglesnickerseven · 10 days

TIL about ssh-copy-id.... I had been doing scp ~/.ssh/my_public_key host && ssh host "cat my_public_key >> ~/.ssh/authrized_keys"

seyfarth · 10 days

I have multiple installs of Qmail (for various applications). Don't do this. It actually hurts to build multiple Qmail installations.

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