The number of DevOps tools keeps growing, as does the number of cloud resources and options to manage those resources. On EC2 alone, AWS offers nearly 400 instance types across storage, networking and operating systems. Complicating this further is that users can choose from machines located in 24 regions and 77 availability zones. This proliferation […]
Cloudify Integrates DevOps Automation Platform With Terraform
Cloudify this week announced a free user interface (UI) module that extends its infrastructure provisioning platform and enables DevOps professionals to integrate unlimited Terraform modules. Nati Shalom, Cloudify CTO, said Terraform UI provides a familiar construct for DevOps teams using the open source DevOps automation platform to provision infrastructure-as-code (IaC). The module enables DevOps professionals […]
Why DevOps Needs Cloudified NPM
One of the three “ways”—or principles that DevOps guru Gene Kim articulates as defining DevOps—is amplifying feedback loops. One of the key ways that Ops contributes to this amplification is by implementing rich monitoring instrumentation of operational conditions. The move toward more automated configuration management and the rise of cloud-friendly application performance management suites have […]
The Hypocrisy of Vendor Neutrality
Disclaimer: I’m going to name the product and company I work for in this article. I assure you this does not mean this post is a product pitch. Really, I promise. In my capacity as the open source community manager/dev relations/community evangelist/[Enter Alternate Title Here] at Cloudify, I’m a huge advocate of knowledge sharing. My […]
Repex – Regex Management Simplified
Our Versioning Complexity Cloudify is a Python shop. Our REST service is Python. Our Workflow Engine is Python. Our Plugins are Python. We have different version formats and different dependencies across different types of files which need to be changed when a version is updated. This is complex, to say the least. We didn’t want […]
staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud is Now an Official Media Sponsor of MongoDB World
staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud, the place where the world meets DevOps is happy to report that we will be an official media sponsor of the upcoming MongoDB World conference. The event is in NYC at the Sheraton New York Times Square, 811 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019 on June 23-25, 2014. staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud will be providing live coverage […]