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Amazon EC2 AMIs for Ubuntu 10.04 and Chef 0.8.16
We have published new Amazon EC2 AMIs for Ubuntu 10.04 with Chef 0.8.16. The identifiers are: ami-17f51c7e (Ubuntu 10.04, 32bit, Chef 0.8.16) ami-eff51c86 (Ubuntu 10.04, 64bit, Chef 0.8.16) The wiki page is updated with the AMI ID’s and now includes instructions on how you can roll your own AMIs.
Chef 0.8.16 and Ohai 0.5.4 Release
It’s Chef release time again! Today we bring you 0.8.16, which fixes bugs we’d missed in 0.8.14. Akzhan Abdulin is your MVP for fixing a bug in cookbook display in the Web UI. Thanks, Akzhan!
Christopher Brown (VP of Engineering, Opscode, Inc.) interview at Web 2.0 Expo SF 2010
May 10, 2010 — Christopher Brown joins Opscode from Microsoft, where he was a Director of Engineering for the Edge Computing Network within Global Foundation Services. Prior to Microsoft, Christopher was a Founding Member, Architect, and Lead Developer for Amazon.coms Elastic Compute Cloud (“EC2”).
Announcing a very special release: Elizabeth Gregory Jacob
This week we are pleased to announce a very special release: Elizabeth Gregory Jacob. The Release MVP is Katie Bethell who worked literally non-stop for the past 9 months, with assistance from Adam Jacob . Both will be critical to the ongoing development of what looks like a very promising project. Congratulations, and Awesome work!
Chef 0.8.14 Release
It’s Chef release time again! This time, we’re skipping 0.8.12 and heading right to 0.8.14 due to a hiccup in our publishing process. Chef 0.8.14 has a huge amount of bug fixes and improvements, thanks to the tireless work of our awesome community. Most importantly, Chef 0.8.
Data Driven Application Deployment with Chef
We are pleased to announce the release of two new cookbooks to aid in deploying applications that are designed to be completely data driven. The new cookbooks are: application database They are designed to work with a Chef Server such as the Opscode Platform, and be driven by Data Bags and Search Indexes.
Opscode HQ has moved to 1008 Western Ave, Suite #600, Seattle, WA 98104
Our new address is 1008 Western Ave, Suite #600, Seattle, WA 98104 View Opscode HQ in a larger map
Peek Infrastructure Automation with Opscode Chef + Ubuntu & Amazon EC2
Peek makes a simple mobile device that sends & receives unlimited email (& SMS, twitter, facebook, and more) from anywhere in the US for a low monthly fee. It’s kind of like an email-only Blackberry, and is super cool. The Peek is becoming quite popular & they are continuing to grow in EC2.
Cloud Camp Toronto Lightning Talk
Opscode Lightning Talk – Operations as Code View more presentations from botchagalupe.