Author:
Bryan Hale
Former Chef Employee
Just Released – Update to Knife Plugin for Google Compute Engine
By Bryan Hale
The folks at Google have just published a major update to “knife-google” plugin for Google Compute Engine. Included in this update is a removal of the “gcutil” tookit as an external dependency, meaning that knife-google users can talk directly to the Compute Engine API to spin up new GCE instances and manage them with Chef.
Read more“Automation for Education” – Webinar on May 8th
By Bryan Hale
Are you managing IT infrastructure within a University and looking to add automation? This webinar is for you. Over the last few years, we have seen Chef starting to make waves within the hallowed halls of many fine institutions of higher learning.
Read moreWith New Chef Integration, Cloudmunch Offers up “Full Stack Continuous Delivery”
By Bryan Hale
Earlier today our friends at Cloudmunch announced the launch of Cloudmunch Devops Platform, an exciting new continuous delivery platform with native integrations to both Github and Hosted Chef.
Read moreOpscode on Microsoft Channel 9’s “Cloud Cover”
By Bryan Hale
Last week we were fortunate enough to make a guest appearance on Channel 9, the Microsoft Developer Network channel with a fantastic community.
Read moreOpscode & Appfirst – Full Stack Automation Meets Full Stack Visibility
By Bryan Hale
Companies that adopt Chef across their full stack, from “bare metal” through application deployment, sometimes feel pretty darn powerful. Chef is fantastic at taking your desired infrastructure outcomes and making them happen– scale with little effort, build and rebuild infrastructure, create dev/test/prod environments etc. But how do you decide what those desired outcomes are?
Read moreWebinar: Electric Cloud and Opscode Chef – The PB&J of DevOps
By Bryan Hale
Last month at the Electric Cloud user summit, Opscode and Electric Cloud jointly demonstrated an integration between Chef and Electric Deploy. One month later, we have been very pleased with the initial feedback and are ready to publicly showcase the fruits of our labors.
Read moreOpscode & Electric Cloud Showcase End to End DevOps Automation
By Bryan Hale
Today at the Electric Cloud Summit, Opscode is very excited to be announcing a collaboration with Electric Cloud around enterprise DevOps. In Electric Cloud, we not only see a company with an impressive user community and complementary technology, but an enthusiastic commitment to software delivery that rivals our own.
Read moreUsing Chef to Add New Relic Server Monitoring
By Bryan Hale
So easy, even a bizdev guy can do it! You’ll often hear Chef users rave about the consistency Chef brings to the configuration of their systems, or how it increases the speed and quality of deployments.
Read moreGet a Preview of Chef’s Integration with Google Compute Engine
By Bryan Hale
Leading up to the June launch of Google Compute Engine, the Opscode team spent several months working with Google to build out a knife plugin for the new IaaS offering.
Read moreOpscode Joins Google Cloud Platform Partner Program
By Bryan Hale
Opscode Joins Google Cloud Platform Partner Program July 24, 2012 — Opscode today announced it has joined the Google Cloud Platform Partner Program as a Technology Partner. Opscode’s Chef is the configuration and automation framework used by thousands of leading web companies and enterprises.
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