Author:

Bryan Hale

Former Chef Employee


Just Released – Update to Knife Plugin for Google Compute Engine

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.

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“Automation for Education” – Webinar on May 8th

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.

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With New Chef Integration, Cloudmunch Offers up “Full Stack Continuous Delivery”

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.

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Opscode on Microsoft Channel 9’s “Cloud Cover”

Last week we were fortunate enough to make a guest appearance on Channel 9, the Microsoft Developer Network channel with a fantastic community.

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Opscode & Appfirst – Full Stack Automation Meets Full Stack Visibility

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?

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Webinar: Electric Cloud and Opscode Chef – The PB&J of DevOps

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.

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Opscode & Electric Cloud Showcase End to End DevOps Automation

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.

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Using Chef to Add New Relic Server Monitoring

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.

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Get a Preview of Chef’s Integration with Google Compute Engine

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.

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Opscode Joins Google Cloud Platform Partner Program

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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