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Creating a Docker container Host on Windows Nano Server with Chef
This post was originally published by Matt Wrock on his blog, “Hurry Up and Wait: Tales from an automation engineer.” This week Microsoft launched the release of Windows Server 2016 along with its ultra light headless deployment option – Nano Server.
Rule the cloud with Chef and Windows Server 2016
Chef has a long history of collaborating with Microsoft Corp. to help enterprise organizations migrate to the cloud and automate Microsoft Azure environments. We’re proud of all we’ve accomplished together and excited about what’s next. This week we have a large Chef team on the ground at Microsoft Ignite.
“Shift Left” Security and Compliance Automation with InSpec and Chef
Velocity needs control to be successful. As DevOps delivers high-velocity, high-performing digital transformation for business, there is increased focus on the need for security and compliance capabilities to match. Balancing these two seemingly contradictory demands – velocity and control – is difficult. We’re excited that our launch of InSpec 1.
Announcing InSpec 1.0 – Compliance as Code
One year ago, we released InSpec, an open-source project for infrastructure and test automation that helps companies incorporate compliance into their deployment pipelines. Today, after 70 releases, and with a great development community to support us, we are proud to announce InSpec 1.0 and the launch of inspec.io.
Habitat at RustConf
We were delighted to attend and sponsor the first annual RustConf in Portland, OR on September 10th. Friday before the conference, we held a Habitat Meetup where we talked about the technical details of Habitat development. It was fun meeting and talking with fellow Rustaceans for two days.
Chef at CoDe-CPH Conference
The Event Chef was a proud sponsor of CoDe conference on the 13th September at the Marriott Copenhagen. The event was organised by Chef partner Praqma, and they did an amazing job! It was a sold out event with a great lineup of speakers ranging from software engineers to a professor from the local University.
Chef at DevOpsDays Dallas
In the great state of Texas we are lucky enough to have a couple DevOpsDays. This year, Chef was a Platinum Sponsor at the first ever DevOpsDays Dallas on September 15th and 16th. We had Michael Hedgpeth emceeing our maiden voyage.
The Ruby Behind Chef
On September 14th I presented a live webinar on The Ruby Behind Chef. There is quite a bit of Ruby behind Chef and it is rather complex. Watch the recording below to hear me explain core Ruby topics by creating our own version of Chef: T-Rex Chef.
Chef Board of Governance Meeting
The Chef Board of Governance (CBGB) held its second meeting of 2016 on Wednesday, September 7. Eight members of the board attended the meeting. Nathen Harvey and Thom May from Chef Software were also there to observe and advise.