Opscode will be out in force at Web 2.0 Expo this week in San Francisco. Thursday morning at 10:30am I'll be on a panel discussing Cloud Operations. Then, Thursday afternoon at 2:40pm, our CTO, Adam Jacob, will be presenting with Ezra Zygmuntowicz on Automated Cloud Infrastructure. Our CEO, Jesse Robbins, will also be in attendance. […]
Read MoreWeb Applications Are a Breeze with Chef
Just about everyone who works at Opscode comes from a heavy web operations background. Those who work in webops know that getting an Apache server configured and ready to run applications with various languages and frameworks can be a difficult task. Not only do we have a plethora of languages to choose from, there's a […]
Read MoreOpscode hosting Seattle.rb this Tuesday at Zeitgeist
Opscode will be hosting the Seattle Ruby Brigade's hack night next week, at Zeitgeist Coffee in Pioneer Square. Come on down to meet us and hang out with fellow ruby aficionados. Where: Zeitgeist Coffee When: March 17, 7-9pm We'll have free drinks available until we run out of them, and we'll have the place to ourselves. […]
Read MoreOhai 0.2.0
Ohai, we prepared a new release for you! The Ohai 0.2.0 MVP is Thom May. Thom checked out Ohai, and immediately wrote a Python Language Plugin. He then just kept on fixing bugs – he made tests better, he fixed an exception caused when systems didn’t have a fully qualified domain name, and he patched […]
Read MoreChef 0.5.6
Look at what the Chef community has cooked up for you – a brand new release! The Chef 0.5.6 release MVP is Sean Cribbs, of Radiant CMS fame. Sean has been a steady presence in the burgeoning Chef community – asking questions, filing bugs, and contributing patches. In this release he whipped up a particularly […]
Read MoreChef 0.5.4
Hello! It’s time again for a new release of Chef – this one is chock full of interesting bug fixes, a few new features, and lots of feedback. This release’s MVP is Arjuna Christensen (fujin!) – we went to bed last night with 6 bugs in the 0.5.4 release, and woke up this morning with […]
Read MoreSometimes grandchildren are pesky
When you are building a configuration management system, one of the things you learn quickly is that you are going to hit a ton of edge cases. Many of these edge cases are the result of applications that were not written with automation in mind. As but one example, many applications do not change their […]
Read MoreChef 0.5.2 and Ohai 0.1.4
Hi everyone! I’m pleased to announce the release of Chef 0.5.2 and Ohai 0.1.4. I’m giving this releases MVP award to Bryan McLellan, who added support for Cron, Routes, and FreeBSD in the last two weeks. Way to go, sir. Summarized list of changes: Chef Bryan McLellan added FreeBSD package and service providers, making Chef […]
Read More9 things to like about Chef
For those of you who are taking a look at Chef, we wanted to give you a run down of some of the things that make it awesome. Chef is Apache Licensed As an Open Source company, Opscode is dedicated to the idea that the best way for us to preserve our rights is to […]
Read MoreTranscript from Cloud Cafe Episode #31: "Opscode Introduces Chef"
Adam’s podcast with John Willis last week covered so much detail that I decided it was worth transcribing. You can listen to the Podcast Here, and you can subscribe to the podcast here. Cloud Cafe #31 – Opscode Introduces Chef [0:02] [music] John Willis: [0:18] All right, hey, this is John Willis at johnmwillis.com doing another Cloud Cafe […]
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