One of the defining characteristics of Habitat is the packaging technology. Packaging is in no way a new concept. Operating System vendors have solved this problem for sometime using tools like RPM, Debian Packages, Yum, Apt, etc. Virtually all programming languages have their own packaging formats as well, such as NPM, Yarn, pip, Cargo, bundler, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Ducy
Former Chef Employee
Building Developer Services with Habitat
Something we often talk about in the arena of DevOps is the need for cultural or organizational change. One thing that’s often missing from the conversation is the virtuous cycle that tends to occur between People, Process, and Technology. As DevOps has helped us rethink our processes and organizations, technology has advanced and changed under […]
Read MoreHabitat and Twelve-Factor Applications
Twelve-Factor Applications are not something revolutionary or new. The concepts were originally published over 5 years ago, however they are are still relevant today as they were then. With the growth of Cloud Computing and the introspection that has taken place in the industry about how you run distributed services at scale, it’s useful to […]
Read MoreRunning Habitat Applications on Kubernetes
Containers continue to take the IT world by storm and container orchestration platforms are a major part of how you build and ship software in a modern way. Kubernetes is a great example of the growth of this segment, and has emerged as one of the leaders of this space. Chef has been actively involved […]
Read MoreContainer Compliance and Security: Beyond Vulnerabilities
One trend as you look at the container market is stronger emphasis on the security of containers. Most of this emphasis is in regards to shipping software with known vulnerabilities in your container images, such as software that’s distributed as part of your Operating System. There have been a few different studies performed, one over […]
Read MoreIntroducing Scaffolding and Multi-Service Supervisor in Habitat 0.20.0
We recently released Habitat 0.20.0, which introduced two new features: Scaffolding and Multi-Service Supervisor. These features continue to make it easy to build, deploy, and manage your applications with Habitat. (For a more in-depth look at Multi-Service Supervisors you can read this blog post.) These two features are exciting because they make it super simple to […]
Read MoreChef at KubeCon Europe
Last week Chef was in Berlin for the 2017 edition of Kubecon EU. For me personally, this was my second CloudNativeCon/Kubecon, and it definitely lived up to my expectations. The attendees of CloudNativeCon/Kubecon seem to be some of the brightest conference attendees I’ve seen. Couple that with the great Open Source Software community in Europe, and […]
Read MoreSimplifying Container Management with Habitat
Containers provide a delightful development experience. It’s easy to download a container image and get started writing code. But it’s a different story when you have to run containers in production at scale. That’s when all the hidden complexities become apparent and the real challenges begin. What tools are you going to use to build, […]
Read MoreChef and Habitat at Container World 2017
Last week, Chef sponsored and attended Container World in Santa Clara, CA . This was an unofficial stop on the ongoing Hands on Habitat World Tour, and we held a well attended workshop on getting started with Habitat and containers. Chef and Habitat guru @mfdii kicking off a container workshop at pre-conf #containerworld – try […]
Read MoreChef is heading to Container World 2017 with the Habitat Team
As containers continue to take over modern application architectures, it’s hard to cut through the noise and figure out what are the emerging best practices. That’s why Chef is excited to be participating in Container World 2017 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, February 21-23. On Tuesday, February 21st, be sure to join us for […]
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