Proxmox 3.X No Ctrl-Alt-R release ‘Spice’
A while back, I started using Proxmox as my default vm platform. It’s actually a really nice setup. Powerful web ui. KVM and/or OpenVZ. Free/Community version. Overall, not bad.
01 Latest field report
Command line speedtest
I cannot even begin to count how many times I have wanted to run a speedtest against speedtest.net, but since I was on a cli only server, I was left frustrated.
02 Incoming transmissions
Recent experiments & provocations
yEd graphing tool
Ok, I am on a slight roll tonight. Might as well share another one of my secrets with my readers. Many of us in the industry have been plagued over the years by “What tools are there besides visio for me to do my diagrams?”
ssh-ident: Hello relatively painless ssh-agent
As anyone who consults to multiple clients knows, ssh-agent can be a lifesaver, but it can equally be a huge hindrance.
Heartbleed and Automation
Well, by now we have all heard of and had to deal with the recent ramifications of HeartBleed on the impact it has had on our servers and services.
Doing DevOps Wrong?!
OMG! I’ve been doing it wrong!!!! At least, that seems to be what ScriptRock’s Blog entry would have me (and quite possibly, you too?) believe...
Would you hire her?
I was browsing linkedin right quick before signing off, and I saw a headline that grabbed my attention. It opened up about wether or not you would hire “The ugliest woman in the world,” Lizzie Velasquez.
More passion please
I got around to showing a buddy my blog; his reaction wasn’t unexpected. Based on my first posting he feels he is not qualified for his position. In some ways, that is true; he’s lacking experience.
Push, pull?
Push, or pull? That is the question of the day.
What is push and what is pull? These are simple principles, but can be difficult to explain so I am going to use monitoring to do that for me.
The "Truth" about DevOps? - A startup perspective
Now here is an interesting topic; one that very few have any understanding or idea what it actually means. What exactly is DevOps?
Ask any modern technology based company if they have a DevOps team, and they will probably say yes. Ask that company to describe DevOps and you will be amazed by how varied the answers are.