Using Rundeck and Chef to Build DevOps Toolchains at #ChefConf 2012 (VIDEO)

I presented at #ChefConf 2012 in Burlingame last Thursday on using Rundeck and Chef to Build DevOps toolchains.

The heart of the presentation was a demonstration of continuous build and deployment showing Adam Jacob's chef-rundeck plugin working as a Rundeck resource model source (node provider) and jobs using knife and the Chef server API to manage databag-based application configuration.

At the process level, the presentation connects the dots between service delivery platform design and the loosely-coupled toolchains.

Despite the hotel-wide power outage in the middle of the presentation, the video crew recovered nicely! Below you will find the video and the slides.

DTO #ChefConf2012

View more presentations from AnthonyShortland

Video: Marten Mickos and Rich Wolski talk DevOps and Private Clouds

I ran into Marten Mickos and Rich Wolski from Eucalyptus Systems at PuppetConf and got them to sit down for a quick video alongside my fellow dev2ops.org and DevOps Cafe contributor, John Willis.

I had just come out of Marten's keynote where he spoke about DevOps far more than I would have expected. In this video we explore the deep connection between DevOps and Private Clouds as well as other industry changes for which they are planning.

Eucalyptus was one of the first private cloud technologies on the scene, and consequently got the benefit and burden of being the early mover. The community had some ups and downs along the way, but their product and industry vision seems encouraging and warrants a closer look (and never count out Marten Mickos in an open source software battle).

DevOps Days Mountain View 2011: Ignite Talks!!! (Video)

A great lineup of Ignite style lightning talks at DevOps Days Mountain View 2011.

Wesley Beary (Engine Yard)
Michael Nygard (N6 Consulting / Author of "Release It!")
David Lutz (@dlutzy)
Stephen Nelson-Smith (Atalanta Systems / @LordCope)
Dominica DeGrandis (David J Anderson & Associates)
Jordan Sissel (Loggly/Logstash)
Gene Kim (Author of "Visible Ops" / @realgenekim)

See all videos from DevOps Days Mountain View 2011

DevOps Days Mountain View:
http://devopsdays.org/events/2011-mountainview/

Special thanks to LinkedIn for hosting DevOps Days Mountain View 2011.

Also, thank you to the sponsors:
AppDynamics  DTO Solutions  Google  MaestroDev  New Relic  Nolio
O'Reilly Media  PagerDuty  Puppet Labs  Reactor8  Splunk  StreamStep
ThoughtWorks  Usenix

DevOps Days Mountain View 2011: Escaping the DevOps Echo Chamber (Video)

"Escaping the DevOps Echo Chamber" panel at DevOps Days Mountain View 2011.

Gene Kim (Founder of Tripwire / Author of "Visible Ops")
Ernest Mueller (National Instruments)
Lee Thompson (Hewlett-Packard)
Tom Grant (Forrester Research)
John Christian (TSYS)
Jez Humble (Thoughtworks)
John Alioto (Microsoft)

Moderator: Damon Edwards (DTO Solutions)

See all videos from DevOps Days Mountain View 2011

DevOps Days Mountain View:
http://devopsdays.org/events/2011-mountainview/

Special thanks to LinkedIn for hosting DevOps Days Mountain View 2011.

Also, thank you to the sponsors:
AppDynamics  DTO Solutions  Google  MaestroDev  New Relic  Nolio
O'Reilly Media  PagerDuty  Puppet Labs  Reactor8  Splunk  StreamStep
ThoughtWorks  Usenix

DevOps Days Mountain View 2011: DevOps... Where is the QA? (Video)

"DevOps... Where is the QA?" panel at DevOps Days Mountain View 2011.

Stephen Nelson-Smith (Atalanta Systems)
Pascal-Louis Perez (Wealthfront)
John Allspaw (Etsy)
Greg Albrecht (Splunk)
Kwsik Guruswamy (Mu Dynamics/ Blitz.io)

Moderator: Kit Plummer (Maestrodev)

See all videos from DevOps Days Mountain View 2011

DevOps Days Mountain View:
http://devopsdays.org/events/2011-mountainview/

Special thanks to LinkedIn for hosting DevOps Days Mountain View 2011.

Also, thank you to the sponsors:
AppDynamics  DTO Solutions  Google  MaestroDev  New Relic  Nolio
O'Reilly Media  PagerDuty  Puppet Labs  Reactor8  Splunk  StreamStep
ThoughtWorks  Usenix