OpenStack got into exactly the place we expected: operations started with fragmented and divergent data centers (aka snowflaked) and OpenStack did nothing to change that. Can we fix that? Yes, but the answer involves relying on Amazon as our benchmark. … Continue reading
By Dan Choquette Is DevOps at scale like a major city’s subway system? Both require strict processes and operational excellence to move a lot of different parts at once. How else? If you had the pleasure of riding the Tokyo Metro, … Continue reading
At RackN, we’re huge fans of Docker. We’ve been using the engine for years (since v0.8!) and you can read about our lessions from when we rearchitected around Docker Compose. Now we’ve built “one-click” hybrid cluster automation for Kubernetes, Docker Swarm … Continue reading
Why did your mom care about underwear? She wanted you to have good hygiene. What is good Ops hygiene? It’s not as simple as keeping up with the laundry, but the idea is similar. It means that we’re not going … Continue reading
Why did your mom care about underwear? She wanted you to have good hygiene. What is good Ops hygiene? It’s not as simple as keeping up with the laundry, but the idea is similar. It means that we’re not going … Continue reading
Today, RackN and Ubiquity Hosting announced a 200 node Docker Swarm deployment on hosted bare metal. Leveraging the current Digital Rebar core and the RackN Swarm workload, this reference deployment was automatically configured using the same components that also work … Continue reading
We’re using Packet.net hosted metal to test automation for private metal (video). You can use discount code “RACKN100” to get a credit on Packet and try it yourself. At RackN, we’ve been shrinking our scale deployment platform down to run … Continue reading
Content originally posted by Ansibile & RackN so I added a video demo. Also, see Ansible’s original post for more details about the multi-vendor “Simple OpenStack Initiative.” The RackN team takes our already super easy Ansible integration to a new level with added SSH Key … Continue reading
The RackN team takes our already super easy Ansible integration to a new level with added SSH Key control and dynamic inventory with the recent OpenCrowbar v2.3 (Drill) release. These two items make full metal control more accessible than ever … Continue reading
OpenCrowbar Drill release (will likely become v2.3) is wrapping up in the next few weeks and it’s been amazing to watch the RackN team validate our designs by pumping out workloads and API integrations (list below). I’ve posted about the acceleration from having … Continue reading
Rob Hirschfeld 