Automation 🤖

All my posts about Automation

24 posts

Automation posts from the long road between shell scripts and fully managed platforms - Puppet, SaltStack, Cobbler, Ansible, Packer, CI/CD, Logic Apps, and the glue that keeps repetitive work from becoming a career. The common thread is simple: make the machine do the boring bit, then check that it did it properly.

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Linux 🐧Automation 🤖

OpenShift Origin installation notes

Follow my guide to install OpenShift Origin on a CentOS 6.5 DO droplet. Get step-by-step instructions & troubleshoot issues.

DevOps 🦾Linux 🐧

More Puppet

Efficient Puppet setup on CentOS with quick deployment scripts for Puppet Master and Agents, including a GitHub repo for easy configuration management.

Linux 🐧Automation 🤖

Vagrant & Puppet

A deep dive into using Vagrant and Puppet for setting up reproducible development environments, mirroring production with local Virtualbox instances.

Linux 🐧Automation 🤖

Installing Cobbler on CentOS 6.x

A comprehensive guide on setting up Cobbler on CentOS 6.x for mirroring repos and server kickstarts, including EPEL enablement and security setup.

Infrastructure as Code 🤖Linux 🐧

SaltStack on CentOS 6.x

A concise tutorial on setting up SaltStack for centralized server management on CentOS, including master-minion setup and basic commands.

Puppet Server & Client Installation CentOS 6.x

Infrastructure as Code 🤖Linux 🐧

Puppet Server & Client Installation CentOS 6.x

Step-by-step guide to setting up a Puppet Server and agent on CentOS 6.4, including Apache configuration and SSL certificate management.