A containerized Jenkins setup, with all the tools ready to go, is super useful for the DevOps developer. Jenkins makes it easy to parameterize and manage jobs, and so running numerous tests in parallel is efficient and profitable. Docker allows us to containerize such an environment. This blog post defines an all-in-one Jenkins container for use in DevOps Read more…
The mu tool makes it simple and cost-efficient for developers to use AWS as the platform for running their microservices. Read more…
In this episode, Paul Duvall and Brian Jakovich from Stelligent cover recent DevOps in AWS news and speak about the release of AWS CodeBuild and how you can integrate the service with other services on AWS. Here are the show notes: DevOps in AWS News Managing Your AWS Resources Through a Serverless Policy Engine Introducing Git Credentials: […]
Systems Manager Parameter Store is a managed service (part of AWS EC2 Systems Manager (SSM)) that provides a convenient way to efficiently and securely get and set commonly used configuration data across multiple resources in your software delivery lifecycle. In this post, we will be focusing on the basic usage of Parameter Store and how Read more…
Docker Swarm Mode is the latest entrant in a large field of container orchestration systems. Docker Swarm was originally released as a standalone product that ran master and agent containers on a cluster of servers to orchestrate the deployment of containers. This changed with the release of Docker 1.12 in July of 2016. Docker Swarm Read more…
At re:Invent 2016 Amazon introduced Lightsail, the newest addition to the list of AWS Compute Services. It is a quick and easy way to launch a virtual private server within AWS. As someone who moved into the AWS world from an application development background, this sounded pretty interesting to me. Getting started with deploying an Read more…
In this episode, Paul Duvall and Brian Jakovich from Stelligent cover recent DevOps in AWS news and speak about the release of AWS CodeBuild and how you can integrate the service with other services on AWS. Here are the show notes: DevOps in AWS News Managing Your AWS Resources Through a Serverless Policy Engine Introducing Git Credentials: Read more…
Many moons ago, Jonny coined the term “Stelligentsia” to refer to our small, merry band of technologists at the time. Times have changed and the team has grown by a factor of 10 but we strive to live up to the name as all things DevOps and AWS continues to evolve. We find the best way to do this is Read more…
At re:Invent 2016 AWS introduced AWS CodeBuild, a new service which compiles from source, runs tests, and produces ready to deploy software packages. AWS CodeBuild handles provisioning, management, and scaling of your build servers. You can either use pre-packaged build environments to get started quickly, or create custom build environments using your own build tools. CodeBuild Read more…
AWS re:Invent 2016 has kicked off for me in the realm of Big Data. It’s a challenging topic and one of great interest to companies around the globe so it was a no-brainer to be hanging around with folks at The Mirage for the Big Data talks. This blog post will be a quick write up Read more…