What is SaltStack SaltStack (also known as Salt) is an open-source configuration management and remote execution tool designed for managing and automating infrastructure. SaltStack enables desired state management by allowing administrators to define the intended configuration of systems declaratively through Salt …

I have been using a collection of products to maintain docker images. GitHub now provides suite of products which encompass all I require. This post documents the process I followed to create a CI pipeline for a container running static web site built with Jekyll. The static web site content is created from a fork of …

One common critisism of Agile teams is they are architecturally weak and disconnected from the operational realities of complex enterprise environments. Traditional enterprise architecture processes are viewed focusing on delivering documentation rather than delivering a working solution, slow, and focussed on …

The last 10 to 20 years in the enterprise has been defined by increasing capital spending on fixed assets (CapEx) while reducing the cost of staffing and operations (OpEx). Gartner report the growth of spend on enterprise application software (EAS) is continuing to grow and in 2015 will grow at 7.5% to $149.9 Billion. …

I recently came across the role SRE, I didn’t know what this was so researched it a little and found that it refers to Site Reliability Engineers after reading around the subject here is my considered opinion. The classic sysadmin role could be defined in generic terms as “IT operations staff responsible …

While I worked with Agile as a software tester when the concept first came out in 2002 shortly afterwards I joined a new company in a new role in Infrastructure, IT operations if you will. My recollection of Agile is that it was not a process at all; rather, it’s a set of principles summarized by the Agile Manifesto. …