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The new version of Chef Automate comes with many new features

Robot Admin

Chef, one of the oldest automation solutions, seeks to become a universal administration robot for cloud environments with new version 2.0.
Ansible , automation , Ceph , OpenStack
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Debugging Bash scripts automatically

Bug Hunting

We look at various extension frameworks that make the life of developers and administrators easier when debugging a script.
Administration , automation , Bash , scripting
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Interoperability across clouds

Conductors Wanted

ARIA TOSCA provides an environment for developing, testing, validating, and executing TOSCA templates and service descriptions, for the elimination of incompatibilities between cloud solutions and to increase interoperability.
Cloud Computing , interoperability , OpenStack , Puppet
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Open source intelligence tools for pen testing

Private Eye

Automating the pen test discovery process in the era of IoT, the cloud, and social media.
automation , Open Source , pen test , Penetration Tes...
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Automatic data encryption and decryption with Clevis and Tang

Passing Secrets

Encrypting hard disk partitions during the installation of an operating system is standard procedure. When booting the computer, you then need to enter a matching passphrase to unlock the hard drive. We show you how to automate this process and link it to a policy.
automation , Community , data , encryption
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Automated compliance testing with InSpec

Strictly Managed

Don't equate compliance through certification with security, because compliance and security are not the same. We look at automated compliance testing with InSpec for the secure operation of enterprise IT.
automation , enterprise , Security
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Make Your IT Automation Systems Play Together Like a Symphony

Cloud Orchestration with Chef

Discover the difference between automation and orchestration, and learn to quickly deploy and orchestrate well-defined, scalable business solutions for your organization.
automation , automation , cloud , cloud , DevOps , orchestration
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The top three SSH tricks

Security Skills

Add extra security to your SSH service, securely copy files to and from remote computers, and configure passwordless SSH for automation scripting.
automation , password manage... , scripting , Security , SSH
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Kick Start

Kickstack uses Puppet modules to automate the installation of OpenStack and facilitate maintenance.

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Cloud Orchestration with Cloudify

Cloud computing is forcing admins to rethink automation because classic tools like Puppet do not provide a sufficient range of configuration options. Cloudify offers a new direction for orchestration in the cloud.

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