Simple and efficient backups with Tarsnap
Backups! Everyone knows about backup importance, but because of configuration complexity many just giving up hoping to get away without them..
And then a day, week or year later it bites you in the butt! I know this because I’ve been there.. couple times actually. …
Provision with Chef – baby steps (installation and initial configuration)
In the previous post I wrote about our pre-chef approach for instance bootstrapping.
Today I will explain the process of our migration to Chef. I’m sure that could be useful for someone down the road, who’s trying to travel on similar route. …
Provision machines with AWS – custom bootsrapper
In the previous post I wrote a little about our transition to AWS.
Now I will tell a little more about our instance bootstrap process.
Basically at the end of the previous post we discussed tree possible options for automated machine startup:
- Create different AMI for each server role. …