A Beginner’s Guide to Chef on CentOS 8

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Thomas Janson
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Ansible, Automation, Chef, CI/CD, Cloud, Code, Container, Containerization, Containers, Cookbook, Developer, Development, DevOps, Git, GitHub, Helm, Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, Jenkins, Jira, Kubernetes, Linux, MiniKube, Modules, Monitoring, Nodes, Parent, Parent Server, Platform, Playbook, Private Cloud Powered by VMware and NetApp, Puppet, Server Administration, Tools, Vagrant, Virtual Machines, VirtualBox, Virtualization, VMWare

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What is Chef?

Chef is an open-source configuration management DevOps tool used for configuration and management of multiple systems in infrastructure. Using Chef, we can use so-called recipes and cookbooks to automate and speed up managing multiple systems in our environment. By using Chef, we can adjust every system in our environment to our desired state, which we defined using the code in recipes. In the process, code is continuously tested and deployed using Chef.

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How to Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 20.04

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Margaret Fitzgerald
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Ansible, Automation, CentOS, Chef, Chef-Manage, CI/CD, Cloud, Code, Container, Containerization, Containers, Cookbook, Cookbooks, Deploy, Deployment, Developer, Development, DevOps, Docker, Git, GitHub, Helm, IaC, Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, Jenkins, Kubelet, Kubernetes, Linux, MiniKube, Modules, Monitoring, Nagios, Nodes, Open Source, Organization, Parent, Parent Server, Platform, Prometheus, Provisioning, Puppet, Remote Management, Salt, SaltStack, Server Administration, Tools, Vagrant, Virtual Machines, VirtualBox, Virtualization, YAML

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Introduction

In this tutorial, we are going to examine Jenkins and what its purpose is. We will begin by installing it on an Ubuntu 20.04 server and then start the software, enable the service, configure it, and finally, create a user with administrative privileges.

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How to Install Jenkins on CentOS 8

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Margaret Fitzgerald
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Ansible, Automation, CentOS, Chef, Chef-Manage, CI/CD, Cloud, Code, Container, Containerization, Containers, Cookbook, Cookbooks, Deploy, Deployment, Developer, Development, DevOps, Docker, Git, GitHub, Helm, IaC, Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, Jenkins, Jira, Kubelet, Kubernetes, Linux, MiniKube, Modules, Monitoring, Nagios, Nodes, Open Source, Organization, Parent, Parent Server, Platform, Playbook, Prometheus, Provisioning, Puppet, Python, Python 3, Remote Management, Salt, SaltStack, Server Administration, Slack, Tools, Vagrant, Virtual Machines, VirtualBox, Virtualization, YAML

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What is Jenkins?

Jenkins is an open-source software written in Java and Scala. This software allows users the ability to automate almost any task and, it saves significant time that can be better utilized addressing other issues. When automating tasks with Jenkins, users can optimize their workflow by quickly automating the jobs that servers cannot do themselves. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Jenkins on CentOS 8. We will also explore what its purpose is and share several benefits that Jenkins offers. We will then configure it to run on our CentOS 8 server.

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The Best Editors for Development 2021

Posted on December 18, 2020 by David Singer
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Android, Android Studio, Build Management Tools, CentOS, CentOS 7, CentOS 8, Code Analysis, Cross Platform, Debug, Debugging, Development, Eclipse, Eclipse IDE, Framework, Git, GitHub, IDE, Integrated Development Environment, IntelliJ, IntelliJ IDEA, JetBrains, Language, Microsoft, Microsoft Visual Studio, Plugins, Programming, Project, Project Management, PyCharm, PyCharm Toolbox, Python, Python 3, RDP Tool, Refraction, Source Code, Source Code Management, Terminal, Testing Tool, Toolkit, Unit Testing, VSCodium, Windows, Windows 10

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In this tutorial, we explore the top five IDEs or Integrated Development Environments in demand today, and why most developers prefer them.

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How To Set Up and Use The Liquid Web CLI Interface

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Jeff VanDellen
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Account, API, Authentication, CLI, CLI Tool, Cloud, Cloud Platform, Cloud Server, Command Line, Command Line Interface, Contexts, Debian, GitHub, Go, LW-CLI, MacOS, Make, Manage, Network, Networking, Plan, Plan File, Public API, RedHat, Terminal, Utility, Windows, YAML

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What Is the Liquid Web CLI Interface?

This is the official command-line interface for the Liquid Web API. CLI stands for the “command-line interface” which is used for interacting with multiple Liquid Web services via the Liquid Web’s Public API.

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DevOps: A New Perspective on Shared Automation

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Thomas Janson | Updated: November 23, 2020
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Ansible, Automation, CentOS, Chef, Chef-Manage, CI/CD, Cloud, Code, Container, Containerization, Containers, Cookbook, Cookbooks, Deploy, Deployment, Developer, Development, DevOps, Docker, Git, GitHub, Helm, IaC, Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, Jenkins, Jira, Kubelet, Kubernetes, Linux, MiniKube, Modules, Monitoring, Nagios, Nodes, Open Source, Organization, Parent, Parent Server, Platform, Playbook, Prometheus, Provisioning, Puppet, Python, Python 3, Remote Management, Salt, SaltStack, Server Administration, Slack, Tools, Vagrant, Virtual Machines, VirtualBox, Virtualization, YAML

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What is DevOps?

DevOps is a set of various tools, practices, and ideals that combine software development (Dev) and IT Operations (Ops) into a single unifying force. It allows for better collaboration between developers, operations teams, system administrators, and system engineers. Their streamlined goal is to continually provide a high-value software product to the customer at high speed while monitoring and improving the overall process than using traditional software and infrastructure management.

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How to Install PyCharm on Ubuntu

Posted on November 13, 2020 by David Singer | Updated: November 19, 2020
Category: Tutorials | Tags: CentOS, CentOS 7, CentOS 8, Code Analysis, Cross Platform, Debugging, Development, Framework, GitHub, IDE, Integrated Development Environment, Language, Programming, Project, PyCharm, PyCharm Toolbox, Python, Python 3, Terminal, Unit Testing

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What is PyCharm?

PyCharm is an Integrated Development Environment (or IDE) for the Python programming language. It is a cross-platform development environment that is compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. It provides a tool that integrates code analysis, graphical debugging, unit testing, and an integrated terminal that supports development on remote hosts and virtual machines.

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How to Install and Configure Chef on Ubuntu 18.04

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Katherine Kelly | Updated: November 4, 2020
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Ansible, Automation, Chef, CI/CD, Cloud, Code, Container, Containerization, Containers, Cookbook, Developer, Development, DevOps, Git, GitHub, Helm, Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, Jenkins, Jira, Kubernetes, Linux, MiniKube, Modules, Monitoring, Nodes, Parent, Parent Server, Platform, Playbook, Puppet, Server Administration, Tools, Vagrant, Virtual Machines, VirtualBox, Virtualization, VMWare

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Introduction

In this article, we will be reviewing the Chef software, how it works, and why it is useful. We will also explore how it is helpful in DevOps. And then, we will install Chef on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is Chef?

Chef is a configuration management system written in Ruby and Erlang using the object-oriented language for configurations description. It is used to ease the task of configuring and maintaining multiple servers. It can be integrated into cloud platforms, such as the new Liquid Web Managed Cloud and VMWare platforms to manage the server’s configuration processes.

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The Top Five Open Source Nocode Tools

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Dean Conally
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Application, Build Management Tools, Cross Platform, Data Management, Data Science, Debug, Debugging, Development, Extensible, Fintech, Framework, Git, GitHub, IDE, Integrated Development Environment, IPython, JetBrains, Language, Machine Learning, Micro Python, NoCode, Object Oriented, Object-Oriented Programming, OOP, Plugins, Portable, Programming, Project, Project Management, PyCharm, PyCharm Toolbox, Python, Python 3, Python Web Application, RDP Tool, Refraction, REPL, SMB, Source Code, Source Code Management, Terminal, Testing Tool, Toolkit, Ubuntu, Unit Testing, Web Application Development, Web Applications, Windows, Windows 10

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Introduction to NoCode Tools

“A No-code development platform allows programmers and non-programmers to create application software through graphical user interfaces and configuration instead of traditional computer programming1.” Various software tools and applications are being used all around us each day. You might be asking yourself, “How do they do it?”.

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What is Configuration Management?

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Justin Palmer | Updated: October 13, 2020
Category: Tutorials | Tags: Ansible, Automation, Chef, CI/CD, Cloud, Code, Container, Containerization, Containers, Cookbook, Developer, Development, DevOps, Git, GitHub, Helm, Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, Jenkins, Jira, Kubernetes, Linux, MiniKube, Modules, Monitoring, Nodes, Parent, Parent Server, Platform, Playbook, Puppet, Server Administration, Tools, Vagrant, Virtual Machines, VirtualBox, Virtualization, VMWare

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Configuration management is the process by which a company or organization defines and tracks the state of its infrastructural resources. Encapsulated in those resources are both physical hardware and software. It is a means to ensure that when changes are made to a system, those changes are tracked, geared toward the ultimate predefined criteria of what state should be.

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