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Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 3) – AWS EFS mounts using Rancher-NFS

This post was written by Rich Bosomworth. This is the third post in an on-going series exploring Rancher Server deployment, configuration and extended use. In the last post I detailed how to implement single node resilience in AWS for Rancher Server. In this post, we will add an extra level of HA by configuring an AWS EFS volume forContinue reading “Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 3) – AWS EFS mounts using Rancher-NFS”

“Internal Tech Conferences – How and Why” – InfoQ

Internal ‘tech’ conferences can make a big impact on your organisation’s level of sharing and communication, thus while they are yet not very common, more and more people are trying to use this powerful tool to spread new ideas and practices. With this view in mind, Matthew Skelton (Co-founder at Skelton Thatcher Consulting) and Victoria Morgan-Smith (Agile Delivery Coach, Financial Times)Continue reading ““Internal Tech Conferences – How and Why” – InfoQ”

Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 2) – Single Node Resilience in AWS

This post was written by Rich Bosomworth. This is the second post in an on-going series exploring Rancher Server deployment, configuration and extended use. In the first post I detailed how to launch a local development environment using Vagrant and VirtualBox. In this post, we will look at how to deploy Rancher Server for single node resilience in AWS. ContentContinue reading “Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 2) – Single Node Resilience in AWS”

Serverless Conference London 2016 (Part 2) – Data Governance, Mobile Challenges and the Future of Serverless

This post was written by Rich Bosomworth. The scope for the final day at Serverless Conference 2016 appeared more developer orientated than the conceptual theme of the previous day. Not being a developer I chose a selection of AWS focused talks hoping they would offer familiar service hooks to help leverage understanding.

Database Deployability – #7 Avoid Production-only tooling and config where possible

This post was written by Matthew Skelton co-author of Team Guide to Software Operability. Deployability is now a first-class concern for databases, and there are several technical choices (conscious and accidental) which band together to block the deployability of databases. Can we improve database deployability and enable true Continuous Delivery for our software systems? Of course weContinue reading “Database Deployability – #7 Avoid Production-only tooling and config where possible”

Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 1) – Local Server Installation on Linux using Vagrant Host Nodes

This post was written by Rich Bosomworth. Rancher Server is an open source container management and orchestration platform. It can be installed in any Docker enabled Linux environment. This is the first of an on going series exploring options for Rancher Server deployment, configuration and extended use. Content is aimed at those familiar with Linux and networking concepts,Continue reading “Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 1) – Local Server Installation on Linux using Vagrant Host Nodes”

Serverless Conference London 2016 (Part 1) – IoT, Share-Nothing, Webtasks, and Cautions

This post was written by Rich Bosomworth. After the success of New York and Tokyo events the 2016 Serverless Conference in London was hugely anticipated and offered an exciting selection of 40+ international speakers. Our SkeltonThatcher representative (me) was in attendance for days two and three to soak up the vibe and check out some ofContinue reading “Serverless Conference London 2016 (Part 1) – IoT, Share-Nothing, Webtasks, and Cautions”

Proud to support DevOps Lisbon – 500 members and growing!

This post was written by Matthew Skelton co-author of Team Guide to Software Operability. The DevOps Lisbon meetup help its first meetup in April 2016 and now has over 500 members (Manuel Pais, who leads our Build Engineering capability at Skelton Thatcher Consulting, is one of the co-founders). With regular monthly talks on topics such as Test AutomationContinue reading “Proud to support DevOps Lisbon – 500 members and growing!”

Database Deployability – #6 Value more highly the need for change

All Day DevOps – it is all about culture and collaboration

This post was written by Jovile Bartkeviciute. Tuesday saw the first of its kind, All Day DevOps global online conference and it went great! Many interesting stories, many demos, useful tips and tricks and a lot of food for thought. One of the organisers Mark Miller mentioned that the aim was to make sure thatContinue reading “All Day DevOps – it is all about culture and collaboration”