This post was written by Matthew Skelton co-author of Team Guide to Software Operability. At the excellent Agile Manchester conference recently, I picked up a copy of the latest Technology Radar (Vol.16 – March 2017) from our friends at ThoughtWorks. Several things in this version stood out for me, most of which are really about how weContinue reading “ThoughtWorks Tech Radar vol.16 – developer experience, API as a product, CodeScene, per-team CI tools, operability in Spring Cloud”
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Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 6) – Creating and deploying custom catalog items for GoCD
This post was written by Rich Bosomworth. This is the sixth post in an on-going series exploring Rancher Server deployment, configuration and extended use. In the last post I detailed how to automate the deployment of AWS infrastructure and Rancher with Terraform. In this post we look at creating custom catalog items for GoCD using docker-compose and rancher-compose. WeContinue reading “Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 6) – Creating and deploying custom catalog items for GoCD”
Architectural and service considerations with AWS multi region design (Part 1) – Pilot Light
This post was written by Rich Bosomworth. The recent AWS service outage has renewed interest for enhanced resilience, particularly multi-region design. In this series of posts we explore considerations when designing and deploying multi-region architectures in AWS. Working knowledge of AWS is assumed, along with an awareness of n-tier architectures and DNS concepts.
Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 5) – Automating the deployment of AWS infrastructure and Rancher with Terraform
This post was written by Rich Bosomworth. This is the fifth post in an on-going series exploring Rancher Server deployment, configuration and extended use. In the last post I detailed how to deploy and manage containerised GoCD continuous delivery using Rancher. In this post we look at automating deployment of Rancher and the supporting AWS components using Terraform. TerraformContinue reading “Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 5) – Automating the deployment of AWS infrastructure and Rancher with Terraform”
Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 4) – Deploying and Managing Containerised GoCD Continuous Delivery
This post was written by Rich Bosomworth. This is the fourth post in an on-going series exploring Rancher Server deployment, configuration and extended use. In the last post I detailed how to add an extra level of HA by configuring an AWS EFS volume for shared storage and mounting it using the Rancher-NFS service. In this post we focus onContinue reading “Container Clustering with Rancher Server (Part 4) – Deploying and Managing Containerised GoCD Continuous Delivery”
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”
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”
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