Cloudy Operations – OSCON 2010 View more presentations from John Willis.

Using tools like Chef, you can connect metal or cloud provisioning to your configuration and systems integration process. For example, you can use the tool knife to provision cloud nodes and also register them in chef. When chef takes over,…

Last week, O’Reilly recorded a webcast preview and introduction for the Automated Infrastructure is on the Menu tutorial that Aaron Peterson and I will be presenting at OSCON on July 20th. This video is posted on YouTube, and embedded below:

I have been in IT operations for over 30 years and I have seen a lot of good and bad ideas come and go.  I have been following the Devops movement for over a year now and I have kept…

Rachel Chalmers , Research Director at the 451 Group , recently published a Market Development note on Opscode , saying: "Opscode will celebrate its second birthday in September, and there will be plenty to celebrate. The company has raised $11m…

Chef Fundamentals (3 Days) Chef Fundamentals is a three-day comprehensive class covering the basic architecture of Chef and all of the underlying components. We will be covering installation basics of Chef Client and Chef Solo. Other topics will include: creating…

Today we announced the launch of our Open Training program in which we will make all of its enterprise training materials freely available to users of Chef. With today’s announcement, the Opscode "Chef Fundamentals" class will be released under the…

Join us for a Live Webcast – Chef Overview from Another Perspective Date: Friday, July 16, 2010 Time: 10:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00) Instructor: John Willis VP of Services John Willis, Tivoli refugee, will hold forth on…

  Meeting Place and Time We usually meet on the second Tuesdays of the month: Check this space or the mailing list for details. Location and Directions Next Meeting Tuesday, July 13th, 2010, 7:00 p.m. AOL 770 Broadway, 6th Floor…

Please join us for a brief introduction to Chef, focusing on concepts and major components. The presentation is a free Web based session that will include a fifteen minute Q&A. The following topics will be covered during the session: An…