Category → cooperation
June 27th, 2010
It’s all about respect
"Don't waste my time, buddy. You're just a dogsbody sysadmin; I write the software and you merely service it. So just shut up with your petty concerns and do as I say, OK?" Comment from serverfault.com Today I'm going to write about one of the main reasons, in my opinion, why cooperation between dev and ops is not working most of the time: respect and understanding of the other persons job.March 26th, 2010
The application is only running on the developer system
Hi, today I'm going to write about a situation every sysadmin has already encountered. The sysadmin gets a new version of some type of software and should install it on a server. After some hours of trying he calls the developer and tells him he's not getting the application to start. The first answer all of us get: "But it is running on my PC." Let the discussion start. ;) In my opinion itMarch 1st, 2010
devops cooperation at flickr
Hi, and now the matching presentation to the podcast at redmonk I mentioned earlier. Their are some very good statements in this presentation. The tools section is not so important for the mentioned tools, but for the statements that are combined with the tools: single click build single click deployment monitoring for app and systems understanding for all metrics independent of app or systemFebruary 17th, 2010
What is devops?
Hello everyone, here you'll find an article what devops is about by Stephen Nelson-Smith. It is a nice round up of what devops is and what it tries to achieve. devopsFebruary 17th, 2010