Configuration Management Part 3: Vagrant & Packer

Sun, 27 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

To facilitate developing my Puppet code, the Pro Puppet book suggests using Vagrant. Seeing as I’ve been meaning to get around to learning it for a while I decided now was the time to finally do so. The only problem is that, being a responsibly paranoid SysAdmin, I was never a fan of using a base for my work that I didn’t know the contents of. I also never liked the idea of basing my work off of something I didn’t understand (a Vagrant box) or that could go away at anytime.

Puppet, Factor, Dashboard, MCollective, Hiera, Foreman... Where does it end?

Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I want to setup a system based around the open source Puppet software stack… I am just not sure what the stack contains. My goal is a system that is holistic where Puppet, VMware vSphere, monitoring, revision control, and continuous integration all play well together. I also want to bring Vagrant and Packer into the mix for development environments. I’ve gathered so far that all the stuff listed in the title will be useful but what else is needed? Please comment below and I’ll also post again as I find answers.

Devops on The Comfy Seat

Configuration Management Part 3: Vagrant & Packer

Puppet, Factor, Dashboard, MCollective, Hiera, Foreman... Where does it end?