So now we have our systems up and running with Ubuntu 10.04 and next you want to make sure that some common configuration files are identical across your infrastructure. You also want to have specific components installed on specific servers, for instance you want your databases installed on your database servers, you want your applications
Hi everyone I am going to start a mini series enabled system automation which will cover the basis of how to automate the deployment, configuration and upgrades of your Linux infrastructure. Some of the posts will be more geared toward Ubuntu vs RHEL but many of the ideas can easily be adopted by RHEL uses
I had an interesting conversation with my development team and my DBA team specifically regarding how to identify when to shard. Currently we are using Zabbix to monitor multiple mongodb servers using the mikoomi Zabbix template and php script. If you aren’t leveraging Zabbix for monitoring your infrastructure then you should check it out, its
I wanted to write a blog post about my experience with how mongodb has evolved how I hated it and grew to love it. I think mongodb is a GREAT opensource product and even better the company behind it is amazing (hopefully no one takes my early criticism to harshly).
I was tasked with the job of assisting my company with the operationalization of emerging technologies such as mongodb. Specifically how we can automate many of the manual steps involved with upgrades, backup and recovery and even deployment. Today, I want to talk about how to handle rolling upgrades of mongodb with fabric and puppet.