Tag Archives: chef

Make temporary files non-executable

At DrupalCONCEPT operations, our intrusion detection system recently notified us that it found a rootkit in the directory /dev/shm on one of our servers. This directory is writeable by the Apache webserver, so attackers that find a vulnerability in the installed software are able put hostile content (aka rootkits) there. Of course, the vulnerability shouldn’t [...]

A great tutorial for creating Chef cookbooks

System administrators who are looking for a tool that helps them automating their maintenance tasks and have no or only little experience with Chef should really take a look at Joshua Timberman’s great tutorial “Guide to Writing Chef Cookbooks“. In his article, Joshua describes all steps he takes to create a new Chef cookbook that [...]

Opscode erhält 11 Millionen Dollar Venture-Kapital

Opscode, Inc., a cloud infrastructure automation company, announced today that it has closed an $11 million Series B round of funding. The round was led by Battery Ventures and includes a follow-on investment from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, who led Opscodeʼs Series A round of funding of $2.5 million, bringing the total amount raised for the [...]

Opscode Chef jetzt als gehostete Lösung erhältlich

Opscode, Inc., a cloud infrastructure automation company, today announced the limited beta release of the Opscode Platform, the world’s first hosted configuration management service. via opscode.com Was ich noch nicht verstehe: Wieso sollte jemand, dessen Infrastruktur CM-Software wie Chef erfordert, ausgerechnet ihr Herzstück extern hosten lassen?

IT-Automation mit Opscode Chef

[blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/g8sRgcqKOQA%2Em4v] via building43.com In diesem Interview von Robert Scoble erzählen John Willis und Seth Chisamore, wie die freie Software Chef die tägliche Systemadministration vereinfacht.