2020 Year in Review
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Our year in review post talking through how we adapted to the pandemic, migrated to Azure, and helped restaurants stay\ open.
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2017 Year in Review
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
The highlights and achievements of 2017 from career advancements to personal growth, leading to an exciting future in Boulder, Colorado.
Your First DevOps Project to Automate Infrastructure
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Start your journey into DevOps with this comprehensive guide. Learn to automate infrastructure by doing with this simple project.
Chef is a Community Before It’s a Vendor
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore how Chef Software Inc. values its community, encouraging collaboration and innovation. Learn how this open-source community’s approach led to the adoption of a new feature.
Chef Artifacts with Artifactory
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore how Artifactory is an excellent tool for managing Chef artifacts for deployments. Learn how to install, upload, control access and integrate with Chef. Discover the benefits of Artifactory over other alternatives.
Chef Rollback with Policyfiles
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore the benefits of using Chef Policyfiles for rollback mechanisms in application release automation. Learn how to safely undo changes, simplify deployments, and plan for potential rollbacks.
Policyfile Pipeline with Jenkinsfile
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover how to manage Chef changes in all environments using policyfiles. Learn how to create a Jenkins pipeline for your policyfiles, ensuring secure and efficient deployment.
Cookbook Pipeline with Jenkinsfile
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover how to create a cookbook pipeline using Jenkinsfile for your CI environment. This blog post provides a detailed guide on setting up Jenkins as your tool of choice for managing deployment pipelines.
Cookbook Development with Rakefiles
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore the process of cookbook development with Rakefiles. Learn how to standardize cookbook quality, implement automated testing, and release cookbooks efficiently. Ideal for Ruby developers.
DevOps Leadership Summit in Dallas
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Join us at the DevOps Leadership Summit in Dallas on August 28, 2017. Network with industry leaders and learn how to facilitate a DevOps transformation in your company.
Why Habitat?
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore the journey of a software engineer discovering the benefits of Habitat for application deployment. Learn about the pros and cons of various application automation approaches, and why Habitat stands out as a game-changer in the field.
Policyfiles Update
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover the latest updates on Policyfiles and its integration with Chef Automate. Learn about the future of automation and how Policyfiles can enhance your operations.
Our Superbowl
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover how NCR revolutionized their delivery process with Chef, enabling customers to grow their businesses beyond traditional boundaries. This is our Superbowl story.
Introducing Cafe
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover Cafe, a new project designed to simplify running Chef in a Windows environment. Learn about its features, installation process, and how it can streamline your Chef operations.
7 Options for Implementing Policyfile Attributes in Any Environment
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Seven ways to move away from Chef node, environment, or role attributes to Chef policyfile attributes. This can be the hardest part of migrating to Policyfiles.
Chef Policyfiles—The Preferred Way to Package Chef
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover the benefits of using Policyfiles in Chef for managing dependencies and changes for nodes. Take control over change management, make Chef easier to learn and more secure.
Chef with Windows
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore the challenges and benefits of using Chef in a Windows environment. Learn from our experience at NCR and discover how to make a compelling business case for change.
Migrating from Chef Analytics to Chef Visibility
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover how to smoothly transition from Chef Analytics to Chef Visibility. Migrate your existing Chef Analytics Server to a Chef Visibility Server and to ensure a successful transition.
Finding Habitat
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore the world of Habitat, a disruptive technology that revolutionizes configuration management. Learn about its integration with Chef’s ecosystem and how it can streamline your workflow.
Disruption is Uncomfortable
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore how disruption can lead to discomfort in a DevOps environment, and learn how to navigate change effectively. Discover the importance of empathy and communication in managing disruptive changes.
Promoting Cookbooks into a Private Chef Supermarket with TeamCity
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover how to promote cookbooks into a private chef supermarket with TeamCity. Learn to control version dependencies, ensure cookbook availability, and streamline the approval process for external cookbooks.
Orchestration Maturity Model with Chef
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore the orchestration maturity model with Chef, a configuration management tool. Understand the three phases of orchestration, from modeling existing processes to managing state declaratively, and finally, decoupling nodes for scalability.
Chef Cookbook Builds in TeamCity
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore how to standardize your Chef Cookbook builds in TeamCity. Learn how to set up project structure, version control settings, build steps, and more. Ensure quality gates for your infrastructure creation.
chef-vault - Tutorial from Beginner to Expert
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
chef-vault is the build-in secrets management system for Chef. Become an expert with this post, and learn when to use this vs. Hashicorp Vault.
Tutorial for Test Kitchen with Azure
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Learn how to run Test Kitchen with Azure in this step-by-step tutorial. Discover the benefits of using Azure, how to set up, and the commands to use. Ideal for those seeking a hassle-free testing environment.
Test Kitchen: Required, not Optional
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore the importance of Test Kitchen in Chef workflow. Learn how it’s not just for testing, but an essential part of coding with Chef. Don’t miss out on this essential tool for your infrastructure.
Technology < Partnership
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore why our organization chose Chef over other configuration management tools. It’s not just about the technology, but the partnership and cultural changes that lead to success.
Why Before What
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore the importance of establishing a shared vision before implementing change in an agile transformation. Learn why understanding the ‘why’ is crucial before jumping to the ‘what’.
Don’t Start with Tools
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore why it’s crucial to start with identifying business problems before choosing the right tools. Learn from real-life experiences and shift your focus for effective problem-solving.
The Inferior “Right” Way
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore the pitfalls of blindly following the “right” solution in tech and organizational success. Learn how to align strategies with key stakeholders and find the truly effective tools for your business.
Three Essential Components to Compliance at Velocity in the Enterprise
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover the three essential components to achieving compliance at velocity in the enterprise: focusing on the workflow, making it real, and empowering security. Learn from a Chef initiative.
My Advice For Chef in Large Corporations
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore practical advice for people in large corporations on how to effectively use configuration management. Learn from real-life examples and implement simple strategies to transform your organization’s ability to react to change.
Intrinsic Motivators Leading to Chef
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore how intrinsic motivators such as autonomy, mastery, and purpose can lead to successful implementation of Chef in an organization. Discover the power of these motivators over traditional bonuses.
Is Continuous Delivery Needed in Our Organization?
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore the need for Continuous Delivery in your organization. Learn how it can help fix defects quickly and deliver features faster, building trust with your customers.
The Phoenix Project Book Review
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore my insights on the transformative power of ‘The Phoenix Project’ in my latest book review. Discover how this book can change your perspective on devops and your career.
Programming Ruby (Pickaxe) Book Review
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover how the Programming Ruby (Pickaxe) book can help you master Ruby programming. This comprehensive guide demystifies Ruby, making it an essential tool in your coding arsenal. Perfect for beginners and experts alike.
Customizing Chef Book Review
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Explore our in-depth review of Customizing Chef by Jon Cowie. Discover how this book can help you understand Chef’s extensibility and tackle complex organizational challenges. Perfect for those with basic Chef knowledge.
Learning Chef Book Review
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Discover the world of Chef with the Learning Chef book. Understand and use Chef, including testing techniques and Windows-friendly commands.
Solving SSL Validation failure with knife
By Michael Hedgpeth ·
Solve SSL Validation failure issues with knife after moving to a hosted version of the Chef server. Discover short-term and long-term solutions for your blog or website.