Webinar: Monitoring Kubernetes Workloads: The Sidecar Pattern

Kubernetes has entirely changed the way we build our infrastructure, enabling organizations to ship more changes faster. But, with all that speed comes challenges — containers introduce a non-trivial level of complexity when it comes to maintaining visibility into your infrastructure. Just as Kubernetes has required us to rethink how we build and deploy our applications, so too must we rethink the traditional approach to monitoring. In this webinar, Sensu CEO and co-founder Caleb Hailey will review some of the existing and popular patterns for monitoring Kubernetes (like Prometheus), and what gaps remain outstanding, especially when it comes to monitoring the applications running on Kubernetes. He’ll go over best practices for monitoring workloads on K8s, including the sidecar pattern for monitoring. ...

June 13, 2019 · Chris Short

Webinar: The future of how Ansible content is handled

Currently, the official Ansible Engine release process is the only way for users to utilize or consume new content easily. The Ansible community has begun the journey of providing our users with more flexibility to create and consume content. In this webinar, we’ll discuss where this journey started, where we are currently, and where we would like some feedback. Download as MP4 (right click, Save As…) If you'd like to have me speak at your conference, Meetup, podcast, webinar, live stream, etc. please send me a message. Thank you! ...

June 13, 2019 · Chris Short

What the Military Taught Me About DevOps - DevOpsDays Toronto 2018

Before DevOps was coined an entire branch of the US military was living by its core fundamentals. Visualizing work, flow, diversity, failing fast are all things that I practiced in the Air Force from 1999 to 2010. I’d like to share my lessons learned serving during this time. This talk will broaden people’s view of how DevOps can be implemented, why diversity matters in DevOps, and how fortunate we all are to have the problems we have today. ...

May 30, 2018 · Chris Short

DevOps is Not War - ChefConf 2018

Over the past 500 years, there have been 16 cases of a rising power threatening to displace a ruling power. 75% of those cases resulted in war. Although your organizational transformation probably won’t lead to war, it could be contentious. History can help prevent conflict when driving change. This talk will analyze human tendencies, historical data, and provide real-world examples of how to avoid conflict during your DevOps journey. ...

May 24, 2018 · Chris Short

Heaven is Not a Cloud — AWS Michigan

“Migrating to the cloud saves money!” “Not running your own infrastructure reduces your bottom line!” “Lift and shift is a legitimate first step towards moving to the cloud!” These are all potential pitfalls if you’re not careful. Proper planning prevents piss poor performance. Using a real chaotic cloud migration as a guide, we’ll walk through the pitfalls of cloud migrations and how to avoid vendor lock-in (when it makes sense). ...

April 19, 2018 · Chris Short