$ cd ~/posts/2014/

• Using Puppet Blacksmith

  Installing and configuring Puppet Blacksmith Rake tasks to automate version bumps, tagging, building, and pushing modules to the Forge

  October 19, 2014 · 3 min read · #puppet #sysadmin #devops #blacksmith
• Getting Started with Puppet Strings

  Installing the Puppet Strings face, running it against the Sensu module, and publishing the generated HTML documentation to GitHub Pages

  October 12, 2014 · 2 min read · #sysadmin #devops #puppet #yard
• When Logstash and Syslog go wrong

  Replacing Logstash's syslog input with tcp, udp, and grok plugins so you can catch non-RFC syslog variants and route failed parses to a file

  September 19, 2014 · 7 min read · #logstash #sysadmin #devops #syslog
• A Whole Lot of Heka

  Installing and configuring Mozilla's Go-based logging tool Heka, comparing it to Logstash for tailing files and routing events

  September 8, 2014 · 6 min read · #heka #devops #sysadmin #logging
• The Docker Book - Consul

  Version 1.2.0 of The Docker Book is out, adding a section in chapter 7 on using Consul for service discovery with Docker

  September 1, 2014 · 1 min read · #consul #docker #devops #sysadmin
• The Docker Book - a new chapter

  Version 1.1.0 of The Docker Book is out, with a new chapter on orchestration focused on Fig and the usual update instructions

  August 16, 2014 · 1 min read · #book #docker #devops #sysadmin
• The Docker Book released!

  Announcing the 1.0 release of The Docker Book, with download details for pre-orders and a roadmap for future updates

  July 12, 2014 · 1 min read · #book #docker #devops