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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DevOps
- From "Puppet 3 Beginner's Guide", cited above:
- Devops write code, herd servers, build apps, scale systems, analyze outages, and fix bugs. With the advent of CM (configuration management) systems, devs and ops are now all just people who work with code.
Systems management
One of the functions of systems management is configuration management.
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From "Puppet 3 Beginner's Guide", cited above:
So the first problem with building servers by hand (artisan server crafting, as it's been called) is that it's complicated and tedious and it takes a long time. There's another problem. The next time you need to build an identical server, how do you do it, especially since your painstaking notes will no longer be up to date with reality.
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