Earlier this week I read an awesome post by Nathan Barry on his approach to finding an idea for a new project. Nathan made many great points in his post and outlined an approach that you can take to finding your own idea; which lead to me think back on how I arrived at my own idea. From 2008 to 2011 there was a ton of talk revolving around certifications…
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 has been going strong now for almost two full years. While it starts to make inroads through the enterprise environment, Red Hat has already turned their attention to RHEL 7. No firm dates are pinned down just yet, but during Red Hat Summit this year Red Hat said they are targeting the first half of 2013 for a beta release, followed by a general availability…
During the planning, design, building, and launch of our new application we’ll be keeping an online activity journal. The purpose is for those following along to be able to see what we are doing and how we are doing it. Hopefully this level of detail will aid others in their process and help them to avoid any of the mistakes that we make along the way. Each entry is broken…
In the previous post we took a look at how kickstart can be used to automate the installation process of Linux. While the process wasn’t completely automated, it did speed the install process up significantly. In this post we are going to revisit our kickstart setup and make some changes to fully automate the installation, creating a true zero-touch deployment scenario. Let’s get started. Review from Last Post If you…
One of the most widely used network installation setups is done through a kickstart server. Anyone who has ever built a Linux server from scratch knows this is a time consuming process. Kickstart enables you to perform automated installations with flexible options, including pre-install and post-install package customization, custom scripting, logging, and more. By automating the installation of servers you can also scale a server farm quickly. This tutorial covers…
It’s another new year and the with the start of 2013 we are changing things around. Our blog has been refreshed with a new look and we are working on a new application as well! Throughout the building process we will take a look at each step that goes into building a new application from idea/concept to launch. The timeline is set at six months to bring the application online…
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