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Continuous Integration and Collaboration in Managed Environments
Joe Netzel, CFEngine
One of the great challenges faced by large IT organizations revolves around the automation of desired state while allowing a diverse set of stakeholders the ability to provide direct input into the configuration management process. The traditional approach of well-defined boundaries and role-based silos quickly becomes a liability in fluid and complex environments where stakeholder analysis, input, and ability to act are critical to business success. Recently, the principles of Continuous Integration have been successfully applied to standard operational models by combining configuration management tools with version control and software review tools. By combining these tools with light-weight processes and a common CI methodology across stakeholder teams, the business needs of any given organization can be met in a more effective fashion.
In this talk, you will learn how to use Continuous Integration principles that will allow full stakeholder access to the creation and promotion of configuration management policies, from test to production, using CFEngine, Git, and Gerrit. In addition, lightweight process examples will be examined and incorporated into the collaboration flow.
Joe Netzel spent more than 15 years in the trenches as a System Administrator for IBM, General Electric, and Lockheed Martin before joining CFEngine in 2011.
Joe Netzel, CFEngine
Joe Netzel spent more than 15 years in the trenches as a System Administrator for IBM, General Electric, and Lockheed Martin before joining CFEngine in 2011.
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author = {Joe Netzel},
title = {Continuous Integration and Collaboration in Managed Environments},
year = {2014},
address = {Philadelphia, PA},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jun
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