Adventures in DevOps

Henry Been and Erwin Staal join the adventure to discuss Microsoft's options for defining infrastructure as code on Microsoft's Azure cloud offerings.They walk the panel through setting up ARM templates and using the Bicep language to specify how your infrastructure gets set up , run, and managed.35% discount code- poddevopsadv20.PanelCharles Max WoodJillian RoweShimon ToltsGuestErwin StaalHenry Been

Alex Feiszli from GRAVITL joins the adventure to discuss how to securely connect Kubernetes clusters across clouds from one cluster to another. The discussion spans how to make secure connections and how the connections might be used.PanelCharles Max WoodJillian RoweJonathan HallWill ButtonGuestAlex Feiszli

Troy Dreier joins the adventure to discuss Manning's LiveProjects platform where developers can work through exercises and learn the things they need to just-in-time.Andres Sacco is one of the authors on LivePlatform and joins the adventure to discuss cloud optimization and his experience building a LiveProject showing people how to optimize their cloud setup.PanelCharles Max WoodShimon ToltsGuestAndres SaccoTroy Dreier

Will Kelly is a technical writer who joins the adventure to discuss bridging the gap between open source, development, and DevOps. He explains the personal and technical skills needed to help folks understand the need for using Open Source software and how developers and DevOps practitioners can communicate about the security concerns around complimentary practices of the two groups with the realms of their jobs.PanelCharles Max WoodWill ButtonGuestWill Kelly

The Adventures in DevOps panel take over and discuss whether or not DevOps Engineers need to know how to code.The panel offers their perspectives on the pros and cons of knowing how to code and the limitations placed on DevOps Engineers who don't know how to code and the tradeoffs of spending time on code versus other skills that can pay off for your customers.PanelCharles Max WoodJillian RoweWill Button

Yitaek Hwang joins the adventure to discuss how he sets up development environments using well-understood open source tools that allow developers to understand and troubleshoot their own setups.This also allows devops to manage these setups in ways that mirror production.PanelCharles Max WoodWill ButtonGuestYitaek Hwang

Eyar Zilberman joins the adventure to discuss Kubernetes schema validation tools.The panel jumps in and discusses the power of and the pros and cons of the different kinds of schema validations.PanelJillian RoweJonathan HallWill ButtonGuestEyar Zilberman

Adarsh Shah joins the Adventure to discuss building out Environment as Code which goes beyond just Infrastructure as Code which defines your servers and networking.Environment as Code provides a way to define an entire component of your environment and connections between pieces. It emphasizes loose coupling and allows teams to deliver an environment for their applications.PanelWill ButtonGuestAdarsh Shah

Jonathan Hall joins the Adventure this week to discuss the advice he gives to clients to start continuous deployment before they have automated tests around their code.He explains why he starts here and the power of having a continuous deployment system. He, Will, and Chuck go into how to set it up and the pro's and con's of the approach and how it fits into a larger DevOps practice.PanelCharles Max WoodWill ButtonGuestJonathan Hall 

Jeffrey asked Chuck before the episode what he was planning for Devchat.tv. Chuck started answering and since the guest had answered, Chuck answers with the overall direction for Devchat.tv. If you want to join in, email chuck@devchat.tv.PanelCharles Max WoodJeffrey Groman