Hands-on Hacking Session by Amogh Vasekar
1. Demo of CloudStack using DevCloud
2. How we got there -
A) Building CloudStack from scratch
B) Deploying databases
C) Configuring your own DevCloud using Marvin
Jenkins, jclouds, CloudStack, and CentOS by David Nalleybuildacloud
Setting up continuous integration for a single project can be a pretty daunting task. Doing that for hundreds of projects becomes a challenge of a different magnitude. Not only are their capacity problems, but some tests are destructive to the testing environment, some have esoteric environment demands. See how this is solved in the real world using Jenkins, jclouds, CloudStack to build an on-demand build infrastructure.
About David Nalley
David Nalley is the Vice President, Infrastructure at the Apache Software Foundation and a CloudStack PMC member.
Jenkins, jclouds, CloudStack, and CentOS by David Nalleybuildacloud
Setting up continuous integration for a single project can be a pretty daunting task. Doing that for hundreds of projects becomes a challenge of a different magnitude. Not only are their capacity problems, but some tests are destructive to the testing environment, some have esoteric environment demands. See how this is solved in the real world using Jenkins, jclouds, CloudStack to build an on-demand build infrastructure.
About David Nalley
David Nalley is the Vice President, Infrastructure at the Apache Software Foundation and a CloudStack PMC member.
Hypervisor Selection in Apache CloudStack 4.4Tim Mackey
Building an infrastructure as a service cloud involves a number of technology decisions, many of which could have unforeseen impact. Hypervisors form the core of an IaaS cloud, and whether you are a fan of Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM in any Linux variant or XenServer from Citrix, each of these hypervisors provide unique capabilities within an Apache CloudStack 4.4 based cloud.
XenServer Virtualization In Cloud EnvironmentsTim Mackey
= As presented at the CloudStack Silicon Valley Meetup in September 2015. =
XenServer is a virtualization platform which has been deployed in a variety of industries and to support a multitude of workloads. In this session we discuss some of the components which make it valuable not just for traditional server and desktop virtualization, but also within "the cloud". This includes discussion of VM density, network scalability, containers (such as Docker) and GPU virtualization. We end with coverage of how XenServer templates are represented within Apache CloudStack.
This presentation is the introduction to the monthly CloudStack.org demonstration. The presentation details the latest features in the CloudStack open source project as well as project news. To attend a future presentation, with live demo and Q&A visit:
http://www.slideshare.net/cloudstack/introduction-to-cloudstack-12590733
Selecting the correct hypervisor for CloudStack 4.5Tim Mackey
Apache CloudStack supports multiple hypervisors out of the box, and the obvious question is which hypervisor is best for CloudStack. In this session we cover core CloudStack components such as networking, storage and virtualization functions to present which hypervisor is able to meet a given requirement. The core take-away is that with an understanding of the services to be delivered the correct hypervisor, or hypervisors, can be selected with relative ease. This deck is as delivered at CloudStack Days 2015 in Seattle.
Comparing IaaS: VMware vs OpenStack vs Google’s GanetiGiuseppe Paterno'
No matter if you are a lonely system administrator or the CTO of the largest carrier in the World, getting to know what’s out there is a jungle. Is VMware still the lead? I’ve heard about OpenStack, how mature is that? And what this “Ganeti” I’ve never heard of?
Well, here I am. Guess what, you’re not the only one asking these questions. I traveled most of Europe hearing world’s most famous enterprises, banks and telcos and also in contact with many vendors’ labs, from San Francisco to Munich.
In this presentation I just wish to give a quick overview of the state-of-the-art in the IaaS and virtualization world. This is not a sales or marketing presentation: no vaporware, just pure and real experience from the field.
Enjoy the slides and stay tuned on my twitter channel on @gpaterno
Presentation of OpenStack survey to Internet Research Lab at National Taiwan University, Taiwan. OpenStack framework and architecture overview. (ppt slide for download.) Materials collected from various resources, not originally produced by the author.
Briefly explained Nova, Swift, Glance, Keystone, and Quantum.
Overview of Windows Azure Virtual Machines - the IaaS offering in the Windows Azure platform. The presentation covers the compute, storage and network features of Virtual Machines. It also describes how best to deploy Windows Azure cloud services and VMs.
User Transparent Service Migration to the CloudTim Mackey
While creating a cloud such as OpenStack is fairly easy, template management is more challenging. In this session we discuss how systems engineering and tooling can be combined to allow legacy infrastructure and virtual machines to be converted to templates without downtime. These templates can then be deployed within the cloud and users migrated with minimal interruption. This deck is as delivered at CloudOpen 2015 in Seattle.
2 Day Bootcamp for OpenStack--Cloud Training by Mirantis (Preview)Mirantis
Mirantis, the Global Engineering Services leader for OpenStack™ presents 2-day Bootcamp for OpenStack
www.mirantis.com/training
This two-day intensive course provides hands-on technical training for OpenStack aimed at system administrators and IT professionals looking to get started on an OpenStack Cloud deployment. Each of the two days will consist of lecture, demos and group exercises. Topics include:
• OpenStack Overview & Architecture: Project goals and use cases, basic operating and deployment principles
• Cloud Usage Patterns: OpenStack codebase overview; creating networks, tenants, roles, troubleshooting; Nexenta Volume Driver
• In Production: Deploying OpenStack for real-world use, and practice of OpenStack operation on multiple nodes
• Swift Object Storage: use cases, architecture, capabilities, configuration, security and deployment
• Advanced Topics: Software Defined Networking, deployment and issues workshop, VMWare/OpenStack comparison
PRE-REQUISITES: Comfortable with Linux CLI, understanding of virtualization & hypervisors, Some experience with Linux networking
All course materials will be provided by Mirantis, including access to shared compute resources for labs. A light breakfast and lunch will be available to all course participants.
Mirantis instructors are active code committers to the OpenStack project, with proven experience building OpenStack clouds in the real world. In parallel to delivering expert training, they also consult for some of the notable global companies using OpenStack – including Cisco, NASA, Dell and Internap.
Тарас Кирилюк — Docker basics. How-to for Drupal developersLEDC 2016
Docker для чайників. Просто про складне. Використання для локальної розробки. Як Docker може спростити автоматизацію CI Workflow. Досвід використання на реальних Drupal проектах.
Hypervisor Selection in Apache CloudStack 4.4Tim Mackey
Building an infrastructure as a service cloud involves a number of technology decisions, many of which could have unforeseen impact. Hypervisors form the core of an IaaS cloud, and whether you are a fan of Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM in any Linux variant or XenServer from Citrix, each of these hypervisors provide unique capabilities within an Apache CloudStack 4.4 based cloud.
XenServer Virtualization In Cloud EnvironmentsTim Mackey
= As presented at the CloudStack Silicon Valley Meetup in September 2015. =
XenServer is a virtualization platform which has been deployed in a variety of industries and to support a multitude of workloads. In this session we discuss some of the components which make it valuable not just for traditional server and desktop virtualization, but also within "the cloud". This includes discussion of VM density, network scalability, containers (such as Docker) and GPU virtualization. We end with coverage of how XenServer templates are represented within Apache CloudStack.
This presentation is the introduction to the monthly CloudStack.org demonstration. The presentation details the latest features in the CloudStack open source project as well as project news. To attend a future presentation, with live demo and Q&A visit:
http://www.slideshare.net/cloudstack/introduction-to-cloudstack-12590733
Selecting the correct hypervisor for CloudStack 4.5Tim Mackey
Apache CloudStack supports multiple hypervisors out of the box, and the obvious question is which hypervisor is best for CloudStack. In this session we cover core CloudStack components such as networking, storage and virtualization functions to present which hypervisor is able to meet a given requirement. The core take-away is that with an understanding of the services to be delivered the correct hypervisor, or hypervisors, can be selected with relative ease. This deck is as delivered at CloudStack Days 2015 in Seattle.
Comparing IaaS: VMware vs OpenStack vs Google’s GanetiGiuseppe Paterno'
No matter if you are a lonely system administrator or the CTO of the largest carrier in the World, getting to know what’s out there is a jungle. Is VMware still the lead? I’ve heard about OpenStack, how mature is that? And what this “Ganeti” I’ve never heard of?
Well, here I am. Guess what, you’re not the only one asking these questions. I traveled most of Europe hearing world’s most famous enterprises, banks and telcos and also in contact with many vendors’ labs, from San Francisco to Munich.
In this presentation I just wish to give a quick overview of the state-of-the-art in the IaaS and virtualization world. This is not a sales or marketing presentation: no vaporware, just pure and real experience from the field.
Enjoy the slides and stay tuned on my twitter channel on @gpaterno
Presentation of OpenStack survey to Internet Research Lab at National Taiwan University, Taiwan. OpenStack framework and architecture overview. (ppt slide for download.) Materials collected from various resources, not originally produced by the author.
Briefly explained Nova, Swift, Glance, Keystone, and Quantum.
Overview of Windows Azure Virtual Machines - the IaaS offering in the Windows Azure platform. The presentation covers the compute, storage and network features of Virtual Machines. It also describes how best to deploy Windows Azure cloud services and VMs.
User Transparent Service Migration to the CloudTim Mackey
While creating a cloud such as OpenStack is fairly easy, template management is more challenging. In this session we discuss how systems engineering and tooling can be combined to allow legacy infrastructure and virtual machines to be converted to templates without downtime. These templates can then be deployed within the cloud and users migrated with minimal interruption. This deck is as delivered at CloudOpen 2015 in Seattle.
2 Day Bootcamp for OpenStack--Cloud Training by Mirantis (Preview)Mirantis
Mirantis, the Global Engineering Services leader for OpenStack™ presents 2-day Bootcamp for OpenStack
www.mirantis.com/training
This two-day intensive course provides hands-on technical training for OpenStack aimed at system administrators and IT professionals looking to get started on an OpenStack Cloud deployment. Each of the two days will consist of lecture, demos and group exercises. Topics include:
• OpenStack Overview & Architecture: Project goals and use cases, basic operating and deployment principles
• Cloud Usage Patterns: OpenStack codebase overview; creating networks, tenants, roles, troubleshooting; Nexenta Volume Driver
• In Production: Deploying OpenStack for real-world use, and practice of OpenStack operation on multiple nodes
• Swift Object Storage: use cases, architecture, capabilities, configuration, security and deployment
• Advanced Topics: Software Defined Networking, deployment and issues workshop, VMWare/OpenStack comparison
PRE-REQUISITES: Comfortable with Linux CLI, understanding of virtualization & hypervisors, Some experience with Linux networking
All course materials will be provided by Mirantis, including access to shared compute resources for labs. A light breakfast and lunch will be available to all course participants.
Mirantis instructors are active code committers to the OpenStack project, with proven experience building OpenStack clouds in the real world. In parallel to delivering expert training, they also consult for some of the notable global companies using OpenStack – including Cisco, NASA, Dell and Internap.
Тарас Кирилюк — Docker basics. How-to for Drupal developersLEDC 2016
Docker для чайників. Просто про складне. Використання для локальної розробки. Як Docker може спростити автоматизацію CI Workflow. Досвід використання на реальних Drupal проектах.
What is this Docker and Microservice thing that everyone is talking about? A primer to Docker and Microservice and how the two concepts complement each other.
With the rise of cloud computing and the death of the Xserve, learn how you can deploy your WebObjects applications on a Linode private virtual server.
An overview on docker and container technology behind it. Lastly, we discuss few tools that might come handy when dealing with large number of containers management.
Building with Virtual Development EnvironmentsOscar Merida
Struggling with getting Apache, MySQL, PHP and everything else you need to start working on your next project? In this talk, we'll look at how to use Vagrant to setup a reusable development environment for Drupal. Vagrant automates setting it up so you can focus on getting work done, share identical environments with colleagues, and precisely match your local and production environments.
Building with Virtual Development EnvironmentsOscar Merida
Struggling with getting Apache, MySQL, PHP and everything else you need to start working on your next project? In this talk, we'll look at how to use Vagrant to setup a reusable development environment for Drupal. Vagrant automates setting it up so you can focus on getting work done, share identical environments with colleagues, and precisely match your local and production environments.
SCUGBE_Lowlands_Unite_2017_Managing Windows Containers with DockerKenny Buntinx
Containers are the latest buzz in IT technology. Containers enable you to isolate your applications from the underlying OS improving the deployment and reliability of those applications. Windows Server 2016 provides two kinds of native containers: Windows Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers. These containers are created, managed and maintained with Docker.
In this session you will learn about containers: what they do, why they are useful, how they work.
You will also learn how to manage containers with Docker. We will use the Docker daemon to create, stop, start containers and container images. We will store an image in Docker hub and use it to build a new container. We will configure container networking.
The Future of SDN in CloudStack by Chiradeep Vittalbuildacloud
The core of CloudStack networking has always been software-defined. As the networking industry evolves to a software-defined future, CloudStack will have to evolve with it.
The presentation will examine the present state of SDN in CloudStack, look at some industry directions and attempt to predict the evolution of CloudStack with those trends.
Bio
Chiradeep Vittal is a Distinguished Engineer in the Converged Infrastructure Group at Citrix where he has technology leadership responsibilities around Citrix Cloud Platform, Citrix Lifecycle Manager and Citrix Workspace Pod. He is also a Project Management Committee member of the Apache CloudStack Project. At cloud.com (acquired by Citrix), he was a founding engineer, often tasked with the thorny details of virtualized networking and storage. Prior to cloud.com, he worked at several Silicon Valley startups in various architectural roles.
Chiradeep has a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT, Bombay and a M.Sc from the University of Alberta. He has spoken / presented at several conferences, including CloudStack Collab, LISA, OSCON, ONS, SDN Summit and LinuxCon. His twitter handle is @chiradeep and occasionally blogs at http://cloudierthanthou.wordpress.com
Policy Based SDN Solution for DC and Branch Office by Suresh Boddapatibuildacloud
In this talk Suresh will discuss how Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) helps overcome the challenges that cloud service providers and large enterprises face delivering, and managing, large multi-tenant clouds. He will discuss how Nuage Networks delivers a massively scalable SDN solution that ensures that datacenters, and wide area networks, are able to respond instantly to demand, and are boundary-less. The talk will also provide an overview of the SDN capabilities that Nuage VSP adds to CloudStack.
Bio
Suresh is the VP of Engineering at Nuage Networks. He has over 19 years experience in software development, building great teams and delivering high quality software. As the first engineer at Nuage Networks, Suresh played a key role in shaping the architecture of the Nuage Virtualized Services Platform (VSP). Suresh’s experience includes extensive protocol development, having developed IP routing and multicast protocols from scratch and deploying them in large ISPs. Suresh was part of the original TiMetra team before becoming part of Alcatel Lucent as Principal Engineer. He then took a role as Director of Engineering at Juniper where he worked on their QFabric product. Earlier in his career, Suresh worked in software engineering at Shasta Networks (Nortel acquired) as well as Fore Systems (Marconi, Ericsson acquired).
L4-L7 services for SDN and NVF by Youcef Laribibuildacloud
In this talk, we will discuss how L4-L7 devices can integrate in various SDN architectures, discuss benefits and some of the challenges that such integration represents. We will also talk about how SDN and NFV relate, and what are the different challenges to successfully deploy L4-L7 devices as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) or provide such services to the NFV Infrastructure (VIM).
Bio
Youcef Laribi is a Principal Architect in the Delivery Networks BU at Citrix. He is responsible for driving the integration projects of the NetScaler ADC product with several Cloud, SDN and Automation environments including OpenStack, CloudStack, VMware NSX and Cisco ACI. He is also the Citrix representative on the OpenDaylight Technical Steering Committee. His background is mainly in Operating Systems and Distributed Systems, and he worked on several middleware technologies from DCE and CORBA in the early days, to J2EE and .NET to SOA and micro-services today. Youcef speaks 4 languages and holds a PhD and an MSc in Computer Science from the French INPG Institute in Grenoble, France.
This session will introduce monitoring CloudStack with Zenoss, and the CloudStack ZenPack. I will cover in detail what you get out of monitoring CloudStack with Zenoss. Additionally I will cover installation of Zenoss, interacting with our community and Q&A.
About Andrew Kirch
Andrew D Kirch is the Community Manager at Zenoss, a software development company specializing in Unified Monitoring with 130 employees, headquartered in Austin, Texas. The company offers an open source network and systems monitoring product called Zenoss Core, and a commercial product called Zenoss Service Dynamics. The company has over 35,000 users in over 180 countries. Customers include major organizations such as Chic-fil-a, Huntington Bank, Netflix, SunGard, Accenture, NASA, FIS Global, and many more.
As Community Manager, Andrew works directly with product users every day. He has over 10 years of experience as a Systems/Network Administrator, with specialization including SNMP and network monitoring. Prior to working at Zenoss he was principal at a unified communications VAR focused in the Midwest. In his spare time he puts computer crackers in prison.
Guaranteeing Storage Performance by Mike Tutkowskibuildacloud
This session will introduce the basics of primary storage in CloudStack. Additionally, I discuss the challenges of guaranteeing storage performance in a cloud and how by leveraging the latest enhancements to CloudStack, storage administrators can deliver consistent, repeatable performance to 10s, 100s or 1,000s of application workloads in parallel. I'll review the CloudStack enhancements in detail, outline the management benefits they provide and discuss common go-to-market approaches.
About Mike Tutkowski
Mike Tutkowski, a member of the CloudStack PMC, develops software for the Apache Software Foundation's CloudStack project to help drive improvements in its storage component and to integrate SolidFire more deeply into the product.
Cloud Application Blueprints with Apache Brooklyn by Alex Henevaldbuildacloud
So you have your cloud running, what now? Extend the devops agility from infrastructure to applications by learning how to use Brooklyn, the Apache-incubating project for application management. Create blueprints for applications to enable one-click deployment into Cloudstack, Docker, localhost, or other targets. Leverage your favourite server management tools, from Bash to Chef. Automatically change the deployment after it's deployed. Attach policies to support scaling, failover, and alerting in the way your application needs.
In this session we'll show how with just a few lines of YAML, you can build powerful application blueprints by composing pre-existing components, from polyglot web stacks to big data tools such as Riak. We'll also cover defining new blueprints using custom scripts, configuring machine selection and runtime policies, and managing new locations such as Clocker -- the cloud of docker.
About Alex Henevald
Alex brings twenty years experience designing software solutions in the enterprise, start-up, and academic sectors. Most recently Alex was with Enigmatec Corporation where he led the development of what is now the Monterey® Middleware Platform™. Previous to that, he founded PocketWatch Systems, commercialising results from his doctoral research. Alex holds a PhD (Informatics) and an MSc (Cognitive Science) from the University of Edinburgh and an AB (Mathematics) from Princeton University. Alex was both a USA Today Academic All-Star and a Marshall Scholar.
Introduction to Apache CloudStack by David Nalleybuildacloud
Apache CloudStack is a mature, easy to deploy IaaS platform. That doesn't mean that it can be done without thought or preparation. Learn how CloudStack can be most efficiently deployed, and the problems to avoid in the process.
About David Nalley
David is a recovering sysadmin with a decade of experience. He’s a committer on the Apache CloudStack (incubating) project, a contributor to the Fedora Project and the Vice President of Infrastructure at the Apache Software Foundation.
Monitoring CloudStack in context with Converged Infrastructure by Mike Turnlundbuildacloud
CloudStack is a powerful, flexible technology that greatly expands the economic potential for a datacenter. Performance management of CloudStack in context with the rest of the datacenter is critical for quick fault diagnostics, proactive management of bottlenecks and quickly bringing up or tearing down services. Learn how proper tooling can make the difference in running an excellent service versus a problem plagued environment.
Mike is a 25+ year technology veteran with past roles in software engineering, product development, planning, and operations at CA Technologies, Cisco, and AMD. He currently leads a business development team at CA Technologies driving their partnerships in virtualized infrastructure and converged compute environments. Mike is based in Santa Clara, California. His time outside of work is spent with wife and four children, biking, and running triathlons. He has bachelors and masters degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
As you go into the cloud, the applications you are building will often be built on service-oriented architectures that communicate through RESTful APIs. Where API design and development used to be an uncommon thing, today it has become a basic application requirement. George Reese will cover the basic considerations in designing and implementing an API for your applications.
George Reese is the author of a number of technology books and a regular speaker on RESTful APIs, cloud computing, Java, and database systems. His most recent books are The REST API Design Handbook and O’Reilly’s Cloud Application Architectures. Professionally, he is the Executive Director of Cloud Computing at Dell as a result of Dell's recent acquisition of Enstratius, a company George co-founded. George has also led a number of Open Source projects, including several MUD libraries and the Imaginary Home home automation libraries for Java. He is also the primary maintainer of Dasein Cloud, a cloud abstraction API for Java.
George holds a BA from Bates College in Maine and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Enterprise grade firewall and ssl termination to ac by will stevensbuildacloud
CloudOps has add support for enterprise grade security products in ACS. CloudOps has developed an integration with the Palo Alto Networks firewall appliance to enable ACS to orchestrate network features such as network creation, Source NAT, Static NAT, Port Forwarding and Firewall rules on the Palo Alto device. Additionally, CloudOps has extended ACS to support SSL certificate management as well as SSL termination by external load balancers. The existing ACS NetScaler plugin has been improved to support this new SSL termination functionality. The talk will cover the features added as well as a basic overview of how they are used.
Will Stevens is the Lead Developer at CloudOps. He has been directly involved in extending ACS to support more enterprise grade security functionality. Will has over 10 years experience as a software developer and is primarily focused on cloud integrations at CloudOps.
Securing Your Cloud With the Xen Hypervisor by Russell Pavlicekbuildacloud
The Xen Project produces a mature, enterprise-grade virtualization technology designed for the Cloud featuring many advanced and unique security features. For this reason, it's a hypervisor of choice for government agencies like NSA and the DoD, as well as for new security-minded projects the QubesOS Secure Desktop. However, while much of the security of Xen is inherent in its design, many of the advanced security features, such as stub domains, driver domains, and Xen Security Modules (XSM), are not enabled by default. This session will describe many of the advanced security features of Xen, as well as explaining why Xen is an excellent choice for secure Clouds
Cloud Network Virtualization with Juniper Contrailbuildacloud
Description: Contrail Technology will be discussed covering architecture, capabilities and use cases. It will be followed by a demonstration on current Contrail implementation on CloudStack/Openstack.
Parantap works as a Sr. Director of Solutions Engineering for Contrail Product within Juniper. Before Juniper, Parantap led the network architecture team for Microsoft Online Services (Windows Azure, MS Bing). Prior to Microsoft, Parantap worked as a core engineering manager for UUNet Technologies building Internet backbones.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
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2. Typical Dev Requirements
• CloudStack needs a cloud!!
o Hypervisors
o Networking infra
o Storage
• Not everyone has access to such expensive
hardware
4. Whats on the disk
• VirtualBox
• DevCloud2
o DevCloud2_421 : With 4.2.1 branch already checked out and mvn
artifacts downloaded [!!!!! IMPORT TAKES TIME!!!!]
o DevCloud2_Demo : With the cloud already set-up with system VMs etc.
• Commands.txt : Useful commands to copy
5. VirtualBox
• *nix
1. Enable “Host-Only” network
via File -> Preferences ->
Network -> "Add host only
network”
2. Right click and select "Edit
host-only network", then
uncheck "Enable server" in the
"DHCP server" tab
3. Skip
4. Enable PAE
5. Skip
• Windows
1. Skip
2. Right click and select "Edit hostonly network", then uncheck
"Enable server" in the "DHCP
server" tab
3. Disable Firewall : Administrative
Tools > Windows Firewall with
Advanced Security. Click on the
"Windows Firewall Properties"
(central panel, possibly quite
small print) and for each of the
profiles (Domain, Private, Public)
click on the Protected Network
Connections "Customize..."
button and uncheck the "Virtual
Box Host only Network”
4. Enable PAE
5. Match “Host Only” network
6. Use Cases
• Build and develop in DevCloud as isolated
environment (we shall do this)
• Build on localhost, deploy on DevCloud
• Use DevCloud as Xen hypervisors
7. Basic Build
• Username/password = root/password
• Set maven debug options
• Build
o Add –DskipTests=true to ” clean install “ command for faster build
• Deploy database
• Start WebServer
8. DevCloud
• From host machine : http://192.168.56.10:8080/client
• admin/password
• Set “host” IP to 192.168.56.10 (56.1 when MS is
outside DevCloud)
• Restart Management Server
• Deploy using Marvin in another shell
o pip install requests
o cd tools/devcloud
o python ../marvin/marvin/deployDataCenter.py -i devcloud.cfg
• #Restart Management Server (kill systemvms if any)
• Start instance – ALL DONE!!
9. Try Out
• Build CloudStack on localmachine
• Use many DevCloud VMs to use as Xen hypervisors
(change iface IPs)
• Deploy using Advanced Zone